Make that 15. 💔 This article is from 5 years ago, 2015. [Thread] #VanessaGuillen #LaVenaJohnson news.stlpublicradio.org/post/10-years-…
Exactly 15 years ago this month, #LaVenaJohnson's family received her badly-beaten body. Her vagina had burned because lye (or some other burn chemical) has been poured over it. #VanessaGuillen #LaVenaJohnson
What's more? For literally every orifice in which people commonly have sex (and/or are assaulted) — her vagina, anus, and mouth — someone had removed her body parts. #LaVenaJohnson
The Army ruled her death a suicide. #LaVenaJohnson
As we mourn #VanessaGuillen, we must remember — any time we ask ourselves "How could something like this happen?!" (really, about nearly anything in the U.S.) — the *it* was probably already happening to immigrant and/or Black communities. We must do better. #LaVenaJohnson
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