Colin Kaepernick will pay for independent autopsy of Georgia inmate family claims was "eaten alive" by bed bugs

Colin Kaepernick will pay for an independent autopsy of a Georgia inmate whose family attorneys claim was "eaten alive" by insects and bed bugs while in jail and later died in his cell last year. 

Ben Crump, who is representing the family of Lashawn Thompson, said Thursday that the free-agent NFL quarterback and activist is helping with the cost of a second autopsy. A medical examiner's report listed the cause of death as "undetermined" but noted a "severe bed bug infestation," the Associated Press reported. 

"We're going to get an independent autopsy done and Colin Kaepernick has told the family that he will pay for it no matter what so we can get to the truth," Crump said in a news conference outside Fulton County Jail, where Thompson was held and died.