Was first Missouri female casulty in Iraq a rape / murder victim?

[jmdrake]

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Have You Heard The Story of LaVena Johnson?
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December 30, 2013 by cplpun 328 Comments

Have you heard of the story of LaVena Johnson?

levana-johnson-silent-truthLaVena Johnson was a soldier who enlisted in the Army in 2003. She was the first woman from Missouri to die in Iraq. What happened to this young black woman was appalling. She was found in her tent with a gunshot wound to the head, a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, acid burns on her genitals, and a trail of blood leading away from her tent. What’s even more appalling is the Department of Defense has officially ruled her death a suicide.

The autopsy report and photographs revealed that her death was inconsistent with a suicide, and looked consistent with a rape-murder, but as far as the U.S. Criminal Investigative Command for the Army is concerned the case remains closed. Her father became suspicious when he saw her body in the funeral home and decided to investigate. At first the Department of the Army refused to release information, but eventually it did under the Freedom of Information Act after Pat Tillman’s death. In 2010, a documentary about her family’s struggle to uncover the truth about her death called LaVena Johnson: The Silent Truth was released. Here’s a clip below:

Now tell me if this doesn’t make you mad son?

[fr33]

Someone mentioned it here about a week ago and it was the first I had heard about it. As is all too common, I don't expect any justice for her. They covered it up and they are what passes as law and order.

[jmdrake]

Someone mentioned it here about a week ago and it was the first I had heard about it. As is all too common, I don't expect any justice for her. They covered it up and they are what passes as law and order.

Yeah. It sucks. The liberal media won't cover this because they're pushing the idea that women belong in combat. The conservative media won't cover this because saying that some troops might actually be rapists and murderers means you're not "supporting the troops". Remember Rush Limbaugh's defense of Abu Ghraib? That the soldiers responsible for that abuse, which that Tagubu report said included evidence of sodomy of prisoners and burning them with acid, were just "blowing off some steam?" If you're willing to abuse the vulnerable then why are you going to stop if the vulnerable are some of your own? Still, as cynical as I am about this world, I feel sad looking at her. She seems so happy, innocent and beautiful in that picture. And however she died, she got chewed up and spit out by the military industrial complex that doesn't seem to care enough about her to even properly investigate her death. Seriously, who commits suicide by first beating themselves up?

[dillo]

If she committed suicide then so did jesse trentadue