Student Dies In Wrestling Mat

Tragedy struck in valdosta georgia when a popular high school football player was found dead trapped in a rolled up tubular wrestling mat in the school s gymnasium.

Student dies in wrestling mat.

Kendrick johnson died of positional asphyxia when he fell into a wrestling mat to recover shoes he shared with another student in an auxillary gym. Johnson s family had a private pathologist conduct a second autopsy. According to turner on the day of the wrestling event the wrestling team had the school s first lunch session which lasted from 11 32 a m. Authorities said he suffocated after falling into the mat while trying to retrieve a shoe.

Kendrick johnson 17 was found dead in a rolled up wrestling mat at his high school in january. The 17 year old johnson was found dead inside a rolled up wrestling mat in the gymnasium of lowndes high school in valdosta where he was a student on january 11 2013. A georgia couple s quest to learn what happened to their son who was found dead in a rolled up wrestling mat in his high school gym took a horrifying turn when a second autopsy found the teen. On january 11 2013 the body of kendrick johnson october 10 1995 january 10 2013 was discovered inside a vertical rolled up mat in the gymnasium of lowndes high school in valdosta in the u s.

The parents of a georgia high school student who was found dead in a rolled up gym mattress five years ago will exhume their son s body for the second time in order to prove the 17 year old s. Authorities say a south georgia high school student apparently climbed atop an upright roll of wrestling mats fell into a center opening and died after he became trapped inside. A preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that the death was accidental.