jumps out at me, and you ve been involved in these cases over the years two autopsies, the second autopsy showed that several vital organs were removed and the body had been stuffed with newspapers. is that a normal situation? a normal autopsy? they throw newspapers in a body like that? absolutely not. i actually never heard of that before, wolf. it s so bizarre. it s so strange. and what is also very strange about this case is the lack of transparency, quite frankly, of the local authorities. they didn t want to release videos that we know were released yesterday because the minors perhaps on the videos needed to be protected. this is a murder investigation, after all, and that is where you want the most transparency. so the fact, the odd fact of the autopsy finding, you know, second autopsy finding newspapers in his body, the fact that the videos have not been released up until yesterday, the fact that he died under very
the investigation closed by the county sheriff s department, my office was contacted by the family s attorney who requested a review of the local investigation. at that time, i requested and received a copy of the complete investigative report and file from the sheriff s office. the investigative file includes reports, photographs, videos, statements, and a number of other documents. in late august of this year, i received a copy of the second autopsy report which reached a different conclusion as to the cause of kendrick johnson s death. for several months now my office has been continuously engaged in obtaining and reviewing all of the evidence, case reports and other investigative findings that are ooh a. vailable pertaining to the death of kendrick johnson. those efforts are ongoing. as part of that process, there are several questions that must be answers or confirmed.
accident. an accident? we just didn t believe. reporter: kendrick s parents, kenneth and jacqueline johnson, believe the story about the shoe is a coverup. when i went and viewed his body that sunday, you can see something happened, you can tell he was beaten. reporter: in june, the johnson s exhumed the body and hired dr. bill anderson to conduct an independent autopsy. he found evidence of bleeding under the skin near johnson s right jaw. we were able to diagnose the fact there was blunt force trauma to that area. so he took blow to the neck? one blow to the neck. reporter: you ve used the world self-times, but in your view, this is a homicides? yes. reporter: also, dr. anderson says kendrick s organs were missing. instead, stuffed with newspaper. the georgia secretary of state s office launched an investigation into that. questions about the sheriff s office investigation had made the johnson s more suspicious including why these shoes found
the results of mr. brown s autopsy. you agree, yes? yes. mr. brown was run over by the vehicle anded his body was twisted forward. his head was driven into his chest. something called positional asphyxia. he couldn t breathe and unfortunately suffocated. if there had been a way to jack the car up or lift the car up he might have been saved. it was a tragic accident. so there is no evidence he was actually struck by the vehicle because in the video it looks like he slips and falls, but it looks like his head is up until right when the vehicle goes over him. so there is no evidence he was struck. to a medical examiner in this case what they mean by struck is there is no fractures of his legs, long bones, no fracture of the pelvis. not even a fracture of the skull though it appears as he rolled under the vehicle he may have been hit by the car. but there is no fractures there. this was not as violent a
to sue the county. but this marlon brown case is only bringing more controversy to bao s tenure. the video speaks the truth. and the truth is you can see marlon being struck by the car. so it s not about what i say. it s not about what i believe. it s about the video, the objective evidence an what you can see for yourself. randi kaye, cnn, stewart, florida. let s dig deeper now with dr. bill manning, chief of pathology at memorial hospital, medical examiner of burlington county. the results of mr. brown s autopsy, you agree with them, yes? yes. mr. brown was run over by the vehicle and his body was twisted forward and his head was driven into his chest, something called positional asphyxia. he couldn t breathe and unfortunately suffocated. if there had been a way to jack that car up or lift the car up he might have been saved. it was a very tragic accident. but there s no evidence he was actually struck by the