then there was no sign of alfred, leading the family to believe his body ended up here after the search. there s an open gate here, almost a straight path, and then his body was right through the gate, the fence here. one of the only open trails in this woods. what doesn t make sense to you about what you were told by law enforcement? everything. reporter: we went to the sabine county jail to talk to the sheriff. he refused to meet with us. but as we waited outside he did return my call. i understand that it s been turned over to the texas rangers. but a lot of there are a lot of rumors, a lot of speculation, a lot of allegations. and we just wanted to give you reporter: before i could finish, sheriff maddox told us to call the rangers and said he never comments on rumors and speculation. you stand behind your handling of the initial stages of the investigation, sir, and how it was done? reporter: the sheriff