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One on One with Amy Hoyt
By Amy Hoyt
News13 On Your Side
Tuesday, May 2, 2006

 
PANAMA CITY, FL - Bay County Medical Examiner Dr. Charles Seibert is still waiting. Waiting for the second autopsy results on a 14 year old boot camp student who died in January.

Click Here for videoDr. Seibert’s conducted the first autopsy on Martin Anderson. The teen died a day after being admitted to the Bay County Boot Camp on January 5th. He died the next day in a Pensacola hospital.

The boy’s body was brought back to Bay County for the examination. 

Dr. Seibert ruled the boy died from natural causes, due to complications from sickle cell trait. Sickle cell is common in African Americans, and often goes undetected. 

But many medical experts refute those findings.  The family of Martin Anderson called for a second autopsy in Tampa. 

Dr. Seibert was present for that exam.

The final results have not been released yet, but early indications are that the second autopsy showed no signs of sickle cell trait. 

There is no way to know if the physical portion of the boot camp program killed young Martin, or if the manhandling by the boot camp drill instructors led to his death. “I am confident in my examination” Seibert said, “I have nothing to hide.”

The video of the Anderson’s last day at the boot camp has been seen around the country. It shows the 28 minutes where the teen told guards he couldn’t go on, but they proceeded with disciplinary measures. 

The boot camp has since been closed and lawmakers around the state voted in legislative session to close all state run boot camp type facilities.

Another debate in this case is the family’s assertion that there was a cover up.

No one has been arrested or charged in the boy’s death. Emails between Bay County Sheriff Frank Mckeithen and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Guy Tunnell concerning the case, Emails that Anderson family attorney  Benjamin Crump says were unacceptable.

Tunnell resigned last month as FDLE commissioner. Crump says it is unacceptable that no one has been charged or arrested in this case.

The death of Martin Anderson remains  under investigation by special prosecutor Mark Ober of Tampa.

This story can be found at: http://www.wmbb.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WMBB/MGArticle/MBB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137835717597&path=

 

 

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