The 17 year old s body was found stuck in an upright mat that had been rolled up and propped upright behind bleachers in the school gym the morning after his parents had reported him missing.
Black kid found dead in gym mat.
Then came the doubts about investigators conclusion that it was an accident.
The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of the south georgia teen found dead in a rolled gym mat has been dismissed by a federal judge.
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.
New evidence has been released in the death of the teen found rolled up in a gym mat at his high school.
Attorneys for the johnson family expressed fears that the camera footage was edited as part of a cover up.
Family of teen found dead in a rolled up gym mat requesting federal death investigation be reopened.
Johnson s body was found in 2013 in a rolled up gym mat at lowndes county high school.
Tragedy struck in valdosta georgia when a popular high school football player was found dead trapped in a rolled up tubular wrestling mat in the school s gymnasium.
The death of 17 year old kendrick johnson was awful enough for his parents.