Monrovia, Oct. 13 -- Bombarded with theories and innuendos regarding the death of her long-time friend and associate, Mr. Harry A. Greaves, former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf turned to Liberia's traditional stepfather, the United States of America for help in finding out whether something sinister was amiss after Mr. Greaves' gruesome body showed up on the beach near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the morning of Sunday, January 31, 2016.

Like the Greaves murder, similar speculations followed the death of Attorney Michael Allison, the son of former Defense Minister Gray D. Allison.

Both Greaves and Allison were engulfed in controversies leading up to their deaths.

Memory of Greaves, Allison

Mr. Greaves had become a champion for the...