Kendrick Johnson’s family filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against 38 individuals. The lawsuit alleged that Johnson’s death was a murder and accused the respondents of a conspiracy to cover up the homicide. That lawsuit was subsequently withdrawn.
^ a b c d Johnson, M. Alex (January 15, 2015). “Parents File $100 Million Suit in Gym-Mat Death of Georgia Teen Kendrick Johnson”. NBC News. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
Bell had become toxic. And his name remains sullied to this day, linked to the tragic death of Kendrick Johnson, 17, whose body was found in a rolled-up gym mat at Lowndes High in Valdosta in 2013. Johnson’s family believes Bell and his brother, Branden, had something to do with Kendrick’s death.
A private autopsy performed for the Johnsons suggested Kendrick’s death was caused by blunt force trauma. Both the Johnsons and the Bells are desperate for closure. So is Valdosta, which has become bitterly divided by the case, largely along racial lines.
Why did the Johnson family want Kendrick’s death investigated?
After 23 weeks of standing on Valdosta street corners holding signs and demanding answers, the Johnson family wanted Kendrick’s death to be investigated as a homicide. The Florida pathologist the Johnson family hired to conduct a second autopsy said a homicide investigation needs to be opened because Johnson’s injuries appear to be inflicted by another.
Kendrick Johnson, 17, was found dead in a mat at Lowndes High School in 2013. The circumstances of his death have been a source of conjecture, gossip, allegations and lawsuits ever since. WALB has compiled a timeline of events since Johnson’s reported death.
The goal of the petition was 1.5 million signatures.
The Johnson family filed another lawsuit, which named many of the same claims from the previous suit. A total of 41 defendants were named. The suit claimed Johnson was murdered and was covered up.
The $10,000 reward in the case was rescinded. The reward was good for only 90 days after the reward was first offered in October 2013. The Reverend Floyd Rose was in charge of making the public aware of the reward. He says it’s time for closure.
Johnson’s parents withdrew a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit.The family filed the wrongful death lawsuit on January 15, 2015, which accused two brothers of killing their son. The Lowndes County school issued a statement in response. The school board also was named in the suit.
Lawyers for Lowndes County School Superintendent Wesley Taylor and the county school district filed a “motion to dismiss.” They asked the Middle District of Georgia to drop them from the new lawsuit Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson filed over the death of their son.
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