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In this Dec. 13, 2013 file photo, Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson stand next to a banner on their SUV showing their late son, Kendrick Johnson, in Valdosta, Ga. A Georgia sheriff said March 10, he’s reopened an investigation into the 2013 death of the teenager, whose body was found inside a rolled-up gym mat at his high school. AP Photo/Russ Bynum, File
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
For Kendrick Johnson’s family, it has been eight long agonizing years since the 17-year-old was found dead in the gymnasium at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Ga., wrapped in a gym mat upside down on January 11, 2013. The county sheriff’s department concluded after its short investigation that the youth died in a freak accident. Sheriffs said he crawled into the mat while trying to recover a sneaker and suffocated.
Investigation Reopened In Georgia Teen Kendrick Johnson’s Mysterious Death
“There’s still a lot of questions people want answered, Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk said. Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson stand next to a banner on their SUV showing their late son, Kendrick Johnson, on Dec. 13, 2013, in Valdosta, Ga. Photo: AP
Nearly a decade after Kendrick Johnson’s body was found in a high school gymnasium, investigators have announced a new probe into the Black teenager’s mysterious death.
In 2013, the 17-year-old’s body was found upside down inside a rolled-up gym mat at a Georgia high school; he d suffocated to death. Investigators, who suspected he’d become trapped after attempting to grab a “pair of sneakers,” ruled his death a freak accident. The case was closed almost half a decade ago due to “insufficient evidence” of foul play, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson stand next to a banner on their SUV showing their late son Kendrick, in Valdosta, Ga., in December 2013. A family spokesperson told NPR they are cautiously optimistic after the Lowndes County Sheriff s Office reopened its investigation last week. Russ Bynum / AP
A Georgia sheriff s office is reopening an investigation into the 2013 death of Kendrick Johnson, a Black teenager whose body was found inside a rolled-up gym mat in his high school gymnasium.
Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk, who was retired at the time of Johnson s death, confirmed to NPR that his office officially reopened the investigation on Friday. It did so after receiving documents it had long requested from a Justice Department investigation that closed in 2016.
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.