The Lowndes County , The Lowndes County , the Lowndes County Sheriff 's Office says it does not believe an anonymous e-mail . The e-mail claimed that a former schoolmate confessed to killing Kenneth , more than a year ago . The determination was made after a Lowndes County assistant district attorney issued a grand jury subpoena to obtain identifying information about the sender of the e-mail . Johnson 's body was found in a rolled-up mat in his high school gym 17 . The death was ruled an accident , but an independent pathologist called it a homicide .
The Lowndes County , The Lowndes County , the Lowndes County Sheriff 's Office says it does not believe an anonymous e-mail . The e-mail claimed that a former schoolmate confessed to killing Kenneth , more than a year ago . Johnson 's body was found in a rolled-up mat in his high school gym 17 . The death was ruled an accident , but an independent pathologist called it a homicide .