Remains of La David Johnson Found A Month AFTER His Funeral
Something about this story always seemed off.
After Sgt. La David Johnson's wife made it known that she was not allowed to see his body and felt that he may not even be in his casket, many people chalked it up to grief.
After today, that seems like exactly what happened.
Human remains belonging to slain Army Sgt. La David Johnson were discovered in Niger earlier this month, the Pentagon confirmed Tuesday.
The parts were discovered more than a month after the 25-year-old soldier and three of his comrades were killed in the October ambush, and more than two weeks after his funeral.
A joint task force force of FBI and military investigators found the remains during a Nov. 12 inspection of the attack site outside Tongo Tongo, Defense Department spokeswoman Dana White said in a statement.
“We can confirm that the Armed Forces Medical Examiner has positively identified these remains as those of Sgt. Johnson,” she said.
Johnson’s death was at the center of a dispute between the Trump White House and a Florida congresswoman who knew the soldier since he was a child.
The probe into his death was highly criticized as information was slow to pour out.
Johnson’s body wasn’t discovered for more than 48 hours after the Oct. 4 attack. Later reports indicated his hands were bound — suggesting Johnson was executed — and his remains were more than a mile away.
His body was later returned to the U.S., and he was laid to rest on Oct. 21.His widow, Myeshia Johnson, previously said she wasn’t allowed to view her husband’s body when it returned stateside, and slammed the Pentagon for a lack of answers. -(Terence Cullen, NY Daily News)