Local, federal investigations into gym mat death continue

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5. Yes

The cops brought the doubt on themselves. Within the first week of the story breaking they repeatedly refused to answer any questions about the case stating, "It was an accident. The case is closed; We don't talk about closed cases." Reporters were asking about the doubts and questions of the parents and they just repeated the case was closed. Add to that the two students who refused to be interviewed had a family member connected to law enforcement and you get some doubt into the integrity and thoroughness of the investigation.

Only after it hit national news and would not go away did they decide to actually pursue interviews with the rest of the persons who might have information before again officially closing the case. They didn't give video footage to the parents for over a year and then the critical camera was broken/out of focus. It just looks bad and rather callous towards the parents. If there was no coverup it could have still been handled much better to give the parents peace of mind that it truly was a tragic accident.