KMOV in St. Louis reports today that Dr. John Johnson, father of LaVena, will travel to Washington to speak with legislators about his daughter’s story. Johnson will get to tell his story on Wednesday in Washington as Congress investigates the war in Iraq. Johnson will meet with key members and staff of several congressional committees [...]
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Ann McGlynn of the Quad-City Times takes note of LaVena Johnson in a group of profiles of the nine American women soldiers under the age of 20 who have died in Iraq. The material on LaVena is based on an interview with LaVena’s parents, John and Linda. LaVena had been in Iraq for eight weeks [...]
I will be doing two radio interviews regarding the LaVena Johnson story: Today, Thursday, May 17, at 5:35 pm Central Time with host Lloyd Sloan on The Sloan Ranger Show. This will air on St. Louis, MO area station WGNU, AM 920. This is a follow-up to my March 9 interview there and will touch [...]
Last night’s KMOV-TV story (including video) on the case of Pfc. LaVena Johnson – an account of her body’s exhumation and autopsy – provided little progress in the attempt to clarify the cause of her death in Iraq in 2005. The autopsy team, which included St. Louis chief medical examiner Dr. Michael Graham and St. [...]
The Army claimed that Pfc. LaVena Johnson killed herself in Iraq in 2005; LaVena’s parents maintain that their daughter was murdered. Last week, the Johnsons had LaVena’s body exhumed for autopsy. St. Louis CBS affiliate KMOV-TV (channel 4) will air a report on the autopsy findings tonight at 10 pm Central. The promo for the [...]
St. Louis-based FOX affiliate KTVI (FOX 2) followed up on the LaVena Johnson story in the wake of Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay’s televised statement on the case. The FOX 2 story is available for viewing at the station’s website. The story’s page also links prominently to both the petition page and the LaVena Johnson website. [...]