Teen killed for his organs

The first time Jacquelyn Johnson cried next to her son Kendrick's grave, he was being lowered into the ground. The second time, he was being pulled out of it. In June, Kendrick's body was sent to Florida. The Johnsons hired Doctor Bill Anderson to conduct an independent second autopsy. In that autopsy, Anderson told the Johnsons he'd found evidence that Kendrick died as the result of a blow to the neck, and not accidental asphyxia after slipping into a rolled gym mat at school as investigators in Georgia had said. They were all absent.

WDAM - A Marion County teen was killed after she was struck by a vehicle while riding on her four-wheeler earlier this week, but she has saved others through organ donation. Miranda Jaqueline Trujillo, 14, went by Mia. Her family members say she loved helping people. So it really got me down. But then they told me that her valves could be used.

The body of Kendrick Johnson, 17, was found Jan. Lowndes County sheriff's investigators concluded that he died in a freak accident, falling headfirst into an upright mat and becoming trapped. But Johnson's family believes he was killed and has been pressuring authorities into taking a second look at the case. The teenager's family announced Thursday that the Florida lawyer who helped push for a criminal prosecution in the shooting of Trayvon Martin has joined efforts to reopen an investigation into Johnson's death. His parents also revealed that when Johnson's body was exhumed over the summer for a second autopsy, the private pathologist discovered his organs were missing and newspaper had been used to fill the body cavity.

More Videos Shocking discovery inside teen's body Story highlights Autopsy shock: Teen's organs removed, cavity filled with newspaper "We thought we were burying Kendrick, not half of Kendrick," father says Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat in January His death was ruled accidental; a private autopsy challenged that finding. The death of year-old Kendrick Johnson was awful enough for his parents. Then came the doubts about investigators' conclusion that it was an accident.