Martin Lee Anderson, 14, died after being beaten by guards at the Bay County Boot Camp on January 5. The boot camp is operated by the Bay County Sheriff's Department and overseen by Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice.

The seven-month investigation into the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson could end soon and has gone beyond the scope of the boot-camp guards who were videotaped hitting him, state Sen. Frederica Wilson said.

Wilson, D-Miami, said Hillsborough State Attorney Mike Ober, who is investigating the Panama City teen's death, told her details about the investigation.

"It's going to be soon," Wilson said. "They're investigating everything."

Ober has not commented on the case since Gov. Jeb Bush assigned him to it in February. No charges have been filed.

Anderson died Jan. 6, a day after he was restrained, hit and kneed by guards at the Bay County juvenile boot camp.

An autopsy done by Bay County medical examiner Dr. Charles Siebert said Anderson died from sickle-cell trait, or natural causes.

A second autopsy, done by Hillsborough County medical examiner Dr. Vernard Adams, said Anderson died from suffocation by guards at the boot camp who forced ammonia tablets into his nose while covering his mouth.

Last spring, Bush signed the Martin Lee Anderson Act, which, among other things, would create "STAR" academies, or boot camps modeled after a program in Martin County that places more emphasis on juvenile prevention programs and follow-up counseling when youthful offenders are released.

Anderson's parents have sued the Bay County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Juvenile Justice, which contracted with the sheriff's office to operate the camps, seeking more than $40 million for the death of the teenager.

Attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family, said of the investigation, "We never thought it would take this long."

The length of the investigation and some of the twists it has taken had some people, including black legislators, suspecting a cover-up in Anderson's death.

Former Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Guy Tunnell made headlines when newspapers printed e-mail traffic between him and the governor's office in which Tunnell initially refused to release a videotape of the boot-camp incident. The FDLE was eventually taken off the investigation.

FDLE spokesman Tom Berlinger said personnel at the department are cooperating in the investigation into Anderson's death.

Once the results of the second autopsy were released, Andersons' parents said they had faith the investigation would uncover the truth. Others agreed.

"I thought this was a big conspiracy and he (Ober) was a part of it, but he's not," Wilson said.

Sen. Tony Hill D-Jacksonville, said he is still frustrated no arrests have been made.

"Why is it taking so long for it to happen?" Hill asked. "Some people should have received warrants for their arrests."

Hill said that although members of the black caucus vowed to have weekly press conferences until arrests were made, they stopped them since learning "this thing is much broader than the officers."

Is Oprah interested?

Producers for Oprah Winfrey's talk show "Oprah" have been talking with Martin Anderson's parents and the family's attorney, Ben Crump, about possibly doing a show on the case sometime this fall. Nothing has been set yet and the talks are still tentative, Crump said.