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We've been covering this all week, the texas father of three that vanished last november. his family found his body nearly three weeks later, 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 cover-up. they're disputing everything about the official death cause to the official cause of death. he had no drug use, and they dispute that he stripped down to his boxers and gave himself a lethal dose. an ordinary, everyday item w...

Disappeared, bolting into the deep east texas woods, according to the store clerk, who is one of the last known people to see him alive. despite finding his clothing on a nearby ranch, the sheriff had called off the search for the college grad after just four days, offering a theory but no evidence. >> you know what he told us? oh, he just ran away, he was probably on drugs. and if someone is on meth, this is how they act. they get hot, they get out of their clothes. i'm looking at my husband and i'm saying, okay, why is he coming up with this? no one has said anything about any drugs or anyth...

Of meth in these areas. alfred wright's official autopsy found three types of drugs in his system, meth, cocaine and amphetamines. his left ear and his tongue were missing. the 28-year-old physical therapist and married father of three was on his way to treat his last patient of the day when his truck broke down at a liquor store. he was on his cell phone with his wife, waiting for his parents to pick him up, when he disappeared. bolting into the deep east texas woods, according to the store clerk, who was one of last known people to see him alive. despite finding his clothing on a nearby ranc...

No one has said anything about any drugs or anything. >> reporter: we spoke to someone who knows a lot about the local drug culture but who was too scared to speak to cnn on camera for fear of reprisals from sabine county law enforcement. the person says everyone is talking about alfred's death, 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...

In one of the only open trails in this woods. >> reporter: the presence of the dime seemed strange, strange that is to everyone but brenda chastain. >> when i heard that a dime was found close to his body, that spooked me. >> reporter: the east texas woman was in a relationship with 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 sin...