After investigators combed the area, the Defense Department announced that additional remains of Sgt. La David Johnson were discovered.
The Pentagon has confirmed that it has recovered additional remains of Sgt. La David Johnson, the U. S. soldier killed in Niger during an ambush in October by militants linked to ISIS. The remains (described as bone fragments) were discovered by joint team of investigators from the FBI and the military and required DNA testing to identify, according to a Department of Defense spokesperson.
After learning that more remains were found, Rep. Frederica Wilson, a close family friend of the deceased soldier, expressed her disappointment about learning details through the press. But she vowed to keep pressing the issue in Congress:
The deadly ambush, where Johnson and three other U. S. soldiers lost their lives, has been described as a “ massive intelligence failure ” and is currently the subject of probes by both the House and Senate Armed Services Committee.
(Via NBC News)
