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Revisited: LaVena Johnson

Women and Crime

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Lavina's Death

Lavina's body was flown home and she was buried with military honors at Jefferson Barak's National Cemetery. Her family had an open casket at her funeral although they were strongly advised by a military liaison not to have an opencasket due to her condition. So soon after her burial investigators officially concluded because all of this was just talk till this point they officially concluded that Levina had shot herself in the mouth. The reason they changed their story is because when the father got the body he noticed there was a small bullet hole in her head. But again even if you shoot yourself in the mouth with an M16 that's not open casket. No this doesn't sound right.

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