“A twenty-one-year-old Cajun girl and Army Private, Paige Fontenot Briles joined the “Fort Hood Fallen” under suspicious circumstances on Christmas Eve 2016. Returning guest, Jennifer Norris of Military Justice For All, helps to uncover how Paige’s death fits into a larger pattern of young soldiers’ non-combat deaths at Fort Hood, while acknowledging the frequent mislabeling of homicides to suicides by Army CID. Paige’s family, the Fontenots, deserve to have their daughter’s case re-opened and re-investigated along with the families of LaVena Johnson, Kamisha Block, Tina Priest, and Vanessa Guillén. In sharing Paige’s story, the pubic can start to become aware of these larger issues on our military bases and can help petition for both transparency and reform.” –Missing Magnolias Podcast (November 19, 2021)
Related Links:
Never Forgotten: The Fort Hood Fallen (2016)
Army Pvt. Paige Fontenot Briles Found Unresponsive in Vehicle at Fort Hood Housing in Texas; Despite Suicide Ruling, Family Requests Homicide Investigation (December 24, 2016)
Fort Hood soldier found dead on post on Christmas Eve
Fort Hood soldier found dead identified as Kaplan woman
Fort Hood officials announce death of a soldier
Death of 21-year-old Fort Hood soldier under investigation
Fort Hood: Death of soldier on Christmas Eve under investigation
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Violent Crime, Suicide, and Non Combat Death at Fort Hood, Texas (US Army)
Military Policy and Legislation Considerations for the Investigations of Non Combat Death, Homicide, and Suicide of US Service Members
Washington DC Veteran’s Presentation on the Current Status of the Armed Forces at Fort Hood in Texas (2017)
15 Active Duty Cases That Beg for Prevention Efforts, Military Justice Reform, and the End of the Feres Doctrine
Military Injustice: Nowhere to Turn, Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide; The Story of Kamisha Block & How U.S. Army Leadership Contributed to Her Death (2024)
Fort Hood: How a Lawyer Out of Nowhere Kept the Problematic Past Hidden, Shut Down the Missing & Murder Element in a Case, and Promoted an Outdated Fix (2024)
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