They were the first black boys to integrate the South’s elite prep schools. They drove themselves to excel in an unfamiliar environment. But at what cost?

Shamir is 15, bored and broke and balancing right on the edge.

A prolific fundraiser and dean at St. John’s University, Cecilia Chang was also accused of murdering her husband and had connections to organized crime. Two days after she was convicted of stealing more than $1 million from the schoool, she took her own life.

A year-long investigation of America’s coroners and medical examiners reveals a deeply flawed, deeply troubling system.