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Anthony Mitchell died in the hospital after spending two weeks in the Walker County Jail. Video from inside the jail shows an unconscious Mitchell being carried to a police car, and new pictures of him just days before he died have caused more outrage toward the sheriff’s department.Anthony Mitchell’s sister, Maranda Mitchell-Gutzmer, said the family is doing the best they can right now, especially with how public the case has become.“I can’t imagine what he went through for those two weeks that he was there,�� she said. “We have so little to the full picture of everything, and if this is what we have seen, what else happened? Just thinking about what he went through for those two weeks is really hard. I just can’t even imagine that his last days on earth were that to be tortured essentially.”The Mitchell family is suing the Walker County sheriff along with several employees of the department and two nurses who were on duty. The family desperately wants answers.“Based on one of the filings from I believe the sheriff’s office or his attorney, they didn’t call an ambulance,�� Mitchell-Gutzmer said. “They admitted that they didn’t call an ambulance.”But attorney LaBella McCallum who’s representing the nurses claims the accusations against her clients are “absolutely inaccurate�� and that the nurses did exactly what they were supposed to do.“Not only do our nurses say that they asked for transfer their medical records that they make at the time that they provide care note that they asked for transfer,�� she said.Mitchell-Gutzmer said she has a hard time believing that someone called for help.“I hope that they did,�� she said. “I hope that the medical records show that. I hope that they asked for a hospital transfer.”McCallum said she hopes the truth will come out to clear her clients and the family gets the answers they’re looking for.“We’re devastated that anybody would lose a loved one,�� McCallum said, “but the really devastating part of it is the story that they were told.”And even though Anthony is gone, the family is still holding on to who he was.“I hope people know that he was a person still,�� Mitchell-Gutzmer said. “He was someone that people loved. And we miss him a lot.”McCallum said it could be a few weeks before there’s a ruling because a change of venue was requested after the case was filed in the wrong location. If that request is granted, it will change the judge who was assigned to the case.