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Positional asphyxia, kendrick was suffocated by his body weight but a second autopsy paid for by the johnsons shows he died from blunt force trama, a blow to the neck. hundreds have rallied for months for answers and moore says hes received calls from manyson supporters. >> i appreciate the depth of those concerns, but at this time, what we need are people with facts and knowledge surrendering the circumstances for mr. johnsons death to present them to us. >> reporter: while sheriff prien has ev...

14 1/2-inch rolled gym mat opening to reach his shoe in the middle of a school day. they spoke with wolf blitzer moments after the announcement. >> i believe indeed that he was murdered. >> do you have any idea who may have murdered him? >> no, i dont. thats what we want to get down to the truth. >> the only question we want to know is why are they covering up for whoever killed their son. >> reporter: questions to the sheriffs department has made the johnsons suspicion, including why these shoe...

Awaited news from the faa about what gadgets they can use and when. hello, im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. any minute now, the parents of 17-year-old kendrick johnson are expected to find out if the justice department will step in and investigate the bizarre circumstances surrounding their sons death. johnsons body was found inside a rolled up mat in his valdosta, georgia, high school back in january. his death was ruled an accident. but his parents are convinced he was murdered. a ...

Investigators say kendrick squeezed his 19-inch shoulders into the 14.5 inch center of this rolled gym mat and they say he got stuck upside down while reaching for this shoe. after an autopsy, a medical examiner with the georgia bureau of investigation agreed, accidental positional asphyxia. he was suffocated but his body weight. >> we examined all of the alternatives that were available to us and the only one that fit the physical evidence, and forensic evidence and testimony evidence was this ...

Six months and walks us through what happened. >> reporter: months of protests. sit-in and marches have shaken the small south georgia city of valdosta. demonstrators say they want answers in death of 17-year-old kendrick johnson. in january, kendrick was found dead at school. investigators with the sheriffs office says kendrick squeezes his 19 inch shoulders into the 14 1/2 center of the rolled gym mat. he got stuck upside down while reaching for the shoe. after an autopsy, a medical examiner w...

Kendrick johnson. carol? >> how did kendrick die? what did the autopsy show? >> reporter: well the autopsy shows that his death was officially positional asphyxia. the family completed an autopsy in june and the report said it was blunt force trauma essentially he says that kendrick took a blow to the neck on the right side, in fact the paramedics when they arrived on the scene the day he was found noted bruising to the right side jaw. however, that bruising was not noted in any other state or l...

Accident. >> an accident? we just didnt believe. >> reporter: kendricks parents, kenneth and jacqueline johnson, believe the story about the shoe is a coverup. >> when i went and viewed his body that sunday, you can see something happened, you can tell he was beaten. >> reporter: in june, the johnsons exhumed the body and hired dr. bill anderson to conduct an independent autopsy. he found evidence of bleeding under the skin near johnsons right jaw. >> we were able to diagnose the fact there was ...

The results of mr. browns autopsy. you agree, yes? >> yes. mr. brown was run over by the vehicle anded his body was twisted forward. his head was driven into his chest. something called positional asphyxia. he couldnt breathe and unfortunately suffocated. if there had been a way to jack the car up or lift the car up he might have been saved. it was a tragic accident. >> so there is no evidence he was actually struck by the vehicle because in the video it looks like he slips and falls, but it loo...

To sue the county. but this marlon brown case is only bringing more controversy to baos tenure. >> the video speaks the truth. and the truth is you can see marlon being struck by the car. so its not about what i say. its not about what i believe. its about the video, the objective evidence an what you can see for yourself. >> randi kaye, cnn, stewart, florida. >> lets dig deeper now with dr. bill manning, chief of pathology at memorial hospital, medical examiner of burlington county. the results...

The county needed a fallgy to help subdue the anger after george vermillion was acquitted of murder. and theyre currently planning to sue the county. but this marlon brown case is bringing more controversy to his tenure. >> the video speaks the truth t. truth is, you can see marlon being hit by the car. so its not about what i say. its not about what i believe. its about the video, the objective evidence and what you can see for yourself. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, stuart, florida. >> dr. bil...