In the Kendrick Johnson case, the family’s attorney wants all surveillance footage released to the public.
Johnson, 17, died early this year. He was found inside a rolled up wrestling mat inside of a gym in Lowndes County High School in Valdosta, Georgia.
Newly released images strengthen the assertions by Johnson’s parents that he was murdered.
Now, to further the evidence gathering in the case--which the parents, the family’s attorney, and at least one private investigator says wasn’t done right--Chevene King, the attorney, wants all surveillance footage released.
He wants people to petition the Lowndes Sheriff’s Board of Education, reported WC-TV.
Ben Crump, another attorney in the case, says that Johnson was definitely murdered.
King says footage from four surveillance cameras that could show what happened in the gym has been withheld from the attorneys and the public.
The nearly 700 photos that were recently released show a pair of shoes and a hooded sweatshirt that were lying near Johnson’s body that weren’t collected by investigators, which Harold Copus, an Atlanta private investigator and a former FBI agent, told CNN was an oversight.
“If you’re running a crime scene, then you’re going to say ‘That’s potential evidence. Obviously, we’re going to check this out and find out who does it belong to,’ ” he said.
“I don’t believe this was an accident. I think this young man met with foul play.”
Another interesting development of the case came to light on Oct. 9, WC-TV reported. Johnson’s parents found that many of his organs--including his heart, brain, and lungs--are gone. The state says that it gave the organs to a funeral home, which won’t comment. Johnson’s parents allege that the funeral home may have been pressured to get rid of the organs, because they held possible evidence.
