A decade has passed since 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson‘s body was found in a rolled wrestling mat at Lowndes County High School in Valdosta, Georgia. Johnson’s family has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, claiming “false information” corrupted the investigation into the teenager’s death.
Nine years after Kendrick Johnson's body was found in a rolled-up gym mat at Lownes High School, the sheriff is offering his own money to find the killer.
Johnson's body was found in a rolled-up gym mat at Lowndes County High School in Valdosta, about 120 miles northwest of Jacksonville, on Jan. 11, 2013.
email Georgia Sheriff Reopens Probe Into Death of Kendrick Johnson, After Years Of His Family Pushing For Justice
The 17-year-old was found rolled up in a gym mat, and his death ruled accidental, but the sheriff and his family have always been suspicious.
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An investigation into the death of
Kendrick “KJ” Johnson, the Georgia teenager whose body was found rolled up in a gym mat, was reopened by the Lowndes County, Ga., sheriff, giving his family, who has long maintained he was killed, a new chance to find out what happened to him.
Sheriff
Ashley Paulk confirmed to reporters on Tuesday (March 9) that he has reopened the case after receiving documents from federal investigators that he requested two years ago.
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