Baden, 80, is a high-profile forensic pathologist who has testified at the trial of OJ Simpson, and was consulted for investigations into the deaths of John F. Kennedy and actor John Belushi.
Benjamin Crump, the attorney representing Brown’s family, said on Twitter that he and Baden would hold a press conference Monday morning.
Crump, who has called Brown’s death an “execution,” earlier represented the family of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black 16-year-old shot dead in Florida in 2012.
Brown’s family has accused authorities of a “devious” attempt to smear their son’s character after police named him as a suspect in a convenience store robbery and released a surveillance video of the incident.
Police said the officer who shot Brown, unaware of the robbery, stopped the teen for walking in the middle of the street.
– Peaceful church gathering –
The late Sunday protest followed a much larger and peaceful event at the Greater Grace Church in Ferguson honoring Brown.
Captain Johnson, who grew up in the St Louis area, apologized for the shooting.
“I want to start off by talking to Mike Brown’s family. I want you to know my heart goes out to you, and I say that I’m sorry,” Johnson said to loud cheering and applause from a crowd of more than 1,000. Hundreds more stood outside.
Young people gathered outside the church held their hands in the air, paying homage to what some witnesses said was Brown’s last gesture before being shot.
Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, who was at the morning event, was surprised later about the evening violence.
“I’m astonished at the reversal of the mood,” he told CNN.
– Federal involvement –
Amid the growing violence, the federal government has stepped up its involvement in the investigation.
Attorney General Eric Holder will brief President Barack Obama on the Ferguson violence on Monday, the White House said.
“Our immediate goal is to make sure that the residents of Ferguson are safe, that the looting stops, that the vandalism stops, that the people who are living in the community are confident that justice will be done,” Obama senior advisor Valerie Jarrett told AURN radio.
FBI agents are already in Ferguson interviewing witnesses to the shooting, officials said.
The US Justice Department also said that a federal medical examiner would carry out an autopsy on Brown’s body, citing the case’s “extraordinary circumstances.”
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