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Gym mat death shocker: Body stuffed with Newspaper

One of the hardest things in life is for a parent is to find that their child has died. An even harder pill to swallow is finding out that what originally was supposed to be an “accidental” death, is not so accidental.

17 year old Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a gym at a Georgia High School in January. According to CNN.com, State medical examiners concluded that the three-sport athlete suffocated after getting stuck in a rolled-up gym mat while reaching for a sneaker.

According to reports, Johnson’s family did not buy the story and now discovers that their son’s body and skull had been stuffed with newspaper before burial added a horrific new dimension to their anguish and further fueled their skepticism of the official findings. Read more here

Source: CNN.com