investigators say kendrick squeezed his 19-inch shoulders into the 14.5 inch center of this rolled gym mat and they say he got stuck upside down while reaching for this shoe. after an autopsy, a medical examiner with the georgia bureau of investigation agreed, accidental positional asphyxia. he was suffocated but his body weight. we examined all of the alternatives that were available to us and the only one that fit the physical evidence, and forensic evidence and testimony evidence was this was an accident. an accident we just didn t believe. reporter: kendrick s parents kenneth and jacqueline johnson believe the story about the shoe is a coverup. when i went to view his body that sunday, you can see something had you can tell he was beaten. reporter: the johnson s want the u.s. department of justice to launch a federal investigation. if they don t come in, they only sending a message to the world, you can kill as long as
six months and walks us through what happened. reporter: months of protests. sit-in and marches have shaken the small south georgia city of valdosta. demonstrators say they want answers in death of 17-year-old kendrick johnson. in january, kendrick was found dead at school. investigators with the sheriff s office says kendrick squeezes his 19 inch shoulders into the 14 1/2 center of the rolled gym mat. he got stuck upside down while reaching for the shoe. after an autopsy, a medical examiner with the georgia bureau of investigation agreed, the official cause of kendrick s death, accidental positional asphyxia, suffocated by his own body weight. we examined all of the alternatives presented to us and the only one that fit the physical evidence and forensic evidence and testimonial evidence was this is an
in january, kendrick was found dead at school. investigators with the county sheriff office said kendrick squeezed his 19 inch shoulders into the 14.1 inch center of this rolled gym mat. they say he got stuck upside down while reaching for this shoe. after an autopsy, a medical examiner with the georgia bureau of examination agreed accidental positional positional asphyxia. we examined all the alternatives presented to us and the only one that fit the physical evidence and the forensic evidence and the testimonial evidence that we received, this was an accident. an accident. reporter: kendrick s parents believe the story about the shoe is a cover up. when i went and viewed his body that sunday, you could see something happened. you could tell he was beaten. reporter: in june the johnsons exhumed his body and
kendrick johnson. carol? how did kendrick die? what did the autopsy show? reporter: well the autopsy shows that his death was officially positional asphyxia. the family completed an autopsy in june and the report said it was blunt force trauma essentially he says that kendrick took a blow to the neck on the right side, in fact the paramedics when they arrived on the scene the day he was found noted bruising to the right side jaw. however, that bruising was not noted in any other state or local document. all right, we ll wait for further release of those videotapes. thank you so much. victor blackwell reporting live from macon, georgia. still to come in the newsroom the fiasco with the obama care website if the government can t get its act together on that, what can we trust the government to do right? we ll talk about that next.
dead at school. investigators say kendrick squeezed his 19-inch shoulders into the 14.5 inch center of this gym mat and got stuck upside down while reaching for this shoe. after an autopsy, a medical examiner with the georgia burro of investigation agreed, accidental positional asphyxia. he was suffocated but his body weight. we were presented the al tentatives and the only one that fit the physical evidence, and forensic evidence and testimony evidence was this was an accident. an accident we just didn t believe. reporter: kendrick s parents kenneth and jackelyn johnson believe the story about the shoe is a coverup. when i went to view his body that sunday, you can see something had you can tell he was beaten. reporter: the johnson s want the u.s. department of justice to launch a federal investigation. if they don t come in, they only sending a message to the