STORY: "Kendrick Johnson's parents demand coroner's inquest," by reporter Natalie DiBlasio, published by USA Today on October 22, 2013.
GIST: "The parents of Kendrick Johnson, the student-athlete found dead in
a rolled-up gym mat, are petitioning a Georgia judge to order a
coroner's inquest into their son's death, the couple's lawyer said
Tuesday. Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson believe the surveillance video taken
inside the Lowndes High School gym will show what happened to their son.
So far, only a short clip of the video has been made public. Johnson, 17, was found dead Jan. 11. An autopsy conducted by the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation indicated Kendrick accidentally
suffocated inside the mat while trying to retrieve his sneaker.........Benjamin Crump, the lawyer who helped focus national attention on the
2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer
George Zimmerman, said the discovery raises questions about why
Johnson's organs went missing and couldn't be examined in the follow-up
autopsy the family requested. "When you think about it logically, it seems to be some kind of
conspiracy to conceal the truth about what happened to Kendrick and who
did it to him," Crump said. Crump said he believes the findings of an inquest would support the family's belief that Johnson's death was a homicide. In a press conference Tuesday, lawyers said there are at least four
video cameras in the gymnasium, one of which was aimed toward the corner
where Kendrick's body was found. Officials have said they must wait for consent from other minors in the video before they can release it. The U.S. attorney's office has the video and is reviewing the case."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/3150569
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