Originally posted by ChrisKnight06:
Here's the CNN story regarding the footage. Quick google search shows a bunch of other CNN stories as well.
From back in 2013 as well:
1.)
Coroner slams handling of Kendrick Johnson case
"I was not notifedi n (sic) this death until 15:45 hours. The
investigative climate was very poor to worse when I arrived on the
scene. The body had been noticably (sic) moved. The scene had been
compromised and there was no cooperation from law enforcement at the
scene. Furthermore the integrity of the evidence bag was compromised on
January 13, 2013 by opening the sealed bag and exhibiting the dead body
to his father," wrote Lowndes County Coroner Bill Watson in a report
dated January 22.
"I do not approve of the manner this case was handled. Not only was the
scene compromised, the body was moved. The integrrety (sic) was breached
by opening a sealed body bag, information necessary for my lawful
investigation was withheld," he said.
2.)
Georgia teen Kendrick Johnson's death was not accidental, family's autopsy finds
That autopsy, conducted June 15, found
blunt force trauma to the right neck and soft tissues, "consistent with
inflicted injury." It was conducted by Dr. William R. Anderson with
Forensic Dimensions in Heathrow, Florida.
"This
is unexplained -- most very, very likely inflicted, as opposed to
something he caused himself, inflicted by another -- and therefore needs
to be investigated as an open homicide investigation," Anderson said.
"I've
never had a case that I can recall where the prosecution actually was
told that this may well be a homicide -- the prosecution being the
state, the police and so forth -- and then they didn't bother
prosecuting. It's mystifying," he added.
Anderson's
finding supports the narrative of the initial patient care report,
written by EMTs with the South Georgia Medical Center Mobile Healthcare
Service on January 11, the day Johnson's body was discovered. That
report said, "bruising noted to the right side jaw."
However,
a January 25 report by the Valdosta - Lowndes County Regional Crime
Laboratory cited "no signs of blunt force trauma on Johnson's face or
body."
The autopsy results released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation May 2 identified "no significant injuries."
