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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 he's 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. johnson's death to present them to us. >> reporter: while sheriff prien has every confidence his officers investigation was handled with the necessary diligence to make sure al...

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 don't. that's 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 sheriff's department has made the johnson's suspicion, including why these shoes found yards from kendrick's body were not collected as evidence and how this bloodstain ended ...

Awaited news from the faa about what gadgets they can use and when. hello, i'm 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 son's death. johnson's 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 u.s. attorney in georgia's expected to announce a decision on a new investigation any moment now....

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 was an accident. >> an accident we just didn't believe. >> reporter: kendrick's parents kenneth and ...

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 sheriff's 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 with the georgia bureau of investigation agreed, the official cause of kendrick's death, accidental ...