Wrapped in the mat: Kendrick Johnson’s family still grappling with boy’s death a decade later

Gulf Coast Confidential with Mollye Barrows

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Kendrick Johnson was known for being a talented athlete, so how did the strong, healthy 17-year-old basketball player end up dying upside down, head-first in a rolled up wrestling mat in his high school gym?

Three autopsies, two exhumations, six tennis shoes, and lawsuits seeking billions of dollars in damages later there are still more questions than answers.

Kendrick’s parents are not backing down from their belief that their son was killed by another student, the son of a local FBI agent, and that’s why they will never accept that what happened was a freak accident or give up their pursuit of justice in the mysterious death.

Join us as we dive into the latest episode of Gulf Coast Confidential, “Wrapped in the mat: Kendrick Johnson’s family still grappling with boy’s death a decade later.”

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1. Wrapped in the mat: Kendrick Johnson’s family still grappling with boy’s death a decade later (00:00:00)

2. [Ad] Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway Briefing (00:20:47)

3. (Cont.) Wrapped in the mat: Kendrick Johnson’s family still grappling with boy’s death a decade later (00:21:26)