Waller County, Texas prosecutor Warren Diepraam revealed that the cause of Sandra Bland's recent death was suicide, CNN reported. He provided new details to support the findings, including a photo of the plastic bag she allegedly turned into a noose and used to hang herself.
"There were no bite marks or other injuries on her face, lips, on her tongue, which would be consistent with a violent struggle," he stated, adding that examiners did not find any damages to Bland's trachea and esophagus.
Diepraam then claimed Bland had approximately 30 "cut marks" on her left wrist that were in the state of healing, as well as lacerations or abrasions from being handcuffed and struggling.
However, Bland's family members refuse to accept that the 28 year-old killed herself, and their attorney Cannon Lambert said she has never been clinically diagnosed and there were no medications they were aware of that she was taking to address any sort of epilepsy or depression.
Meanwhile, Bland's medical intake records are inconsistent -- one page states she previously attempted suicide by taking pills after a miscarriage, while another page says she has never tried to kill herself.
A jail inmate, who took the cell across Bland's, seems to support what officials are claiming, explaining that she did not hear any commotion or screaming before Bland was found dead in her cell.
The inmate also recalled that Bland cried during her three days in jail and told her she was worried about not being able to connect with her family and stressed about missing her first day of work at her new job.
Many people and social media outlets are now speculating that Bland's mugshot was taken while she was already dead, despite that it was in her booking sheet right after she had been arrested.
With that being said, the District Attorney reportedly will be treating the case as a murder investigation, in which the autopsy reports high levels of marijuana and the aforementioned 30 cut marks on her wrists.
A more recent report provides evidence that the traffic stop and arrest video have been altered. The latest footage compared with the original seems to be missing cars and people passing by and is three minutes shorter -- it is said that these inconsistencies are glitches that occurred when uploading.
In addition, Bland's voicemail to a friend the day after her address is leaving relatives with a lot of unanswered questions. Bland is heard saying that she is "at a loss for words" and does not understand how switching lanes with no signal turned into her arrest.
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