The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of the south georgia teen found dead in a rolled gym mat has been dismissed by a federal judge.
Student found dead in gym mat.
School officials found johnson s body in the gym after his parents reported him missing the night before.
A preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that the death was accidental.
Johnson s family had a private pathologist conduct a second autopsy.
Chilling new photos have been released from the scene where a georgia teen was found dead inside a rolled up wrestling mat at his high school gym in january.
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.
Family of teen found dead in a rolled up gym mat requesting federal death.
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.
He was stuck upside down in the middle of a wrestling mat that had been rolled up and.
Johnson who was a 17 year old high school sophomore was found rolled up in a gym mat at lowndes high school gymnasium on jan.
State of georgia where he was a student.
He was stuck upside down in the middle of a wrestling mat that had been rolled up and.
But his parents never accepted that his death was an accident.
School officials found johnson s body in the gym after his parents reported him missing the night before.