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And yet no one in the area remembers ever seeing alfred buy or use drugs. his family also says they had never seen him use drugs. a search of his truck may have provided immediate answers. however, the family says sabine county sheriff deputies did not search it, claiming it had been contaminated after his wife moved it away from the front of the store as she had been asked to do by one of the deputies. with so many unanswered questions we went back for a second time to try to talk to the sabine...

Just went on. and they said that its still 1700 acres but theyre not releasing any official containment figures. we believe thats because they still dont know whats going to happen with the weather and the winds, and they dont have it completely locked down even though theres no active fire lines right now. >> all right. casey wian, appreciate the update. keeping them honest, an especially chilling new development in the strange and mysterious death of a man named alfred wright. weve been cove...

>> on my side, yeah. >> on your side. >> which is interesting. how do they know which side i sleep on? how do they know i dont sleep on that side? who knows i sleep on this side? who knows my habits? >> reporter: chastain says she has no idea who left the dimes, but found no evidence tying them to the sheriff. in the criminal world, dropping a dime means snitching on someone. and leaving a dime at a scene can be a warning to keep your mouth shut. chastain lives in russ county, more than an hour ...

Sabine county sheriff tom maddox. the sheriff in charge of the search for alfred wright. she says she and the sheriff dated not exclusively for about three years. she broke it off not long ago in part she says because weird things were happening. >> i have found a dime like in different places like the bathroom sink, pull the covers back, the dimes there. the car, when your car door is shut, its set in there somewhere when you open it it falls out. >> reporter: we asked her to show us. so that m...

Keeping them honest, an especially chilling new development in the strange and mysterious death of a man named alfred wright. weve been covering this all week. the texas father of three who vanished last november. his family found his body nearly three weeks later. that was two weeks after local authorities gave up searching in the exact area where ultimately his body was found by his own family. the local sheriff told them there was no sign of foul play. the family is alleging a murder and cove...

Of a calling card. deborah feyerick tonight is keeping them honest. >> reporter: on brambled-covered trail near alfred wrights body searchers found something extraordinary. >> one thing that stood out, we couldnt explain the [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: its unlike lit dime fell out of alfreds pocket since he was found wearing only black boxers, his shoes and a single sock with his cell phone tucked inside. there had been lots of rain and heavy winds, yet the shiny dime was spotted in plain view o...

Of the dime, not far from alfred wrights body, and his missing tongue, they may or may not be significant. but they add more questions to the dozens already out there. did alfred wright know something he was not supposed to? something possibly threatening? something that ultimately led to his disappearance and death? and was his death a warning to others? >> this case really doesnt make any sense. the official autopsy showed -- said that he died what, three hours after he was actually found? >> ...

0 thats all for us tonight. tomorrow night, harvey weinstein versus the nra. good evening, everyone. tonight breaking news what began as a camp fire became a wildfire is now a 1700-acre inferno. the blaze is consuming the glendora foothills half an hour northeast of los angeles. totally uncontained, seriously out of control and like nothing theyve seen in this corner of l.a. county since 1968. means there is a lot of brush and a lot to burn. casey wian is on the fire lines joins us now with th...

0 show, maybe having your hair done. >> whats the hair style called? >> the snooki. >> reporter: isnt all its cracked up to be. i mean, mutts, do you really want your tail tickled to make it stand up? jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> very cute. im don lemon. "ac 360" starts right now. will. good evening, everyone. tonight breaking news what began as a camp fire became a wildfire is now a 1700-acre inferno. the blaze is consuming the glendora foothills half an hour northeast of los angeles. total...

>> reporter: saying there was no foul play, sheriff tom maddox called off the search after only four days. leaving family and friends to find the body on their own. >> and his spirit spoke out to me and said daddy, i knew you were going to find me. >> reporter: just as the sheriff had foreseen, an autopsy did find drugs. three kinds, including meth. though his family insists they had never seen him do any drugs. >> i still know and believe wholeheartedly that someone, someone did this to my husb...