KNOXVILLE (WATE) - The Knox County Sheriff released a thousand pages plus audio and video evidence Thursday from the investigation into the death of Henry Granju. The 18-year-old died more than a year ago from a drug overdose.
His mother, Katie Granju, has been adamant someone needs to be held responsible, but prosecutors said there's just not enough evidence.
Video shows Henry being loaded into an ambulance on April 27, 2010, after a call from Yolanda Harper who said she found him unresponsive.
"He won't wake up. His lips look like he threw up. His fingertips look blue. It feels like he has a fever of a hundred and something," Harper can be heard saying in the audio files.
According to records from the death investigation, Henry's mother told detectives that her son claimed Harper was a pimp, and that he had been involved in a prostitution ring where he and others (some underage) were supplied drugs in exchange for sexual acts.
Prosecutors said that couldn't be proven.
Harper said she was trying to get Henry off drugs and get him a job.
Henry died on May 31, 2010. The medical examiner said it was from an accidental overdose. Henry's mother said it was a drug-induced homicide.
But prosecutors said they can't prove what drug in what amount actually killed him or who it came from.
Henry's mother said investigators didn't interview enough people to get the truth, but prosecutors said they did all they could.
Henry's mother Katie told us by phone Thursday night she hadn't looked at the records yet, but she will have a response to them Friday.
Earlier Thursday, Katie Granju and her ex-husband Chris were at the Knox County Sheriff's Office to pick up the same case files that were released to the media.
Granju said Thursday night she was shocked and appalled that video of her son being loaded into an ambulance would be released to the public when she didn't even know it existed.
Katie said her family is in no way giving up on getting justice for Henry or other victims of drug overdose.
She encourages everyone to go to her website for their side of the story.
