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The Georgia sheriff who reopened the investigation into Kendrick Johnson‘s death said he received new information about the case. Johnson, who was 17, was found rolled up inside a gym mat eight years ago by classmates at the Lowndes High School. His death was ruled an accident, but Johnson’s parents suspected …

After eight years, the investigation into Georgia teenager Kendrick Johnson’s death has been reopened by the Lowndes County Sheriff’s department. Johnson, 17, was found up-side-down and rolled up in a mat in the Lowndes County High School gymnasium in January of 2013. His death was officially ruled an accident, but his parents …

Kendrick Johnson died in 2013, but the family couldn’t prove what really happened.  Johnson was found rolled up in a gym mat at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia. His death was originally ruled an accident, but the family believed he was murdered.  After five years of trying to find …

In 2015, the parents of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against officials, schoolmates, and an FBI agent, after their son was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat. Although a state autopsy ruled the death as an accident caused by “positional asphyxia,” his parents believed …