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Jordan Collins

Teen’s body found rolled up in gym mat, the death was ruled an accident, but his family exhumed his body and made a grisly discovery

The death of Kendrick Johnson remains a mystery to this day. The Georgia teen’s body was discovered inside a rolled-up gym mat at the Lowndes High School gymnasium but his death was determined to be accidental.

Johnson was a high school sophomore, just 17 years old at the time of his unfortunate death. Despite the odd circumstances of his demise, authorities determined that it was likely an accident, theorizing that the teen was attempting to reach a pair of sneakers inside the mat when he fell in headfirst and became trapped.

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