Death Of Chavis Carter
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Anne Winters Carter (right) comforts her daughter, Teresa Carter, at a vigil for their grandson and son, Chavis Carter, in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday. Chavis Carter, a man police say fatally shot himself in the head while his hands were cuffed behind him in the back of an Arkansas patrol car, tested positive for anti-anxiety medication, according to an autopsy report released Monday that listed his death as a suicide.

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** FILE ** People form a circle Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012, in front of Jonesboro, Ark., City Hall during a march to protest the shooting death of Chavis Carter, 21, of Southaven, Miss. Carter died July 28 while sitting handcuffed in the back of a patrol car. The protest was coordinated by the Commission on Religion and Racism. (AP Photo/The Jonesboro Sun, Keith Inman)