Student Dies In Wrestling Mat

Johnson s family had a private pathologist conduct a second autopsy.

Student dies in wrestling mat.

Authorities say a south georgia high school student apparently climbed atop an upright roll of wrestling mats fell into a center opening and died after he became trapped inside. Authorities said he suffocated after falling into the mat while trying to retrieve a shoe. A georgia couple s quest to learn what happened to their son who was found dead in a rolled up wrestling mat in his high school gym took a horrifying turn when a second autopsy found the teen. According to turner on the day of the wrestling event the wrestling team had the school s first lunch session which lasted from 11 32 a m.

Kendrick johnson died of positional asphyxia when he fell into a wrestling mat to recover shoes he shared with another student in an auxillary gym. Kendrick johnson 17 was found dead in a rolled up wrestling mat at his high school in january. State of georgia where he was a student. The 17 year old johnson was found dead inside a rolled up wrestling mat in the gymnasium of lowndes high school in valdosta where he was a student on january 11 2013.

The parents of a teenage student found dead and rolled up in a gym mat at a us high school believe their son met with foul play and were shocked to discover he had been buried with organs missing. On january 11 2013 the body of kendrick johnson october 10 1995 january 10 2013 was discovered inside a vertical rolled up mat in the gymnasium of lowndes high school in valdosta in the u s. A preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that the death was accidental.