an accident we just didn t believe. reporter: soon after kendrick s body was discovered upside down in the center of this gym mat, investigators determined there was no foul play and kendrick accidently got stuck while reaching for this shoe. the official finding of the state s autopsy, positional asphyxia, that kendrick was suffocated by his body weight. when i viewed his body sunday, you can see something happened. reporter: so could the first responders. in a report paramedics considered the gym a crime scene and after a closer look at kendrick, there was bruising noted to right side jaw. at the johnson s expense, kendrick s body was exhumed. dr. bill anderson performed a second autopsy and checked the right side jaw. he found something surprising. that area where the trama occurred had not been detected. it was still in tact.
an accident we just didn t believe. reporter: soon after kendrick s body was discovered upside down in the center of this gym mat, investigators determined there was no foul play and kendrick accidently got stuck while reaching for this shoe. the official finding of the state s autopsy, positional asphyxia, that kendrick was suffocated by his body weight. when i viewed his body sunday, you can see something happened. reporter: so could the first responders. in a report paramedics considered the gym a crime scene and after a closer look at kendrick, there was bruising noted to right side jaw. at the johnson s expense, kendrick s body was exhumed. dr. bill anderson performed a second autopsy and checked the right side jaw. he found something surprising. that area where the trama occurred had not been detected. it was still in tact.
an accident we just didn t believe. reporter: soon after kendrick s body was discovered upside down in the center of this gym mat, investigators determined there was no foul play and kendrick accidently got stuck while reaching for this shoe. the official finding of the state s autopsy, positional asphyxia, that kendrick was suffocated by his body weight. when i viewed his body sunday, you can see something happened. reporter: so could the first responders. in a report paramedics considered the gym a crime scene and after a closer look at kendrick, there was bruising noted to right side jaw. at the johnson s expense, kendrick s body was exhumed. dr. bill anderson performed a second autopsy and checked the right side jaw. he found something surprising. that area where the trama occurred had not been defected. it was still in tact. so it had never been opened at
son kendrick was murdered at his high school in georgia. an accident we just didn t believe. reporter: soon after kendrick s body was discovered upside down in the center of this gym mat, investigators determined there was no foul play and kendrick accidently got stuck while reaching for this shoe. the official finding of the state s autopsy, positional asphyxia, that kendrick was suffocated by his body weight. when i viewed his body sunday, you can see something happened. reporter: so could the first responders. in a report paramedics considered the gym a crime scene and after a closer look at kendrick, there was bruising noted to right side jaw. at the johnson s expense, kendrick s body was exhumed. dr. bill anderson performed a second autopsy and checked the right side jaw. he found something surprising. that area where the trama occurred had not been detected.
we always leave our shoes inside the mats during class but to retrieve the shoes we tilt the mats over and get the shoes from the bottom. this is kendrick inside the matt. his family s attorney gave us this photo. detectives think kendrick reached for a black gym shoe from the top of the six foot matt, slipped into the center and got stuck while no one was around and a relative says the shoes in this picture are his, too. the official cause of death is positional asphyxia. in other words, he was smothered by his own body weight. no foul play. he had no bruises, no nothing. reporter: did you believe that? no. reporter: and you still don t believe is it? no, i don t. reporter: this picture of kendrick s face reinforced their suspicious. as handsome as my son was, then you see him like that is is un it s crazy.