Investigators could not confirm the liquid and did not collect any as evidence. Now, his mom, Jackie, believes she has the confession tape and has turned it over to police. Authorities say he suffocated trying to retrieve a sneaker "I think this young man met with foul play," former FBI agent says. In 2016, federal prosecutors said that to bring a case to trial, they would have to show two things: that Kendrick had been killed, and that the killing had been motivated by racial animus.. Even after the federal investigation, questions about Kendricks death persisted in Valdosta. We already knew that nothing was going to be done on your watch. Veteran Aviator and Student Pilot He Helped Land After She Lost Her Nose Gear Take to the Skies Together, Oklahoma Man Charged After Allegedly Covering Up the Murder of the Woman His Wife Was Having an Affair With, Texas Man Continued His Date After Cops Say He Fatally Shot Someone Over $40, Autistic Artist Sebastian Franco Hopes to See Northern Lights as He Contemplates Going Completely Blind, Lori Vallow Daybell's Sister: 'You Expect Me to Just Keep Believing Without Ever Having a Question?'. Kendrick Johnson: A second local investigation into the death of Original Score by Dan Edinberg. Mr. Johnson, 53, said that a forensic pathologist hired by the family, William R. Anderson, had found that the cause of death was blunt-force trauma to the right side of the boys neck, near the jaw. That journey took him first to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia, which he learned had recused itself from the case, then to that of the Northern District of Ohio, where it had been transferred. The film, a Boom Content production, is written, directed, and produced by Pollock and produced by Amy McCampbell, Morgan J. Freeman, and Malcolm D. Lee. The exclusive clip above, featuring Lewiss voice, details some of the explosive findings in the documentary. Kendrick Johnson The parents of a Georgia teenager who was found dead in a rolled-up high school gym mat in 2013 believe they bought an audio confession from his killer. As you look down the road here, do you guys have other options? Probe Reopened In Death Of Kendrick Johnson, Georgia Teen He was located in the left corner of the gym, in a The sheriff released a 16-page summary of his investigation on Wednesday including pictures from the Lowndes County gym. Johnson was found dead on Jan. 11, 2013 inside of a tightly rolled gym mat by classmates at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia. Finding Kendrick Johnson opens with whistleblower Mitch Credle, a 23-year veteran homicide detective with Washington police who investigated Johnsons death with the US attorneys office. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. FBI agent, sons countersue parents of Kendrick Johnson, The federal investigation focused on the two students and another person, according to Sheriff Paulks report.