Episode 17 // The Death of Kendrick Johnson

On January 11, 2013, the body of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found inside a vertical rolled up gym mat in the gymnasium of his high school in Valdosta, Georgia. A preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that the death was accidental. But a second autopsy determined that he died from blunt force trauma. So which was it - a tragic accidental death? Or was it murder?

SOURCES:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20140110092827/

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/05/kendrick-johnso

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• https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/us/kendrick-johnson-georgia-

• https://scwestonlaw.com/difference-state-federal-criminal-charges/

• https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdga/pr/justice-department-closes-

• https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975729899/probe-reopened-

TRANSCRIPT:

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