Feds Take Further Look into Kendrick Johnson Case:

Finally, 10 months after the mysterious death of 17 year old Kendrick Johnson, a federal investigator is taking a further look into the case.  The teen mysteriously died last December in the gym of Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia.  Kendrick’s parents and family members have been strongly pushing the last 10 months for the case to be reinvestigated.  Kendrick was found dead last December, when his body was discovered in a rolled up gym mat.  His family had been suspicious that someone has murdered Kendrick, and was just trying to cover up the evidence.

To me, it sounds fairly obvious that if you found someone’s body rolled up inside of a gym mat, that they had been murdered.  I don’t think it should have taken authorities almost 10 months to realize that this was no accident.  Although it took a while, Kendrick’s family is still very thankful the case is under investigation.

The body was found on December 11^th, almost 10 months ago, which was wedged into a rolled up wrestling mat in the high school’s gymnasium.  Blood had soaked his face, shirt, pants, hair, and even started to spill out between the mats.  Within just 24 hours of finding the body, the local police department ruled that they thought there had been no foul play.  This seems like way to little time to know for sure if it was an accident or not.  Police should have talked to his friends, family, and teacher to know more about Kendrick before they could make such a curtail judgment call.  There had even been blood stains on a nearby wall, which police said was unrelated to the case.  Shoes that Kendrick were wearing were not even taken as evidence which came as a huge shock.

The family’s lawyer also suspected a violation of civil rights, asking local investigators if they took Kendrick Johnsons case seriously enough.  Authorities replied by saying that they did try their best to find out what happened, but simply couldn’t get enough evidence.  The Lowndes county police ruled that the case was merely nothing but an accident, and put the case aside. Kendrick’s mom later said that her, along with her family, are very happy that the case is being reinvestigated and that all they have ever wanted to know was the truth behind Kendrick’s death.  Police first believed that Kendrick had suffocated while reaching for a sneaker he dropped, but authorities are now thinking otherwise.

Doctors went back after performing an autopsy to perform yet another one to see how Kendrick died, but found his organs had not been replaced.  The body had been stuffed with newspapers, leaving the organs nowhere to be found.  This added onto the family’s suspicions, angering them more to uncover the truth.  Kendrick’s story was spread all over by his family and the news, and was eventually put under reinvestigation which made Kendrick’s family extremely joyful.  The case is just staring to be reinvestigated on the federal level and new clues will soon be discovered.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/justice/georgia-gym-mat-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Pearson, Michael, Michael Pearson Reported, Wrote From Atlanta; Victor Blackwell Reported from Valdosta. Devon Sayers, and MaryLynn Ryan Also. "Federal Prosecutor Will Look into Kendrick Johnson Case." CNN. Cable News Network, 31 Oct. 2013. Web. 31 Oct. 2013.