{UAH} Remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger weeks after his funeral

Frank Mujabi,

Do you now see why the widow of Sgt Johnson was right to be so upset with Donald Trump?? It is only a black person that they would treat in such a despicable and cruel manner. To give a widow an empty coffin is really going to the level of depravity never heard of before. Donald Trump is not fit to be president or to hold any public office. This son of a  German pimp  is totally heartless. No widow should be treated in such a cruel manner that Mrs Johnson was treated. There should be a line somewhere below which our common humanity should not allow us to descend.

Bobby

Remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger weeks after his funeral 

BY TERENCE CULLEN 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

 

Updated: Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 2:28 PM

 
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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.

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More remains belonging to Johnson were discovered earlier in November, weeks after he was laid to rest in Florida.

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White added the investigation is still ongoing into how Johnson was killed alongside Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson and Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright. 

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.

Myeshia Johnson has said she didn't see her husband's body before his funeral.

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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.

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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.

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CNN reported the soldier's loved ones have been briefed on the latest discovery.

Rep. Frederica Wilson said Trump gave a tone-deaf condolence call to Myeshia Johnson while she was on her way to pick up her husband's body.

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During the call — on speakerphone and heard by Wilson — Trump allegedly forgot Johnson's name, and told the grieving widow, "he knew what he signed up for."

The disclosure sparked a messy debate between the lawmaker, whose account was confirmed by the widow, and the Trump administration — who denied her account of the call.

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