More remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger

[VermontKevin]

The Department of Defense said “additional remains” of Miami Gardens husband and father Sgt. La David Johnson were found in Niger, where Johnson and three other sergeants were killed in an Oct. 4 ambush.

A statement from DOD Chief Spokesperson Dana White read, “On Nov. 12, 2017, a joint U.S Africa Command military investigation team discovered additional human remains at the site where Sgt. La David T. Johnson's body was recovered following the Oct. 4 attack. Today, we can confirm that the Armed Forces Medical Examiner has positively identified these remains as those of Sgt. Johnson.

“The department continues to conduct a detailed and thorough investigation into the deaths of Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright, and Sgt. La David T. Johnson. We extend our deepest condolences to all of the families of the fallen.”

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, a longtime friend of Johnson’s family, wondered Tuesday why the White House doesn’t issue a full report on the attack instead of the information dripping out to the media: “He left a gold star family. And to learn about his final moments on TV and in the newspaper is a shame for this nation.”

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-gardens/article185814158.html

I cannot imagine what this poor family must be going through.

[maxsolomon]

1. Just say what body part they found.

Good grief, the gyrations we go through to sanitize the visceral nature of violence.

[VermontKevin]

3. I don't know if that information is available to anyone but the family and the government

right now.

I can understand if the family wishes the reburial to happen in relative privacy. But the information should be available to us all.

[NickB79]

7. Was he captured alive and tortured to death?

Because there are plenty of appendages that could be cut off in the process, which just makes this tragedy even more horrific.

[VermontKevin]

9. We just don't know. What we do know is that the family must live through

this tragedy.

[Yupster]

12. The locals who found his body said

He was found with his hands tied behind his back and a big hole in the back of his head.

Sounds like he was captured and then executed. Tortured first? Probably, but it seems like he was killed soon after his capture.

[Irish_Dem]

13. Yes if we knew more about the nature and extent of the remains we would know the story

most likely.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. And for the members of the military who are not killed in duty, waiting

for them back home is the GOP and Trump working feverishly to privatize the VA, which guarantees LESS services for our veterans.

Now THAT pisses ME off!

[VermontKevin]

5. It all pisses me off.

[sarah FAILIN]

4. This is why they wouldn't let her see him

Maybe he was missing his head even. TERRIBLE for this family.

[VermontKevin]

6. And the horrible phone call. Even more horrible.

[NickB79]

8. His wife and family must be in going through hell

My God....

[VermontKevin]

10. I'm an atheist. But I cannot fathom the suffering.

[defacto7]

11. The truth is always better than not knowing.

But then who knows how to speak the truth anymore?

[Irish_Dem]

15. I grew up in the military and some wives wanted to know what happened, others didn't.

In the case of death in the line of duty.

But I think most of the public wants to know what happened when military personnel are killed.

[blueinredohio]

14. That's why they wouldn't let her see him

[mercuryblues]

16. I would not be surprised with this mal-administration

if the family also found out this news via the media. trump and his squatters in the white house are purposely torturing this family.