But it wasn't a prank and how they dared to gamble remains a mystery.
What also was a mystery was the cause of death. The autopsy report took long to make and it did show that he died from enlarged heart. The report did puzzle the lawmakers and in another case also from Florida the public learned that autopsy reports sometime are altered to make the state look better. In the case of Willie Durden there was no video showing his last minutes which could prove the autopsy report wrong, so we have to settle for the state's version of what went wrong.
As for consequences against the guards for delaying the CPR it is difficult to determine if his death had consequence for them at all.
It is a sad story.
May he rest in peace.
Sources:
- Victims 2005-9 Fornits Wiki
- Jail Guards Delayed CPR on Limp Teen The Associated Press, August 22, 2006
- Teen's late autopsy file puzzles some lawmakers The Florida Times-Union, March 17, 2006
