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Jan 20, 2014

Reporter Christian Boone has been following the Kendrick Johnson case since last summer.

The AJC received the 522-page case file from the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department last November, along with the corresponding surveillance footage taken of the gymnasium where Kendrick’s body was found. Earlier this month, the newspaper returned to Valdosta and met with the lieutenant who supervised the investigation.

We also interviewed civil rights activists and the family of two brothers who’ve been linked to the case by some who believe the teen’s death was not an accident. All along, the AJC has been talking with Kendrick’s family and their attorneys.

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