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Boot Camp Death Time Line
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Published: October 2, 2007
THE DAY ANDERSON DIED
Excerpts from a chronology from Jan. 5, 2006, compiled by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
7:15 a.m.: Anderson arrives at the Bay County boot camp with other offenders.
7:50: The offenders move to the drill pad and divide into two groups.
8:39: Anderson's group receives instructions on how to perform push-ups.
8:44: Anderson's group begins two minutes of push-ups.
8:50: Anderson's group begins two minutes of sit-ups.
8:57: Anderson's group begins 1 1/2 -mile run.
9:05: Guards Joseph Walsh and Charles Enfinger have first hands-on contact with Anderson.
9:06: Walsh and Enfinger have Anderson on the ground. Guard Patrick Garrett and another officer are present.
9:07: Anderson comes to his feet and resumes the run.
9:09: Anderson falls after completing more laps. Walsh and Enfinger place Anderson against the fence. Guard Henry McFadden and another drill instructor arrive. Enfinger and McFadden take Anderson to the ground.
9:10: Enfinger and McFadden bring Anderson to a standing position.
9:11: Enfinger and McFadden take Anderson to the ground.
9:12: Anderson is brought to his feet, drops, and is brought to his feet again.
9:14: Enfinger and McFadden begin to escort Anderson around the track. Anderson falls. Walsh and McFadden bring Anderson to his knees and then to his feet. Anderson sits down, and Walsh and McFadden place Anderson in a prone position. Garrett motions for nurse Kristin Anne Schmidt.
9:15: Schmidt arrives and checks vital signs.
9:16: Walsh and McFadden bring Anderson to a standing position. Schmidt continues to check Anderson.
9:17: Schmidt backs up.
9:18: Garrett performs a knee strike. Garrett and McFadden take Anderson to the ground.
9:19: Anderson is brought to his feet and then goes to his knees.
9:20: Walsh applies an ammonia capsule under Anderson's nose. Garrett performs two knee strikes and Anderson goes to a sitting position.
9:21: Anderson is brought to his knees, goes back to the ground and is lifted to a sitting position. Schmidt walks away.
9:22: Anderson is brought to a leaning position against a pole. A drill instructor arrives with two cups of water. Anderson is moved to a sitting position. Anderson is given one cup to drink, and the other cup is poured over his head. Guard Henry Dickens applies a pressure point behind Anderson's ear.
9:23: Anderson is placed in a prone position. Enfinger has control of Anderson's right wrist, and Walsh has control of Anderson's left wrist. The instructor brings more water, and Garrett pours it on Anderson's head. Walsh applies five hammer strikes to Anderson's left arm.
9:24: Schmidt and Sgt. Maj. Raymond Hauck arrive.
9:25: Anderson is brought to his knees. Hauck applies an ammonia capsule and covers Anderson's mouth. Anderson responds.
9:26: Anderson is sitting, and Hauck applies an ammonia capsule without Anderson's mouth covered. Anderson moves his head.
9:27: Lt. Charles Helms arrives. Anderson is brought to his feet. Hauck applies an ammonia capsule with Anderson's mouth covered. Garrett has control of Anderson's head. Anderson drops to his knees, is brought back to his feet and is walked toward the drill pad. Anderson drops to his knees.
9:28: Anderson gets to his feet with help, and Enfinger applies 11 hammer strikes to Anderson's right arm. Anderson goes back on his knees and is brought back to his feet. Helms applies an ammonia capsule while covering Anderson's mouth. Anderson jerks, drops, and is brought back to his feet. Anderson drops to his knees again.
9:29: Anderson tries to get up, but drops to his knees and is laid on the ground.
9:30: Schmidt checks vital signs. Anderson moves legs.
9:31: 911 is called. Anderson is rolled on his side.
9:35: EMS arrives.
9:46: EMS departs the Bay County Sheriff's Office Boot Camp.
9:49: Anderson arrives at Bay Medical Center.
12:45 p.m.: Air Heart arrives to take Anderson to Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola.
2:58 p.m.: Anderson is admitted.
Jan. 6, 2006
1:52 a.m: Anderson is pronounced dead at Sacred Heart.
Reporters Keith Morelli, Jerome R. Stockfisch, Mari Robyn Jones and editor Howard Altman contributed to this report. Information from The Associated Press and News Channel 8 also was used. Reporter Elaine Silvestrini can be reached at 813-259-7837.
BOOT CAMP DEATH CHRONOLOGY
Jan. 6, 2006: Martin Lee Anderson, 14, of Panama City, dies after being restrained at a Bay County juvenile boot camp. He collapsed after complaining of breathing problems.
Feb. 16: Bay County Medical Examiner Charles Siebert says Anderson died from internal bleeding caused by sickle cell trait, a blood disorder, and not from injuries suffered while being restrained.
Feb. 17: A videotape showing guards kicking and punching Anderson is released to the public and appears on national television.
Feb. 22: Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober is called upon to head an investigation of Anderson's death.
March 13: After Anderson's body is exhumed and a second autopsy performed, New York coroner Michael Baden, who observed the autopsy, discounts the sickle cell trait as the cause of death.
April 19: About 30 students from Florida A&M University, Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College stage a sit-in at Gov. Jeb. Bush's office. Leaders of the student group met with Bush; they remained in the Capitol overnight.
April 20: Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Guy Tunnell resigns after criticism over the management of the initial investigation into Anderson's death.
April 21: The Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton join about 2,000 demonstrators in the Capitol courtyard, and the pair meet privately with Bush
May 5: The Hillsborough County medical examiner says the second autopsy performed on Anderson shows he died from suffocation.
May 31: Bush signs into law the Martin Lee Anderson Act, which scraps the state's juvenile justice boot camps in favor of facilities that emphasize treatment.
July 12: Anderson's family announces it will file a $40 million lawsuit against the Bay County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
Oct. 18: U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle dismisses a conspiracy allegation in the Anderson family's civil lawsuit and rules that the family cannot recover punitive damages should they win the suit.
Nov. 17: Former Department of Juvenile Justice employee Steve Meredith files a whistleblower complaint against the agency, saying he was fired because of his outspoken views on the Anderson case.
Nov. 28: Authorities file felony manslaughter charges in Anderson's death, alleging that eight people at the camp caused his death through culpable negligence.
Compiled by BUDDY JAUDON, The Tampa Tribune
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