Army E-6, teen recruit found dead in Maryland

http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130409/NEWS02/304090002/Army-E-6-teen-recruit-found-dead-Maryland


This article was about a girl who was signed up to go into the Army reserves right after her graduation from Rockville High School this spring, her father said. She had wanted to go into the Army since elementary school. “She wanted to serve her country, she wanted to see the world, she wanted to finance her education,” her father, Kevin Miller, said from his Rockville home Monday evening. Michelle Miller, 17, was found dead Monday morning at the Germantown home of Staff Sgt. Adam Anthony Arndt. Montgomery County Police said Arndt shot her and then fatally shot himself. Detectives say the 31-year-old Arndt was assigned to coordinate Miller’s entry into the reserves. Kevin Miller said his daughter left their Rockville home about 9:15 p.m. Sunday, saying somebody in her platoon was suicidal. Kevin Miller said he was against that, but his daughter said she would be fine and promised to text him the address when she arrived. “She had her life taken away from her on one fell swoop,” he said. Miller described his daughter as a “stunningly beautiful girl.” She wanted to be a psychotherapist and planned to go to college in Arizona, Miller said. She only needed credit to graduate from high school, but still took several classes, including courses at Montgomery College. Michelle lettered in basketball, soccer and lacrosse. Miller said she was supposed to play in a lacrosse game Monday night.