US Department of State The car that John Peterson was driving is seen at the crash site. In the early morning of August 24, 2019, Peace Corps employee John Peterson struck and killed Rabia Issa. He wasn't charged. But USA TODAY confirmed that the former Peace Corps employee, who avoided prosecution after killing a mother of three in a car crash, is the subject of a federal watchdog’s inquiry into whether he had a history of hiring sex workers overseas.
The newspaper has filed more than 40 Freedom of Information Act requests about what happened in Tanzania and continues to probe key decisions about Peterson’s treatment.

We invite you to come back to this page and stay connected as we peel back layers of this tragic episode about the Peace Corps’ aspirational mission of promoting “world peace and friendship” and new questions about whether those in charge of fulfilling that promise have done so at the expense of the communities they and the agency’s volunteers are meant to serve.