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SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — The attorneys for the family of Troy Goode, the man who died after being arrested by Southaven Police, presented results of a second autopsy to the media on Wednesday. Attorneys Tim Edwards and Kevin McCormack said they have requested the results of the state’s autopsy but have not received them. Edwards said the family asked a forensic pathologist to also run an autopsy. They said Goode was bit by one of the Police K9s and tased. They went on to say that he was hogtied, his back was bowed, and his head was strapped down, pulling him in the opposite direction. Goode, they said, was hogtied while being transported, which is not allowed, and was not released from his restraints until he stopped breathing. “They could have sedated this allegedly dangerous 6’1, 150-pound science nerd,” Edwards said, explaining that there were other alternatives to keeping Goode hogtied. Their forensic pathologist found Goode had a heart problem due to the prolonged amount of time he was hogtied. They explained he couldn’t get oxygen and his heart overworked trying to make up for it. Troy Goode Autopsy Report Moving forward, they said they plan on filing a civil rights lawsuit. District Attorney John Champion has previously taken issue with the term “hogtie,” and he said officers did what they had to do to restrain Goode. Champion said he has not yet received a copy of the state’s autopsy. Southaven Police told WREG, “At no time during the arrest or while receiving medical care from Southaven emergency responders did Mr. Goode claim he could not breathe or appear short of breath.” Troy Goode died after being arrested by police in July after witnesses said he was hogtied by Southaven Police and transported to the hospital face down on a stretcher. The 30-year-old father and engineer went to a concert at the Snowden Grove Amphitheater back in July with his wife and took LSD. According to attorneys, his wife was driving them home when Goode got out of the car and began to run around. Cell phone video captured the moments after he was in police custody.
One witness could be heard behind the camera saying, “he’s currently face down on a stretcher.” According to witnesses he was also hogtied. Goode died at the hospital two hours later. Shortly after the incident DeSoto County District Attorney John Champion said the officers acted responsibly. Champion said Goode was acting erratically and that he wasn’t hog tied. His office said a preliminary autopsy report showed Goode died from a heart related issue, possibly from LSD. WREG obtained the autopsy report that showed he had 1.0 ng/mL in his system, which experts say is about one dose. Goode also had marijuana in his system and other drugs McCormack said were issued to him at the hospital.