( CNN ) -- Authorities in Fayetteville , North Carolina , are investigating the death of a pregnant soldier whose body was found Saturday morning in a motel , police said . Spc . Megan Lynn Touma , 23 , was a dental specialist from Cold Springs , Kentucky , according to a statement from Fort Bragg , where Touma was assigned to the 19th Replacement Company . Fayetteville police found her body late Saturday morning when they responded to a call about a strong odor coming from one of the rooms . The body was sent to the state Medical Examiner 's office in Chapel Hill , North Carolina , to determine the cause of death . Touma , who was seven months pregnant , arrived at Fort Bragg on June 12 . In five years with the Army , she had served with the U.S. Army Dental Activity Clinic in Bamberg , Germany , and in Fort Drum , New York , before her assignment to Fort Bragg . Touma is the second pregnant service member to die in North Carolina in recent months . The remains of Lance Cpl . Maria Lauterbach and her fetus were found beneath in a fire pit January 11 in Marine Cpl . Cesar Laurean 's backyard . Watch how police found body » . Authorities said Laurean killed Lauterbach on December 14 , 2007 , and used her ATM card 10 days later before fleeing to Mexico . He was taken into custody after he walked up to a roadblock set up by a local anti-kidnapping task force investigating another case . Laurean is awaiting extradition to North Carolina .
Authorities in Chapel Hill are investigating death of pregnant servicemember . Spc . Megan Laurean was found dead recent months in motel room . Touma is 19th N.C.-based pregnant solider found dead in Saturday .