New Autopsy Finds Fla. Teen Was Suffocated

Gina Jones, mother of Martin Lee Anderson, center, speaks at a news conference, Friday, May 5, 2006, in Tallahassee, Fla., regarding the autopsy report on the death of her son at a Bay County boot camp. Also shown are Robert Anderson, father of Martin Lee Anderson, left, and Ben Crump, attorney for the family.(AP Photo/Steve Cannon) (Steve Cannon - AP)

"I came to my conclusion by valid means," Siebert said. "I've seen no explanation as to how (Adams) came to his conclusion."

Marc Tochterman, spokesman for the Bay County Sheriff's Office, which operated the boot camp, said the agency had no immediate comment.

Waylon Graham, attorney for sheriff's Lt. Charles Helms, who was second in command of the boot camp and present when the teen was beaten, said the investigation has turned into a "witch hunt." He said Helms doesn't believe that the guards caused Anderson's death.

Anderson had been sent to the boot camp for violating probation by trespassing at a school after he and his cousins were charged with stealing their grandmother's car from a church parking lot.

He collapsed while doing push-ups, sit-ups, running laps and other exercises that were part of his admission process at the camp. The sheriff's office said force was used on Anderson because he was uncooperative.

His body was exhumed after a camp surveillance videotape surfaced showing the guards roughing him up Jan. 5, a day before he died.

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Associated Press writers Melissa Nelson in Pensacola and Andrea Fanta in Tallahassee contributed to this report.