COALITION AGAINST INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD ABUSE
 HEADLINE NEWS                                                                                                                                                                                                             CAICA EN FRANÇAIS
 

CAICA     HOME   │   NEWS  │  PROGRAM NEWS  │  STORIES │  DEATHS  │   WWASPS   │  PARENTS' CORNER  │  MISSION  │ SITE MAP │  LINKS & RESOURCES
  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

              AUTISM  │ LITIGATION  │  LEGISLATION  │ JUVENILE JUSTICE  │ MENTAL HEALTH │ LIGHTER SIDE │  EN FRANCAIS  │ COMMENTS  │ LIST SERVE  │  BLOGS  
 

 

 

Expert conducts 2nd autopsy in boot camp death

Boy, 14, died at Florida boot camp after being struck by guards

Monday, March 13, 2006; Posted: 4:33 p.m. EST (21:33 GMT)
 
TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- Civil rights groups rallied outside a medical examiner's office Monday while a second autopsy was being conducted on a teenager who died after he was punched and kicked by guards at a juvenile boot camp.

The body of Martin Lee Anderson, 14, was exhumed in Panama City on Friday and brought to Tampa.

The second autopsy was ordered after his parents questioned the findings of Bay County's medical examiner, who concluded the teenager died from complications of sickle cell trait, a usually benign blood disorder.

Anderson died early January 6 at a Pensacola hospital, hours after he collapsed during exercises on his first day at the camp. A videotape later released to the media shows that after he stopped the exercises he was struck, kicked and dragged by several guards.

Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober is investigating, but no charges have been filed.
                                                                                                                                        The parents of Martin Anderson, Gina Jones, right
                                                                                                                                                                                and Robert Anderson leave a news conference in Tampa

Officials would not say when the autopsy results would be released, and Ober's office said he would have no comment until the investigation is finished.

Dr. Michael Baden, a famed coroner who reviewed medical evidence in the slaying of Martin Luther King Jr. and worked for a congressional committee that reinvestigated the assassination of President Kennedy, is observing the autopsy on behalf of Anderson's parents.

Outside the office Monday, members of the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition were among about two dozen demonstrators in what they were calling a "Resurrection for Justice" rally.


Gina Jones wipes a tear as she watches authorities exhume
the body of her son, Martin Anderson.

"It's important that there is a statement that we are collectively coming together with this family against the state of Florida and what appears today to be a cover-up in regard to the death of this young man," said Sevell C. Brown III, state president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Anderson entered the camp for a probation violation for trespassing at a school after he and his cousins were charged with stealing their grandmother's car from a church parking lot.
 

 

 
DISCLAIMER, WARNINGS, AND NOTICE TO READERS: This website does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the information, content collectively, the "Materials") contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from any of the services contained on this website (the "Service"). None of the contributors, sponsors, administrators or anyone else connected with this website in any way whatsoever can be responsible for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous information or for your use of the information contained in these web pages. All information provided using this website is only intended to be general summary information to the public.

FAIR USE NOTICE: These pages may contain copyrighted (© ) material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is made available to advance understanding of ecological, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior general interest in receiving similar information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

REFERRALS: CAICA is not a referral agency. CAICA does not refer to or promote facilities or transport companies for children or teens. CAICA warns parents that the parent pay / parent choice programs ie. Residential Treatment Centers, Therapeutic Boarding Schools, Behavior Modification Programs, Christian Programs, Positive Peer Culture Programs, etc., are not regulated by the Federal Government and that it is a "Buyer Beware" industry. CAICA provides the following for parents: Message to Parents, Help for Distraught and Desperate Parents, and Questions to Ask and Warning Signs.

© 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008