Sgt. La David Johnson’s widow said she has not seen her husband’s body since he died and wants answers on how he died in Niger.
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“I wanna know why it took them 48 hours to find my husband,” Myeshia Johnson said on “Good Morning America.” “Why couldn’t I see my husband? Every time I asked to see my husband they wouldn’t let me.”
Johnson said she was told that her husband is in a “severe wrap” so she cannot see his body, but she thinks she should be able to confirm that her husband is in the casket.
“I don’t know nothing — they won’t show me a finger, a hand,” she explained. “I need to see him so I know that’s my husband. … I don’t know what’s in that box — it could be empty for all I know. But I need to see my husband.”
The White House said that the Pentagon is investigating how Sgt. Johnson and three other soldiers died in Niger.