the county needed a fallgy to help subdue the anger after george vermillion was acquitted of murder. and they re currently planning to sue the county. but this marlon brown case is bringing more controversy to his tenure. the video speaks the truth t. truth is, you can see marlon being hit 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 and what you can see for yourself. reporter: randi kaye, cnn, stuart, florida. dr. bill manion, chief of pathology, medical examiner at burlington county. the result 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 somehow to
lift up the vehicle and save the person. here they just didn t get the vehicle lifted up off him soon enough. so was the car actually i mean on top of him? could he have slid out if he was conscious? yes. no. because the vehicle was pressed on top of his body. so he had no room to crawl out from the vehicle itself. the injuries, the injury patterns, show that the vehicle was actually pressed on top of his body. this type of accident happens when people are working under their car and the jack slips and the car comes down and presses your chest. you can t breathe. and so you die of this positional asphyxia. this is the same type of death here. clearly the family disagrees with what you believe, disagrees with what dr. bao found. how easy would it be to get a second opinion, to get either another autopsy done or a review of the autopsy that was done? oh, absolutely. and in fact, this case was
your chest. you can t breathe. and so you die of this positional asphyxia. this is the same type of death here. clearly the family disagrees with what you believe, disagrees with what dr. bao found. how easy would it be to get a second opinion, to get either another autopsy done or a review of the autopsy that was done? oh, absolutely. and in fact, this case was presented to the grand jury. and under florida statutes, vehicular homicide you either have to be speeding and police are allowed to speed, you have to be under the influence. the police were not under the influence of alcohol or drugs. and finally if they were racing each other. they re not drag racing or anything like that. so i think the statute is very specific here. but certainly another pathologist can come in and review this case and offer a second opinion. absolutely. all right, dr. bill manning, appreciate your perspective. thank you very much. up next gruesome new details about a kidnapping and double murder.
you can t breathe. so you die of this positional asphyxia. this is the same type of death. clearly the family disagrees with what you believe it is and disagrees with what dr. bao found. how easy would it be to get a second opinion, to gt either another autopsy done or a review of the autopsy that was done? oh, absolutely. in fact, this case was presented to the grand jury and under florida statutes vehicular homicide, you have to be speeding and police are allowed to speed. you have to be under the influence. the police weren t under the influence of alcohol or drugs. finally if they are racing each other. they are not drag racing or anything like that. i think the statute is specific here. certainly another pathologist can come in, review the case and offer a second opinion. absolutely. doctor, i appreciate your perspective. up next, gruesome details about a kidnapping and double murder. how the mother and brother of kidnapping victim hannah
jersey. 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 vehicle? 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 s no evidence he was actually struck? through medical examiner in this case, what they mean by struck is that there s no fractures or his legs, his long bones, no fracture of the pelvis, not even a fracture of the skull, even though it appears that as he rolled under the vehicle he may have been hit by the car. but there s no fractures there. so this was not as violent a