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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.

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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, NPR
The Silent Truth
LavenaJohnson.com
St. Louis Public Radio

Credits:

Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks
Produced & Edited by James Varga
Music by Dessert Media

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Revisited: LaVena Johnson

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