On July 19, 2005, in a military base in Balad, Iraq, Private First Class LaVena Lynn Johnson was found dead in her tent. The official ruling? Suicide. A self-inflicted gunshot wound to the mouth. Case closed. Except — nothing about her death made sense. Not the black eye. Not the broken nose. Not the loosened … Continue reading The Mysterious Death of LaVena Johnson: A Suicide, or the Ultimate Military Cover-Up?