aipt report did show he had high levels of cocaine and alcohol in his system. and what the autopsy didn t specify, though, was the manner of death, whether they were calling it a homicide, accidental, or undetermined. zerlina? nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson, thank you so much for being here tonight, and please stay safe. right now i want to bring in lee merritt, one of the attorneys representing ronald greene s family. lee what do you make of today s press conference from the louisiana state police? well, the new leadership there has an uphill battle. he s inherited a department that is rife with corruption and brutality. he was just discovering a lot of this that we ve been investigation for the past two years. he hasn t been around when we ve been asking for these files, he wasn t around when these officers invented the car crash scenario or when the previous supervising officers issued a
the car accident and high-speed chase, but according to the ap, the official cause of death listed on that report says, quote, cocaine-induced agitated delirium complicated by motor vehicle collision, physical struggle, inflicted head injury and restraint. it did not specify a manner of death in terms of whether that was homicide, accidental or undetermined. but to your point, we have reached out to louisiana state police about this latest video, and we have not yet received a response. but so far they have said that this is not appropriate for this video to be released while the investigation is still ongoing, but as a reminder, this incident occurred two years ago. so two years the family has been calling for additional information, more release, and we have not seen that happening here. and so the family today is still continuing to call this a cover-up and say that ronald greene was murdered. jeff? nbc s priscilla thompson with
also that he had a broken breast bone and torn aorta. unclear if those injuries were a result of the high-speed chase and subsequent crash or result of the struggle that took place between him and state troopers. i want to read the exact cause of death that the ap is quoting from that autopsy report. it says, quote, cocaine induced agitated delirium complicated by motor vehicle collision and physical struggle and inflicted head injury and restraint. notably, the ap report states the autopsy did not specify a manner of death. whether it is homicide or undetermined. we have again reached out to the louisiana state trooper and state police for additional information or a response to the new video. they have not responded to our request. ayman. barbara, what is your reaction to this?
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reporter: and the result was just what they d asked for. heidy truman s manner of death, once undetermined, then a homicide, was now officially, once again, undetermined. it was manna from forensic heaven. how often do medical examiner s change their findings and then change them back? i ve never had a case where this has happened ever. reporter: it took another year, but conrad truman s conviction was overturned, and he was granted a new trial. i never even thought that was even a possibility for the medical examiner to change. i never would have thought that. reporter: is there part of the things about i can t get my hopes up? yeah, that s exactly how i felt. i was beyond happy. we were just absolutely over the moon. reporter: for heidy s family, it was just the opposite. we couldn t believe it. reporter: you thought this was over? we thought it was over. we thought this was settled. that was a hard, hard moment. we hated it. we just thought, so what are