spencer saw tom roaming around freely with blood and other potential evidence all over him. police 101, very basic thing. any scene that you respond to you want to treat it as the highest level of what it could possibly be. sure, so he would be a suspect? and he needed to be preserved. he needed to be controlled. reporter: but none of that was done at the scene. pretty soon ashley s parents began to suspect it was a cover-up to protect tom. perhaps the so-called blue wall of silence looking out for a fellow law enforcement officer. it s a hell of an accusation to make, though? it is. it is strong, but that is how we feel. reporter: mind you, the evans police department strongly disagree. both the coroner and the crime scene investigators issued reports concluding ashley s death was indeed suicide, and remember, tom told the police she d expressed suicidal thoughts before, and she had two close relatives who had taken
remember on the night it happened, former deputy bryan spencer saw tom roaming around freely with blood and other potential evidence all over him. the police 101, very basic thing. any scene that you respond to, you want to treat it as the highest level of what it could possibly be. so he would be a suspect. he needed to be preserved. he needed to be controlled. but none of that was done at the scene. pretty soon ashley s parents began to expect it was a coverup to protect tom. perhaps the so called blue wall of silence looking out for a fellow law enforcement officer. it s a hell accusation to make though. it is strong, but that is how we feel. mind you the police department strongly disagreed. both the coroner and the crime scene investigators issued reports that her death was indeed suicide and remember, tom told the police she d expressed
tom. we didn t feel like that was the case. they weren t alone. remember, on the night it happened former deputy brian spencer saw tom roaming around freely with blood and other potential evidence all over him. police 101, very basic thing. any scene you respond to you want to treat it as the highest level of what it could possibly be. he would be a suspect. and he needed to be preserved. he needed to be controlled. but none of that was done at the scene. pretty soon ashley s parents began to suspect it was a cover up to protect tom. perhaps the so-called blue wall of silence looking out for a fellow law enforcement officer. it s a hell of an accusation to make, though? it is. it is strong, but that is how we feel. mind you, the evans police department strongly disagreed. both the coroner and the crime scene investigator issued reports concluding ashley s death was indeed suicide.
remember, on the night it happened, former deputy brian spencer saw tom roaming around freely with blood and other potential evidence all over him. police 101, a very basic thing. any scene that you respond to, you want to treat it as the highest level of what it could possibly be. sure. so he would be a suspect. and he needed to be preserved. he needed to be controlled. reporter: but none of that was done at the scene. pretty soon, ashley s parents began to suspect there was a cover-up to protect tom, perhaps the so-called blue wall of silence, looking out for a fellow law enforcement officer. it s a hell of an accusation to make, though. it is. it is strong, but that is how we feel. reporter: mind you, the evans police department strongly disagreed. both the coroner and the crime scene investigator issued reports concluding ashley s death was indeed suicide. and remember, tom told the police she had expressed suicidal thoughts before.
happened, former deputy brian spencer saw tom roaming around freely with blood and other potential evidence all over him. police 101, a very basic thing. any scene that you respond to, you want to treat it as the highest level of what it could possibly be. sure, so he would be a suspect. he needed to be preserved. he needed to be controlled. reporter: but none of that was done at the scene. pretty soon, ashley s parents began to suspect there was a cover-up to protect tom, perhaps the so-called blue wall of silence looking out for a fellow law enforcement officer. it s a hell of an accusation to make, though. it is. it is strong, but that is how we feel. reporter: mind you, the evans police department strongly disagreed. both the coroner and the crime scene investigator issued reports concluding ashley s death was indeed suicide. and remember, tom told the police she had expressed suicidal thoughts before. she had two close relatives who d taken their own lives.