Episode 100: Body In The High School Gym (Case of Kendrick Johnson)
All morning there had been whispers at LHS - they found a student’s body in the old gym. The body of 17 year old KJ had been found rolled up into a giant gym mat about 6ft tall.
When the police arrive they rule out foul play - they believe KJ willingly went into the mat where he would later suffocate to death.
But what about all the other strange evidence? The blood on the gym walls, the FBI agent’s high school son who had problems with KJ, and why were KJ’s organs missing?
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Documentary - “Finding Kendrick Johnson”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-focus-on-timeline-in-kendrick-johnson-gym-mat-death/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/timeline-challenged-in-kendrick-johnson-gym-mat-death/
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/third-autopsy-claims-foul-play-valdosta-gym-mat-death-case/8ccdJgoF2H5juAJeRqR8KK/
https://web.archive.org/web/20131213171217/http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/12/11/rally-held-for-kendrick-johnson-at-capitol-building/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-parents-owe-292-000-153245007.html
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/us/kendrick-johnson-georgia-gym-mat-death-investigation/index.html
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/lowndes-county-sheriff-kendrick-johnsons-case/85-66e5f587-df87-4690-a03b-770f639df97d
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/valdosta-sheriff-reopens-kendrick-johnson-case/K36ISER5HRBRXFFNPEVMUYRMRM/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160418201643/http://valdostatoday.com/2016/03/kj-family-drops-100-million-wrongful-death-suit/
https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/local_news/u-s-attorney-in-kj-case-resigns/article_fff0d130-896a-11e5-b478-bb5d1f29fa92.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20160418173840/http://valdostatoday.com/2016/01/second-u-s-attorney-in-charge-of-kj-case-resigns/
https://web.archive.org/web/20140110092827/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/05/kendrick-johnson-parents_n_4545031.html
https://www.walb.com/2019/02/06/kendrick-johnson-case-timeline-events-case/
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