Kendrick is seen entering the old gymnasium of Lowndes High School. Based on reports, the motion-activated surveillance camera recorded another student entering the gym before Kendrick, but going in a different direction. Authorities quickly identified the student and confirmed that he was going to class. Authorities explain that Kendrick is seen walking to the right side of the gym where the gym mats are located, out of the camera's view at 1:27pm. Authorities also stated that no one was seen following him, although they added that one person of interest was seen on surveillance footage walking outside of the school in the opposite direction of the gym at 1:28pm, and their other person of interest was in the parking lot at 1:28pm.

Lowndes High School

According to the school bus travel log, the bus that was carrying the wrestling team, including person of interest, Branden Bell, left the school sometime between 11:50am and 12:30pm. The bus full of around 25 wrestlers was on its way to Macon, Georgia for a wrestling tournament. Cell phone records showed that the bus was already 85 miles north of Lowndes High School by 1:53pm.

Lowndes High School

Kendrick's mother, Jacquelyn Johnson, calls the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office and reports Kendrick missing when he did not return home from school that night.

According to a Lowndes County Sheriff's Office incident report, the students who found Kendrick in the gym mat observed a set of socks sticking up out of the mat. Upon climbing onto the gym mats and looking inside, the individual saw Kendrick inside of one of the rolled up, standing gym mats.

Lowndes High School

The first police officers arrived at Lowndes High School at 10:35am to assess the situation. Upon entering the gym, the officers were informed by students that there was a body inside of a rolled up gym mat. The officers described the scene in an incident report as the following: "a blue cheerleader mat lying horizontal and rolled up to approximately a 3' diameter. In the center of the roll pointing north, [the officer] observed two feet with socks wearing denim jeans... In the center of the roll facing south, [the officer] observed a black male torso and head wearing white, exposed down to his rib cage. Both arms partially obstructed the face and were moderately stiff. The facial area was severely disfigured and swollen. The only identifying feature to the victim that [the officer] observed was the long dread locks".

Lowndes High School

Lowndes High School was locked down by law enforcement and school administrators when Kendrick's body is found in the school's gym. This lockdown was lifted shortly after the investigation began.

Lowndes High School

A vigil is held for Kendrick Johnson at John W. Saunders Memorial Park less than a week after his death.

John W. Saunders Memorial Park

According to a medical examiner with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the results of the first autopsy determined that Kendrick's cause of death was positional asphyxia, and the manner of Kendrick's death was accidental. At this point, investigators believe that Kendrick had fallen into a standing rolled-up gym mat and became stuck when reaching for a shoe at the bottom of the mat.

Kendrick's family schedules a second autopsy for their son on June 6, 2013, and his body is exhumed on June 14, 2013 in preparation for the autopsy. The family hired Dr. William Anderson, a forensic pathologist in Orlando, Florida to perform the autopsy.

Sunset Hill Cemetery

Kendrick's family reportedly filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Lowndes County Board of Education a year after Kendrick's death. According to various sources, the lawsuit claimed that the Board of Education did not properly investigate an event in which an altercation took place on a school bus between Kendrick and a classmate.

According to this autopsy, which was performed by an independent pathologist, Kendrick's cause of death was "unexplained, apparent non-accidental, blunt force trauma".

The Valdosta-Lowndes County Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Council offers a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) responsible for Kendrick's death. The reward was set to be returned to the donor if an arrest is not made within 90 days of the donation.

A Georgia judge ordered the release of the surveillance video from the Lowndes high school gym in addition to several investigative documents.

Former U.S. Attorney Michael Moore announces a day after the surveillance video is released that he will be joining the FBI in the investigation into Kendrick's death.

A memorial service is held for Kendrick Johnson to mark the one year anniversary of Kendrick's death. The memorial service is held at John W. Saunders Memorial Park.

John W. Saunders Memorial Park

The $10,000 reward for information in Kendrick's case is revoked after the 90-day period for the reward expired.

After accusing Harrington Funeral Home of negligence and fraud after the second autopsy was complete, the Johnson family files a lawsuit against them. The basis of their claims relied on information revealed during the second autopsy which stated that Kendrick's organs were missing and that his body was stuffed with newspaper. After investigation by a state board, the charges were dropped after the findings concluded that the funeral home didn't break the law.

Over a year after Kendrick's death, an email is sent from an anonymous individual. The email reportedly claimed that the sender's friend had overheard a conversation with Brian Bell's girlfriend, Taylor Eakin, who stated that Brian and another classmate, Ryan Hall, had killed Kendrick. This email led to further investigations and led the Lowndes County assistant District Attorney to order a subpoena to a communications company for more information.

A day after the anonymous email was received, the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office reported that they had determined that the email confession was a hoax. After identifying and interviewing the sender of the email, investigators learned that the sender did not know the information to be a fact, but it was instead rumors, and redacted her statements.

During the press conference, the Johnson family pleads with the public to come forward if they have any information regarding the death of their son. Specifically, they explained how many students were not interviewed by law enforcement the day that Kendrick's body was found due to classes being excused early in the day.

This $100 million wrongful death lawsuit made claims that classmates were responsible for the death of Kendrick, naming 38 individuals in the lawsuit, and claiming that three classmates had attacked and killed Kendrick.

Seven members of the Johnson family were found guilty of obstruction of justice for blocking the entrance of the Lowndes County Judicial Complex during a protest on April 25, 2013. The family members were sentenced to one year in jail, a sentence which would be suspended as long as none of them were arrested in the next year.

Authorities search the Bell and Eakin family homes as well as Brian's college dorm room early Tuesday morning. Authorities seized computers, cell phones, and other belongings as a part of the investigation into the death of Kendrick Johnson. Additionally, 19-year-old Ryan Hall was handcuffed while his home was searched by U.S. Marshalls around 4:30am. According to Hall, the Marshalls took custody of his cell phones and computers after showing him a warrant. After the search of his home, Hall was taken to Macon, Georgia for questioning.

20-year-old Dalton Ray Chauncey was arrested and charged with providing false statements to police on July 23, 2015. According to reports, he had told neighbors that he had overheard two Lowndes High School students talking about their involvement in Kendrick's death, specifically that they wanted to "rough him up", but had taken it too far. According to investigators, they were unable to find a student with one of the names given by Dalton, and the other individual denied having the conversation Dalton had described. After being asked to take a polygraph test on July 29, Dalton reportedly declined and confessed that he had made everything up.

The Superior Court of Lowndes County dismissed the $100 million lawsuit filed by the Johnson family. The lawsuit alleged that Kendrick was killed by Brian and Branden Bell and that Kendrick's true cause of death was covered up by officials. A lawyer for the Johnson family reported that the lawsuit will be refiled in the future.

More than three years after Kendrick's death, the U.S. Department of Justice concludes their independent investigation into his death. Their investigation was determined to have found insufficient evidence to support any criminal charges into Kendrick Johnson's 2013 death.

Ryan Domek-Hernandez stepped forward as a witness in 2017 claiming that he was at Branden's apartment in April of 2016, and listened as Branden admitted to the following: Brian killed Kendrick, an argument took place between Brian, Branden, and another individual in the school's gym, Rick Bell contacted former Sheriff Chris Prine about the altercation and met with the county's coroner, an unnamed FBI agent altered the surveillance video, that Kendrick's organs were removed during the first autopsy to confuse the time of death and that the first autopsy record was falsified. Most of these claims have been completely discredited by evidence collected by law enforcement.

Almost five years after their son's death, the Johnson family files for Kendrick's body to be exhumed for a second time, and a third autopsy is scheduled.

Sunset Hill Cemetery

Following the Johnson family's request, Kendrick's body is exhumed on June 22, 2018 in preparation for a third autopsy. According to the third autopsy report, which was performed by Dr. William Anderson, Kendrick's cause of death was "non-accidental blunt force trauma to his right neck and right thorax".

Nearly seven years after their son's death, the Johnson family requests that both the federal and state investigation into the death of Kendrick Johnson be reopened. This request was made on what would have been Kendrick's 24th birthday.

The current Lowndes County Sheriff, Ashley Paulk, announced that he had reopened the investigation into Kendrick Johnson's death, and that he had been in contact with the Justice Department to receive all of the records for the previous investigation.

More than 8 years after their son's death, the Johnson family presents an audio recording to the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office. This recording, an alleged confession, was reportedly recorded and sold to the Johnson family for $1,000 by an individual who the family describes as an 'alleged family member'. This recording allegedly states "they are going to catch me anyway; I should've never done this. I was young and stupid. Kendrick didn't deserve this man" before ending with a tearful "they're going to catch me anyways", according to a transcript of the recording.

According to the Lowndes County Sheriff, Ashley Paulk, the recording given to him by the Johnson family was determined to be a hoax. Paulk further explained that the recording was reportedly collected by a second cousin of a family who was sued by the Johnson family. Paulk explained that the individual who was recorded in the audio recording confessed to investigators that the confession tape was not genuine, and that the family doesn't have a second cousin at all.

Over 8 years after the death of their son, Kendrick's parents request a new investigation into their son's death, further requesting a new set of investigators to offer a fresh set of eyes on the evidence in the case. The Lowndes County Sheriff, Ashley Paulk, responds with statements claiming that their investigation into Kendrick's death is mostly completed, and that the family won't be happy with the results of another investigation. In the same interview, Paulk explains that there are currently two investigations taking place regarding Kendrick's case, one into Kendrick's death, and another into the authentication of the newly-received alleged confession tape.