: Local investigators and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) ruled his death an accident, theorizing he suffocated (positional asphyxia) while trying to retrieve a shoe from inside the mat. Finding Kendrick Johnson (2021)
The documentary Finding Kendrick Johnson (2021) recounts the 2013 death of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson and the ongoing search for justice by his family. Directed by Jason Pollock, the film explores the mysterious circumstances under which Johnson was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia. The Disappearance and Discovery Finding Kendrick Johnson
: On January 10, 2013, Kendrick Johnson entered the old gymnasium at Lowndes High School. Surveillance footage captured him strolling in, but he was never seen exiting. : Local investigators and the Georgia Bureau of
: The following morning, students found Kendrick’s body headfirst inside a vertically rolled-up wrestling mat. The Disappearance and Discovery : On January 10,