| January 5, 2006
Martin Lee Anderson's first day at
the Bay County boot camp. He collapses after an altercation with the
guards and is rushed to Bay Medical Center by ambulance at about
9:45 a.m. He is later life-flighted to Sacred Heart Hosptial in
Pensacola.
January 6, 2006
Anderson dies around 1:30 a.m. at
Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
February 13, 2006
CNN and the Miami Herald file a
lawsuit for the surveillance tape from the boot camp to be released.
February 15, 2006
Anderson's parents hold a news
conference asking for the release of the video. The National Black
Caucus of Legislators and the NAACP join their efforts.
February 16, 2006
The results of the first autopsy by
Dr. Charles Siebert of the 14th Judicial Circuit are released.
Siebert says Anderson died from complications of sickle cell trait,
a hereditary condition. The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights
Division and the FBI open a federal probe into the case.
February 17, 2006
The surveillance video is released
showing the approximately 30 minute confrontation between Anderson
and the guards. Some medical experts begin disputing Dr. Siebert's
cause of death.
February 21, 2006
The Bay County Sheriff's Office
gives a 90-day notice to the Department of Juvenile Justice that
they will be shutting down the boot camp. State Attorney for the
14th Judicial Circuit, Steve Meadows, steps aside and requests a
special prosecutor to oversee the case. Gov. Jeb Bush appoints Mark
Ober of the 13th Judicial Circuit.
March 10, 2006
Anderson's family exhumes his body
to have a second autopsy performed.
March 13, 2006
Second autopsy performed.
March 14, 2006
Preliminary results from the second
autopsy released. Doctors say Anderson did not die from sickle cell
trait.
March 28, 2006
E-mails between Florida Department
of Law Enforcement Commissioner Guy Tunnell and Bay County Sheriff
Frank McKeithen surface causing another controversy in the boot camp
investigation. Tunnell was Bay County's sheriff when the boot camp
first opened in 1994.
March 30, 2006
The FDLE is removed from the case
by Ober's office.
April 6, 2006
The Bay County boot camp shuts its
doors for good.
April 20, 2006
Tunnell resigns without giving a
reason, but the move comes after widely published reports of a joke
he made about the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Senator Barack Obama, who
were coming to Tallahassee for a protest.
May 2, 2006
Full results of the second autopsy
are released. Dr. Vernard Adams, medical examiner for the 13th
Circuit, disputes Siebert’s autospy results, saying that Anderson
died of suffocation because the guards blocked his airways and
ammonia capsules held under his nose caused his airways to be
blocked further.
July 12, 2006
Anderson's family files a $40
million lawsuit against the Bay County Sheriff's Office and
Department of Juvenile Justice.
Augsut 9, 2006
Medical Examiners Commission votes
to put Siebert on probation after an audit reveals 42 errors, mostly
clerical, in his past autopsies.
November 20, 2006
Former DJJ employee Stephen
Meredith files a lawsuit against DJJ. Meredith claims he was fired
because he wouldn't help cover up Anderson's death.
November 28, 2006
Ober announces charges against the
seven guards and one nurse. Each is charged with one count of
manslaughter of a child.
March 27, 2007
The Bay County Sheriff's Office
settles the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Anderson's family for
$2.425 million. The state is expected to pay a remaining $5 million
to the teen's parents.
May 23, 2007
Gov. Charlie Crist signs a claims
bill, giving Anderson's parents a total $5 million settlement from
the state. The same day, the Medical Examiners Commission votes not
to recommend Siebert for reappointment when his term ends on June
30.
June 13, 2007
Medical Examiners Commission votes
to remove Dr. Siebert from office over his work in the Martin
Anderson autopsy. Specifically, the commission questions whether he
actually performed some of the observations / procedures noted in
the report. The complaint accuses Siebert of negligence in his
duties, in violation of Florida law.
June 19, 2007
State Attorney Steve Meadows
appoints Siebert as interim medical examiner.
September 24, 2007
Jury selection scheduled to begin.
The Bay County Clerk of Courts office summons 1,450 residents to the
Marina Civic Center over a week of proceedings.
October 3, 2007
The trial for the eight defendants
begins.
Additionally (added by CAICA):
October 12, 2007
All eight defendants were
acquitted; Florida University students protest
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