Article published
Aug 3, 2006
Timeline of the Martin Lee Anderson
incident
Jan. 5:
Martin Lee Anderson enters the Bay County boot camp.
Within hours, he is restrained, hit and kneed by guards after he has
difficulty performing physical drills.
Jan. 6:
Anderson dies.
Feb. 16:
Bay County medical examiner Dr. Charles Siebert says Anderson died
from sickle-cell trait.
Feb. 17:
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement releases a
videotape of the incident.
Feb. 22:
The Bay County sheriff announces that any boot-camp employee
involved in the investigation will be placed on administrative leave
and that the camp is closing.
March 10:
Anderson's body is exhumed for a second autopsy.
March 14:
Dr. Michael Baden observes the second autopsy and says Anderson did
not die of natural causes.
March 30:
Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober, special
prosecutor assigned to the case, says the Hillsborough sheriff will
take over the investigation from FDLE because of e-mails sent by
FDLE Commissioner Guy Tunnell to the Bay County sheriff.
April 19:
University students stage sit-in at the Capitol.
April 20:
Gov. Jeb Bush asks for Tunnell's resignation after he
makes racist jokes.
April 21:
Thousands of protesters including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al
Sharpton rally at the Capitol.
May 5:
The Hillsborough County medical examiner says second
autopsy showed that Anderson died from suffocation.
May 30:
Bush signs the Martin Lee Anderson Act into law, with Martin's
parents present, that replaces boot camps with juvenile facilities
more focused on education and counseling.
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