white men. people who live in this area, black and white, say racial tension is always just beneath the surface and that things aren't always as they appear, which is why when alfred's watch and items of clothing turned up on a ranch near the liquor store where he was last seen, his family raced there to try to find him. his wife was the first to spot a piece of blue cloth, the same color as the medical scrubs alfred was wearing the last time she saw him. >> it was a perfectly r rectangular piece of fabric hanging from the barbed wire fence hanging perfectly. >> reporter: did it look like it had been ripped off? >> no. >> reporter: for more than three days, they searched the area. the sheriff's department told them, specially trained dogs lost his scent near a creek. >> if his body is there, it is