Kj Gym Mat Death
Kendrick johnson was found dead in a gym mat at lowndes high school in january 2013.
Kj gym mat death. A second autopsy revealed his body and skull had been stuffed with newspaper before burial. The death of 17 year old kendrick johnson was awful enough for his parents. On january 11 2013 the body of kendrick johnson october 10 1995 january 10 2013 was discovered inside a vertical rolled up mat in the gymnasium of lowndes high school in valdosta in the u s. Teen s gym mat death victim s parents say.
Johnson s family had a private pathologist conduct a second autopsy. By crimesider staff october 11 2013 11 31 am cbs news. State of georgia where he was a student. Family of teen found dead in a rolled up gym mat requesting federal death investigation be reopened kendrick johnson s body was found in lowndes county high school in 2013.
11 2013 the body of 17 year old kendrick johnson was found in the most unusual of circumstances. Just when we thought the ridiculously inadequate travesty of an investigation into the horrific death of kendrick johnson the georgia high school football player found stuffed in a gym mat couldn t get any worse it does. You read the headline correctly. Missing organs are reason to suspect foul play in ga.
A preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that the death was accidental. Then came the doubts about investigators conclusion that it was an accident. His parents suspect murder and new evidence has been released. The late teen s parents kenneth and jacquelyn johnson filed the lawsuit in january claiming their son was the victim of foul play.
The mysterious death of kendrick johnson was initially ruled an accident by law enforcement but his family was not convinced. Upside down and rolled up in a school gym mat. Kendrick s mother had gone to the.