truck after it had broken down right next to a gas station. most of all, the question is, why did the sheriff give up looking so quickly and why did he determine this was, in fact, drug related when there was no evidence suggesting that. the family has so many questions. they believe that alfred write was tortured and the drugs were pumped into his body sometime during his disappearance. all of that is being watched very closely by the justice department and having researched this story and gone down there a couple of times. you are not sure who is in charge. right now, the texas rangers have the investigation, the sheriff punted over to a different agency. the district attorney has recused himself. the attorney jgeneral has said e is not taking the case. right now, you have the rangers and the just department trying to see what they come up with. you can catch the cnn special, mysterious deaths at
alfred wright said he needed someone to pick him up. when his parents called, he was nowhere to be found. they called off after only days. wright s family said he was a victim of foul play saying his throat was cut and other parts of his body were mutilated. the sheriff will not call it a homicide. alfred wright s body was found 150 yards from where sheriff s deputies set up the command post. how was he so close? we didn t find him. it s not like he was miles away. he was right there. saying there was no foul play, sheriff tom maddox called off the search after only four days, reeving family and friends to find the body on their own.
it s not like he was miles away. he was right there. 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. his spirit spoke out to me and said, daddy, i knew you were going to find me. reporter: just as the sheriff had for seen, an autopsy did find drugs, three kinds, including meth. though his family insists they had never seen alfred do any drugs. i still know and believe wholeheartedly that someone did this to my husband. debra feyerick joins us live with more. you are going to have a special report this weekend? yes. saturday at 11:30 and again on sunday. there are so many questions involving how he disappeared and why he ran from his truck, his
0 that s it for me. i will be back at 5:00 eastern on the situation room. virginia s attorney general will join me to talk about the same-sex marriage ruling in that state. newsroom continues right now with kiera phillips. good afternoon. breaking news right now. making money from legal more than just got a whole lot easier thanks to the federal government. the justice and treasury departments announced new rules allowing banks to legally take money from state-licensed marijuana businesses. these new rules let banks do business with legal marijuana shops without being prosecuted. that was the concern. you remember marijuana is still illegal under federal law and some banks are refusing to take money from businesses in places where it s legal like colorado and washington state. evan perez, let s talk about how significant this policy change is for more than businesses. this was the number one concern when we were talking about it going legal the day before. right. that s right. th
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