Additional remains of Sgt. La David Johnson found in Niger

[DonViejo]

Source: ABC News




By ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN VERONICA STRACQUALURSI Nov 21, 2017, 11:11 AM ET

Additional remains of U.S. soldier Sgt. La David Johnson were found on Nov. 12 at the site in Niger where his body was recovered, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News.

ohnson and three other U.S. Army soldiers were killed when their convoy of U.S. and Nigerien forces was ambushed leaving the village of Tongo Tongo on Oct. 4.

Johnson's family has been notified of the new discovery, the official said.

Last month, Johnson’s widow told ABC News she was prevented from viewing her husband’s remains before he was laid to rest in his home state of Florida on Oct. 21.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/remains-sgt-la-david-johnson-found-niger/story?id=51299555

[riverwalker]

1. This is just unspeakable OMG

I can’t even process this. That poor family.

[iluvtennis]

4. I agree. My heart aches for Myeshia Johnson.

[Kittycow]

33. Mine too...

She's suffering in ways most of us can't imagine.

I wonder if that cyst in the White House will leave her alone.

[brush]

35. They really botched this whole thing. First he was left behind then didn't even recover...

his whole body. What a nightmare.

And I don't even want trump to make a comment.

He'll screw it up even more than he did before.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Kind of telling us what happened. Won't go there.

I am not sure if I were the wife I would have wanted to see my husband like this.
But her choice of course.

[dhol82]

3. Ok, I am going for it - he must have been beheaded

Why not let the family view the corpse?
How do they now know it was his missing body part?

[Thor_MN]

11. No reason to assume that. We only know that he was mutilated.

We know from this story that his coffin did not contain all of his body. No indication that I saw in the article what was in the coffin and what was not. It could be a finger tip. Or the coffin contained only a finger tip. No indication either that the majority of his remains have been recovered, only that they have recovered at least two pieces.

"How do they now know it was his missing body part?"

DNA. All service members now submitted DNA samples for the purpose of body identification.

[Thor_MN]

15. Large assumption. We have no idea what was recovered when.

Rather than making wild ass guesses based on no knowledge whatsoever, and providing the basis for nightmares, it's enough to know that the military, under Trump, was and is, not telling the entire truth.

Not clicking your link, I don't want to watch video of an unrelated beheading. Maybe snuff films are your thing, but you don't need to share them with the world.

[Thor_MN]

18. Jesus fuck, have you no decency?

Are you really going fucking argue over what unknown part of a man's body was cut off? That he was mutilated is horrible enough.

This is over, Ignore List and I hope that the front page never shows me an OP by you.

[Thor_MN]

20. Incorrect, grasshopper. I said that debating it was wrong.

You are the sick person who links to purported beheading.

You are making a poor introduction of yourself, I suspect that I won't have to ignore you.

Enjoy your stay.

[Thor_MN]

25. Conveniently leaving out the subject line...

I lost the debate? Might want to recheck that. Every post of the newbie who posted a link to a unrelated beheading video has been removed.

Awkward!! (PS LEFTNYC sides with a removed post, In fairness, you might side with the removed post too.)

Really awkward, defending posts that were removed by a jury.

In general, after someone is convicted, it's best to not volunteer that you helped...

[leftynyc]

16. Agree with you

I can't think of any other body part that would have stopped Mrs. Johnson from being able to view her husband's body.

[jmowreader]

24. The Army has DNA samples of all its troops

[UpInArms]

5. Dear.freaking.god

I am beyond horrified.

I can only imagine what his wife is feeling.

😓😓😓😓😓😓

[CrispyQ]

6. No words.

[hlthe2b]

7. Oh, gawd... That poor widow's worst fears are undoubtedly going to haunt her forever.

Honestly, if he was dismembered in some way, they SHOULD have told her. This is far worse.

[PearliePoo2]

8. Ughhh horrible. How do they handle these newly found remains? A separate casket?

Will these additional remains be put in his existing casket? This is too sad and sickening for anyone to face.
Will his wife insist to see what they found?
All too horrible to contemplate.

[CatMor]

9. How heartbreaking

The widow and his family have to go through everything again. This is worse than the first time. I can't even imagine the horror of it all.

[pandr32]

10. That poor family!

This should be a big deal to the so-called patriotic military-humping right wingers. They should want to investigate the heck out of it to find out what happened.

[turbinetree]

12. So now what do they do, exhume the coffin?

This is just fucked up to no end................

[Mrs. Overall]

14. And that asshole had the nerve to pick a fight with his widow and her family.

This is such a horrible tragedy.

[xxqqqzme]

21. There is something missing

in this story. IF the body parts were found "...at the site in Niger where his body was recovered..." . Why weren't those parts recovered when the body was discovered? Why were the body parts left to be recovered later? There is too many disconnected parts surrounding this horrible tragedy.

[Old Vet]

28. This whole story stinks to high heaven,

Everything about this story reaks of some kind of cover=up

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

31. Recovery of all remains isn't always possible

Especially in areas that may not be under our control. The area his body was recovered from may be in a dangerous area. The recovery team will move in and try to recover what they can, but they cannot always remain there for long periods of time for fear of being ambushed. Our enemies know we do what we can to recover our dead and will many times leave the remains as bait. And knowing first hand how groups like ISIS treat US remains, there was not likely not "a" body. Nor in a single spot.

[Kittycow]

34. Thanks for clarifying.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

39. Its a bad situation all around.

And its made even worse by how its been handled.

[DashOneBravo]

37. +1

[LittleGirl]

22. oh no. eom

[gopiscrap]

27. can you imagine what those right wing fuckers

would be saying if this happened on President Obama's watch instead of trump's?

[irisblue]

30. I hope to the Divine, that apricot hellbeast doesn't call her.

[Not Ruth]

32. Never, ever join the military is my advice

He died for nothing. So sad.

[mcar]

36. Horrible

[DashOneBravo]

38. Horrible for the family

[Denzil_DC]

40. Cue Trump:

Donald J. Trump? @realDonaldTrump

She's lucky I brought any of whatever his name was home. So ungrateful. I should have just left all of him there, whoever he was. Long phone call, couldn't golf. My sacrifices reserved for heroes from now on. Loser. Sad. #YAYME #MAGA #DERP