shoes that were not with lennon s body when he was arrived at the medical examiner s office according to the naacp review. he s going to walk a quarter mile from his house in a pair of shoes that s two sizes too small after he takes off his new pair of shoes, this is a 17-year-old black kid with a brand new pair of jordans on? he s going take those jordans off and just get rid of them and put on some shoes that ain t, that s not his? we don t know where he got them from. no laces in them. and continue to walk down this dirt road late at night to a swing set in the middle of the trailer park and hang himself? reporter: and there are questions in the naacp review about lennon s death being ruled a suicide. dr. radish noted that her determination of manner of death in this case as suicide was based on the information she was provided by law enforcement and the local medical examiner. she would have likely called the manner of death pending while awaiti ining toxicology and
get the 207 pound teen down. you need to try to get him down. if you can. reporter: then seconds later i m letting him down. reporter: according to the naacp review, dr. radish also noted she was not provided with photographs or dimensions of the swing set. without this information, she d be unable to evaluate creating the scenario. the belts used to fashion the noose did not belong to lennon. i know every piece and stick of clothes this child has. i buy them. i know. reporter: the initial report from the medical examiner notes the belts appeared to be dog leash leashes. according to the review, radish said she thought some portion must be misses because there was no secondary cut in either belt. a cut that would have been made to take the body down. and lennon s family says he left home that night wearing size 12 air jordans. but he was found wearing these size 10 1/2 air force ones.
so the fbi is investigating a north carolina family s claim that their 17-year-old son who had been involved in an interracial relationship was lynched. victor blackwell traveled to the small town of bladenboro, north carolina, to talk to the family. i listen for him and don t hear him. reporter: the last time claudia lacy heard and saw her 17-year-old son, lennon lacy, is when he snapped his selfie, last night pic before the game. he was a student in north carolina and lineman on the football team focused on a professional football career. he was a physical fit 17-year-old, very athletic. very, very athletic. down to his food. everything he drank. reporter: lennon had asthma and had to exercise outside at night after the temperature dropped. something his family said he did often. lennon headed out for a walk the night of august 28th. they never saw him alive again.
report, the caller, a 52-year-old woman, was able to get the 207 pound teen down. i m going to try to get him down. if you can. then seconds later according to the naacp review board, dr. radish also noted that she was not provided with photographs or die mentions much the swing set. without this information she would be unable to evaluate the ability to create the scenario. lacy says she told state investigators the belts used to fasten the noose did not belong to lennon. i know every piece and every stitch of clothes this child has. i buy them. i know. the initial report from the local medical examiner, however, notes that the belts appeared to be dog leashes. according to the naacp s review, radish says she thought some poshes must be missing because there was no secondary cut in either belt, a cut that would have been made to take the body down. and lennon s family says he left home that night wearing size 12 air jordans, but he was found
lacy said she did not mean he suffered from depression. when you lose someone close to you, you re going to be depressed, upset, in mourning. reporter: lennon s family said he was focused on football and college and distracted by his his ex-girlfriend. 17-year-old lennon had been dating a 31-year-old white woman. the age of consent in north carolina is 16. still, some people in the small southern town did not like it. lennon s mother did not like their dramatic age difference. i was shocked. disappointed. and i also initially told him how i felt, i did not approve of it. reporter: in the wake of his hanging, some wondered if he was killed because he was in an interracial relationship. racial tension can often exist just below the surface, and here it can break through. local news covered a ku klux klan rally in a nearby county just weeks before lennon s body was found. are there people in this community who didn t like that a 17-year-old black male and a