Revisited: LaVena Johnson - a podcast by Meghan Sacks and Amy Shlosberg

Ep 134:
This week we're taking the week off, but revisiting an episode with you from one of our earliest cases. Next week we'll be back with new episodes every Tuesday.___
Lavena Johnson was just a few days shy of her 20th birthday when her body was found lifeless in a tent on a U.S. military base in Iraq. Her death was quickly ruled a suicide by army investigators, however it didn’t take long for questions to arise. Was this a case of suicide? Murder? 
A systematic cover-up by the U.S. military?More than a decade later, questions still linger …

Sources for Today's Episode:Democracy Now

Huffington Post, NPRThe Silent Truth

LavenaJohnson.comSt. Louis Public Radio


Credits:Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks

Produced&Edited by James Varga

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