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organs have been removed. the letter said that filling a body with newspaper is not illegal though it's not a quote best practice. johnson's parents only learned his organs were missing when his body was exhumed for an independent autopsy. a haunt deeg tail on a mystery that now has federal authorities involved. here's victor blackwell reporting. >> reporter: what happened to this teenager walking through a school gym. he's captured on surveillance camera then disappears until -- >> there's a dead body out here. >> reporter: 17-year-old kendrick johnson was found upside down in a rolled gym mat last january. investigators say they was reaching for a shoe, got stuck and died. >> we have found nothing to indicate this was anything other than just a tragic accident. >> you could tell he was beaten. >> reporter: kendrick's parents believe the story about the shoe ace coverup, and they question why sheriff's investigators either did not collector test potential evidence from the scene. >> got some questions about the kendrick johnson case. >> i won't discuss that with you. >> why not, sir?
>> reporter: what happened to this teenager walking through a school gym. he's captured on surveillance camera then disappears until -- >> there's a dead body out here. >> reporter: 17-year-old kendrick johnson was found upside down in a rolled gym mat last january. investigators say they was reaching for a shoe, got stuck and died. >> we have found nothing to indicate this was anything other than just a tragic accident. >> you could tell he was beaten. >> reporter: kendrick's parents believe the story about the shoe ace coverup, and they question why sheriff's investigators either did not collector test potential evidence from the scene. >> got some questions about the kendrick johnson case. >> i won't discuss that with you. >> why not, sir? >> because our case is closed. >> reporter: kendrick's body was exhumed. his parents paid for an independent autopsy and the pathologist found evidence of apparent nonaccidental blunt force trauma to the neck. but it's also what the the pathologist did not find that shocked the family. >> organs, the heart, lungs, liver, et cetera, were not with
>> reporter: 17-year-old kendrick johnson was found upside down in a rolled gym mat last january. investigators say he was reaching for his shoe, got stuck and died. >> we have found nothing to indicate this was anything other than just a tragic accident. >> you could tell he was big. >> reporter: kendrick's parents believe the story about the shoe is a cover-up and they question why sheriff's investigators either did not collect or test potential evidence from the scene. >> got some questions about the kendrick johnson case. >> i'm not going to discuss that with you. >> why not, sir? >> because our case is closed. >> reporter: kendrick's body was exhumed. his parents paid for aine dependent autopsy and the pathologist found evidence of apparent nonaccidental blunt force trauma to the neck, but it's also what the pathologist did not find that shocked the family. >> organs, the heart, lungs, liver, et cetera, were not with the body. >> reporter: what was in the place of the organs? >> newspaper.
now to exclusive developments in the kendrick johnson case. the georgia teen was found dead in his high school gym a little more than a year ago. an investigation into who removed the dead teen's organs from his and replaced them with newspaper ended up with a big question mark. we will get to that in a moment, but first let me give you a look at the case where federal authorities were involved. here is victor blackwell. >> what happened to this teenage boy walking through this school gym. he is captured on surveillance camera and then disappears. >> there is a dead body here. >> kendrick johnson was found upside down in a rolled gym mat last january reaching for his shoe and got stuck and died. >> we found nothing to indicate this was anything other than a tragic accident. >> you can he was beaten. >> the story about the shoe they believe is a cover up and
the georgia board of funeral service said no determination could be made about where and when her son's organs have been removed. the letter said that filling a body with newspaper is not illegal though it's not a quote best practice. johnson's parents only learned his organs were missing when his body was exhumed for an independent autopsy. a haunting detail on a mystery that now has federal authorities involved. here's victor blackwell reporting. >> reporter: what happened to this teenager walking through a school gym? he's captured on surveillance camera then disappears until -- >> there's a dead body out here. >> reporter: 17-year-old kendrick johnson was found upside down in a rolled gym mat last january. investigators say they was reaching for a shoe, got stuck and died. >> we have found nothing to indicate this was anything other than just a tragic accident. >> you could tell he was beaten. >> reporter: kendrick's parents believe the story about the shoe ace coverup, and they question why sheriff's investigators