Circumstances
On January 5, 2006, within the first two hours of Anderson's first day at the camp (where he had been committed for stealing his grandmother's car, curfew violation during probation, and theft of candy), camp officials forced him to continue exercising after he stopped exercising. Drill instructors grabbed Anderson and applied numerous uses of force, including holding Anderson by the arms, take-downs, pressure point applications, and covering his mouth while forcing him to inhale ammonia. Anderson became unresponsive during this episode, and eventually died the next day in Pensacola, Florida after his parents elected to remove him from life support.
The cause of Anderson's death has been variously attributed to sickle cell trait exertional death, laryngospasm, and mechanical asphyxia as detailed below.
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