Gym Mat Death Update

11 in south georgia.

Gym mat death update.

The late teen s parents kenneth and jacquelyn johnson filed the federal lawsuit against 12 defendants in january alleging their son was a victim of foul play. Johnson was found headfirst in the center of a vertical rolled up wrestling mat in his high school gym on january 11 2013. The death of 17 year old kendrick johnson was awful enough for his parents. Then came the doubts about investigators conclusion that it was an accident.

The johnsons have filed several lawsuits since their son s death winning none of them. Kendrick johnson was found dead in a gym mat at lowndes high school in january 2013. Nearly a year later the family are still fighting for justice after the police said. The parents of a georgia high school student who was found dead in a rolled up gym mattress five years ago will exhume their son s body for the second time in order to prove the 17 year old s.

Walb noted that the johnsons have filed several lawsuits in recent years but so far unsuccessfully. The investigation into the death of a teenager whose body was found inside a rolled up gym mat at a georgia high school and whose death was ruled accidental is closed the georgia bureau. Kendrick johnson s body was found in lowndes county high school in 2013. Kendrick s body left was found stuck inside a rolled up mat in his high school gym on january 11.

Kendrick johnson was found dead in a gym mat at lowndes high school in january 2013. The parents of a georgia teenager found dead inside a rolled up gym mat are in a state of bewilderment after the justice department decided to close a long investigation into the 2013 death. Lowndes county sheriff s investigators concluded that he died in a freak accident falling headfirst into an upright mat and. The late teen s parents kenneth and jacquelyn johnson filed the lawsuit in january claiming their son was the victim of foul play.