Father disputes that pfc. committed suicide

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Father disputes that pfc. committed suicide
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Mar 24, 2008 6:23:09 EDT

ST. LOUIS — John Johnson has seen the photos of his daughter’s lifeless body. He has seen the documents detailing the Army’s investigation. He has even seen the full-color, graphic autopsy photos.

It all leads him to one conclusion: His daughter did not commit suicide, as the Army has said.

“Beyond a doubt, LaVena was murdered,” Johnson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for a story published Sunday. “And my opinion is that people want me to go away. But that isn’t going to happen.”

Army Pfc. LaVena Lynn Johnson was found dead July 19, 2005, in a small contractor’s tent in Balad, Iraq. Army investigators and coroners ruled she had shot herself in the mouth with an M-16 rifle.

Nearly three years later, Johnson is trying to get someone, anyone to listen to his pleas to get his daughter’s case reopened. He has argued with Army officials, pleaded with legislators.


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