Security footage from January 10, 2013, captures the last known movements of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson.
In the video, he is seen walking inside the gym of his high school. The following day, his body was found rolled up in a gym mat.
Following an initial inquiry and autopsy determining Johnson's death as accidental, his family sought further examination by a private pathologist, revealing blunt force trauma as the cause.
The family of Johnson initiated a $100 million civil lawsuit against 38 individuals, alleging murder and asserting that the defendants were involved in a conspiracy to conceal the homicide, supposedly implicating two sons of an FBI agent. The lawsuit was later withdrawn.
Lt. Stryde Jones, who headed up the investigation for the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office, stated: "We never had credible information that indicated this was anything other than an accident."
The Department of Justice declared on June 20, 2016, that it would not pursue criminal charges in connection to Johnson's death.
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