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May 2020
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Episode 141: The Tragic Death of Kendric...

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About this episode
Guys, this case has plagued us for years. It is one of those cases that provides more questions than it does answers.
January 10, 2013, 17 year old Kendrick Johnson was found dead, rolled up in a wrestling mat in his high school gym. Initially, the case was quickly ruled a tragic, freak accident but after three autopsies, several false leads and a myriad of unanswered questions, Kendrick's family is no closer to finding out the truth about what happened to their son on that winter day in Georgia. Did Kendrick accidentally fall into a fatally inverted position in the rolled up mat? Or did someone put him there?

Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/kendrick-johnson

https://www.walb.com/2018/11/15/third-kendrick-johnson-autopsy-results-released/

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/his-body-was-exhumed-twice-for-a-third-autopsy-kendrick-johnson-the-black-teen-who-was-found-dead-in-a-gym-still-cries-for-justice-from-his-grave

https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/ga_fl_news/private-consultant-releases-new-kendrick-johnson-autopsy/article_9412b580-e940-11e8-9f3b-47e0bb7e0c97.html

https://static.allongeorgia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/393322920-Kendrick-Johnson-Third-Autopsy.pdf

https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/us/georgia-gym-mat-death

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdga/pr/justice-department-closes-investigation-death-kendrick-johnson

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