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>> reporter: before the investigation had concluded. >> before the investigation concluded. and by the way, i don't think we've really had an investigation. >> reporter: okay. >> things that have taken place so far is to discredit my son. >> reporter: the family suspects alfred may have been held captive and tortured during the time he was missing. they want forensic evidence to determine whether the drugs entered his body before or after his disappearance. and they don't believe he left the liquor store on his own. that store is owned by a former sheriff's dispatcher whose son is a deputy. ev...

Handling of the initial stages of the investigation, sir, and how it was done? >> reporter: the sheriff repeated that at his request the investigation was turned over to the texas rangers. that was one month after alfred's body was found. the sheriff had told the family there was no foul play. the rangers, however, have since called alfred's death questionable and have asked the fbi to assist. so what about the drugs and the autopsy performed by a local medical examiner and attended by a texas ranger who was also a close friend of the sheriff's? the autopsy determined that alfred's death was a...

Repeated that at his request the investigation was turned over to the texas rangers. that was one month after alfred's body was found. the sheriff had told the family there was no foul play. the rangers, however, have since called alfred's death questionable and have asked the fbi to assist. so what about the drugs and the autopsy performed by a local medical examiner and attended by a texas ranger who was also a close friend of the sheriff's? the autopsy determined that alfred's death was accidental. caused by a drug overdose from the mix of cocaine, amphetamines and meth. yet astonishingly, ...

Straight cut on his neck was due to animal activity. suspicious of the investigation, the family had already hired an independent pathologist who made a different finding after examining the body herself. >> i have a high index of suspicion that this is a homicide. >> reporter: the doctor said that contrary to the autopsy, alfred did appear to have severe trauma to the neck and head. his missing ear and teeth, evidence. and it seemed his throat had been slashed. >> having seen alfred's body, i know that that's not the case. i know that drugs don't cause that type of severe trauma. >> reporter:...

Know more than they're saying. >> they was defining their story. >> before the investigation had even -- >> before the investigation concluded. >> -- concluded. >> by the way, i don't think we really had an investigation. >> okay. >> it seems that most that's taken place so far is to discredit my son. >> reporter: the family suspects alfred may have been held captive and tortured during the time he was missing. they want forensic evidence to determine whether the drugs entered his body before or after his disappearance. and they don't believe he left the liquor store on his own. that store is ...