[Cooper:] Well, the family of a 14-year-old boy who died in a Florida boot camp want answers. That videotape caught guards beating the teenager. He was dead a day later. Today a second autopsy result was released, and the findings are disturbing, to say the least. CNN's Susan Candiotti investigates.
[Susan Candiotti, Cnn National Correspondent:] This time Martin Anderson's death is being blamed on guards at the boot camp, forcing smelling salts up his nose. In a written statement, a second medical examiner appointed by the governor to investigate, calls Anderson's death suffocation due to the actions of the guards. The teenager's family claimed vindication and accused the original medical examiner of wrongdoing.
[Gina Jones, Anderson's Mother:] So the truth is out now. My baby was murdered in the boot camp, and he tried to cover it up.
[Candiotti:] The teen collapsed in January during an exercise drill on his first day at the Panama City boot camp. Anderson's family immediately raised questions. So did Florida lawmakers, calling the guards' actions abuse. The boy's body was exhumed. The governor got involved, and so did the Justice Department, investigating whether excessive force was used. Today Governor Bush said, I am disturbed by the findings and consider the actions of the Bay County Boot Camp guards deplorable. The second medical examiner asked NASA to enhance the video for his review. This is a less clear copy released after CNN and the "Miami Herald" sued the state of Florida to obtain it. Here Anderson's head appears to be pulled back, his mouth covered while guards put ammonia capsules up the teenager's nostrils. The second medical examiner says that cut off the 14-year-old's oxygen. A boot camp incident report obtained by CNN says the capsules were used five times. The same report calls the repeated blows control techniques to make recruits comply with orders. The latest autopsy agrees with the first that the pounding was not fatal. The blows left several bruises, but he was not beaten to death. Both autopsies also agree that Anderson had sickle cell trait. But the original medical examiner continues to insist Anderson did not suffocate. Dr. Charles Siebert says there was no increase in carbon dioxide levels, a key basis for suffocation.
[Dr. Charles Siebert, Bay County Medical Examiner:] My findings are backed up by science. And I'm comfortable with my findings, and I'm going to stand by them.
[Candiotti:] Dr. Siebert found the teenager died of natural causes, when physical stress prompted his cells to change form and hemorrhage. Siebert denies any cover up. One of the guard's lawyers called the investigation a witch hunt.
[Unidentified Male:] It's pretty interesting that the governor is bending over backwards to please the vocal crowd that's fussing. And I'm very concerned about the governor putting pressure on all of these individuals to reach a result that would please the victim's family.
[Candiotti:] The same lawyer
[Cooper:] Obviously, have some technical problem there at the end of that report from CNN's Susan Candiotti. Gina Jones and Robert Anderson are the parents of Martin Lee Anderson. They and their attorney, Benjamin Crump, joined me earlier. So Gina, you said that you knew in your heart all along that your son was killed by these guards. When you actually heard the coroner confirm it the second coroner confirm it, what went through your mind?
[Jones:] I was relieved the truth finally came out. But I knew what the truth was. We had to go through a lot, just to get the truth out, so I'm happy now.
[Cooper:] Authorities have initially said, Gina, that they only used what they call, takedown methods. Now we know your son was punched by them, hit from behind, they kneed him, they forced him to inhale ammonia fumes. If it wasn't for this videotape, do you think they would have gotten away with it?
[Jones:] Yes.
[Cooper:] Do you watch the tape? I mean, when you first saw this tape...
[Jones:] No, no, no. I looked at it a little bit. I couldn't look at them sitting up there beating my baby to death.
[Cooper:] And Benjamin, as the attorney, I mean, as horrific as it is for Gina to see the tape, it really tells the story, doesn't it?
[Benjamin Crump, Family's Attorney:] He died from what happened in that videotape. Our eyes didn't lie to us. It was clear what happened to Martin Lee Anderson in the last 40 minutes of his life.
[Cooper:] And Benjamin, I know you were in the autopsy room to watch the second autopsy done. Was there a moment when you realized that the first coroner I mean, I know you believed it all along that the first coroner had been wrong, but was there a moment in that second autopsy in that room when you suddenly it became clear?
[Crump:] There was a point there where Dr. Boden and Dr. Adams and all the doctors are talking, and they say, well, we can rule out sickle cell trait as being the cause of death. And that caught everybody's ear.
[Cooper:] Because that was what the first coroner had said that he had died of, sickle cell trait?
[Crump:] Yes. And we believe that's just a cover-up to try to exonerate these guards.
[Jones:] Yes.
[Crump:] Their hometown coroner, trying to cover his homeboys.
[Cooper:] Gina, I mean several people now have come forward saying that this first medical examiner, Dr. Siebert, made mistakes in other autopsies as well. Do you still believe it was a cover-up?
[Jones:] Yes, I do.
[Cooper:] What do you believe he was covering up? Who do you think he was covering up for?
[Jones:] The guards, the supervisor over the guards, he nurse, the sheriff he also played his role in it, too.
[Cooper:] Robert, who do you think should be held accountable now for your son's death? There have been no charges filed at this point.
[Robert Anderson, Martin Lee Anderson's Father:] I think everybody that was in that video should be held accountable.
[Cooper:] Gina, a lot of people, you know, would like to believe that the system works and that justice prevails. You know, this whole process for you and your family, I mean, what has this been like for you? What have you learned?
[Jones:] Hard.
[Cooper:] Hard.
[Jones:] They're supposed to teach your kids, not kill your kids. I learned a lot.
[Cooper:] Well, Gina and Robert and Benjamin, I appreciate you joining us tonight. And we'll continue to follow the case. Thank you.
[Jones:] Thank you.
[Cooper:] We're going to have more of 360 in a moment. Stay with us.