The Murder of LaVena Johnson: A National Disgrace Buried by the U.S. Government
In July 2005, 19-year-old Private First Class LaVena Johnson was found dead in Balad, Iraq, in what can only be described as a gruesome scene. The Army, without hesitation, ruled her death a suicide, claiming she had shot herself in the mouth with her M-16 rifle. But the details of her death — the evidence of rape, the broken nose,…