The Johnson Family’s Military Sexual Assault Story
The Johnson family’s military sexual assault story centers on nineteen year-old Army PFC LaVena Johnson. She was found dead on a military base in Balad, Iraq in 2005. The U.S. Army ruled LaVena’s death a suicide, but an autopsy report and photographs revealed Johnson had a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, burns from a corrosive chemical on her genitals, and a gunshot wound that seemed inconsistent with suicide.
In addition, LaVena’s father, John Johnson, shares his family’s fight to get answers from the military about his daughter’s death.
Key takeaways from the military sexual assault story
- LaVena Johnson was a nineteen year-old Army PFC.
- She was found dead on a military base in Balad, Iraq in 2005.
- First, the U.S. Army ruled her death a suicide.
- However, an autopsy report and photographs revealed injuries, and a gunshot wound that seemed inconsistent with suicide.
- Her father, John Johnson, shares his family’s fight to get answers from the military.
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