Kanika T. Powell

In the late summer of 2008, Kanika T. Powell, a 28-year-old Black woman and U.S. Army veteran, was living a quiet life in Laurel, Maryland. She had successfully transitioned from military service to a sensitive civilian role at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, a position that required a top-secret security clearance. In the days leading up to her death, a series of disturbing and strange events began to unfold. It started on a Saturday evening, August 23rd, when a man ide ...

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