Family Searching for Answers After Man's Mysterious Death

[Angelahh]

At first this reminded me of this story... http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Primeti...=549455&page=1

The young couple whom no one suspected used drugs, called 9-1-1 in a snowstorm saying they were lost and seeing people taking cars apart and putting the car parts in trees etc... Left their warm car that had half a tank of gas to walk in minus ten degree weather to find help with no coats... they died.

[Megamel29]

Originally Posted by Angelahh

At first this reminded me of this story... http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Primeti...=549455&page=1

The young couple whom no one suspected used drugs, called 9-1-1 in a snowstorm saying they were lost and seeing people taking cars apart and putting the car parts in trees etc... Left their warm car that had half a tank of gas to walk in minus ten degree weather to find help with no coats... they died.

Yikes. That's crazy. I dunno. What tool was used to cut this guy's throat? The really weird part is the different autopsy reports.

[DannyDrama]

Yeah, a guy doesn't just run off and cut himself up right after talking to the wife. The drugs on their own I can just about believe, even though it's unknown for the guy to use drugs. The putting the phone in his sock and running sounds like paranoia, maybe drug induced.

On the other hand, he could have seen someone coming and known what was about to happen. The article mentions nothing about whether the store clerk saw anyone else around or going in his direction.

My guess is since it sounds like a backwater shithole, they're a bunch of 'good ol' boys' and paid for the first autopsy to be borked.

[Pyramid_Head]

Originally Posted by icheerthebull

Meth and coke for the first time? And why would he decide to do it in that manner, a hotel or mates house perhaps. Very strange story. Why were the police so eager to call off the search?

Exactly, seems very weird to me.

[Megamel29]

http://www.heavy.com/news/2014/02/al...chuck-foreman/

The Mysterious Death of Alfred Wright: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know


Alfred Wright, 28, was missing for 18 days in Jasper, Texas, when his dead body was found on November 25, 2013, in an area the Sabine County Sheriff's office claimed they had already searched. That was the first inconsistency in this bizarre investigation. When he was found, police were quick to paint Wright's death as a drug overdose and claimed that in going missing, he exhibited "classic" meth addict behavior. His family were never satisfied, they countered the official cause of death, saying that Wright, married with three children, was a fitness guru who never touched drugs. Now they have hired a private investigator, Chuck Foreman, who is certain there was foul play involved in Wright's death. Here's what you need to know about this potentially tragic cover-up:

1. Wright Was Rumored to Be Having an Affair With the Sheriff's Daughter

According to Chuck Foreman, Wright was having an affair with Cindy Maddox, 37, daughter of Sabine County Sheriff Tom Maddox. The private investigator told The Daily Mail, "I've been told by several sources that there was a relationship and that the sheriff knew about it. What I don't know is whether he knew before or after Alfred's death." She works at a clinic in Hemphill, Texas, where she arranged appointments for physical therapists. There were also reports that Wright was seeing another "white woman" from Hemphill. This didn't surprise his father, who had said about his son, "If you met Alfred he would blow you away. He had charisma. Women loved him."

Lauren Wright, Alfred Wright's wife, doesn't believe he was cheating on her. She told the Mail, "I don't think it's true that there were other women. But I don't know, I looked through his phone records and there were no repeated calls."

2. His Tongue Was Cut Out, According to the Family

Despite an autopsy that determined there was no foul play, Chuck Foreman and Wright's family are saying that his throat was cut, reports CNN, his eyes were gouged out, his tongue was missing and his left ear had been chopped off. According to reports, he was found lying face-down in mud, just outside of Hemphill. Sheriff Tom Maddox announced that Wright died of a drug overdose, and an autopsy went along with the party line. The pathologist's report stated that Wright had cocaine and meth is in his system.

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3. The FBI Is on 'Stand-By'

Texas Rangers have already called Wright's death "questionable," and the Department of Justice is keeping a "keen eye" on events unfolding in Jasper. The FBI is also ready to get involved. PI Chuck Foreman has said, "This case is downright weird. Law enforcement here have lied, they have disregarded code and they have never once expressed condolences to his family." The Texas ranger officially assigned to investigate the death was given his first job by Sheriff Maddox.

4. His Mother Called it a 'Hate Crime'

The town of Jasper, Texas, has had a dark, racist past. In 1998, James Byrd, a 28-year-old black man, was brutally murdered by white supremacists. Wright's mother, Rosalind Wright, says, "I think this is a hate crime. What they did to my boy, it hurts me so much to think of it."

5. Prior to His Death, Wright Was Facing Embezzlement Charges

In December 2014, Wright had been due to stand trial in Tennessee, charged with embezzling $1,000 from a previous job as a bank clerk. In a Facebook post lambasting the Sabine County Sheriff's lack of effort in the search while Wright was still missing, one sheriff's deputy replied, saying, "He's laid up drinking cold beer watching football some place warm hiding out to keep from going to jail." Lauren Wright asserts, "He wanted that trial." According to his family, Wright had turned down plea bargains in the case in attempts to prove his innocence. His lawyer in Memphis had said that prison time was not a realistic outcome in the trial. Had he been found guilty he was facing probation and a fine.

photo 1 Alfred Wright
photo 2 Wright's wife and kids
photo 3 Chuck Foreman, private investigator
photo 4 Center, Alfred Wright; orange shirt, Wright's brother, Savion, who recently auditioned on American Idol
photo 5 Wright and one of his sons, Wright and his wife
photo 6 Sheriff Tom Maddox
photo 7 Press Release from Sheila Jackson Lee announcing investigation into Wright's death
photo 8 James Byrd, homicide victim
photo 9 newspaper article regarding Wright's death

[TwistedSisterr]

First off, he doesnt look like the easily intimidated type so whatever he was running from, must have been serious..... aliens, or people from "Deliverance"......

"Protesters marched down the streets of Beaumont with a casket which they say represents the way young Black men are being attacked and murdered in America."
I wish everything wouldnt get turned into a racial issue

[TwistedSisterr]

...... If this was a racially motivated hate crime he would have been in way worse shape and not delivered back to pretty much where he disappeared from, in my opinion

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Between the locality and the fact that this dude was not only married to but had children by a white woman, it's starting to look more and more like a black-and-white thing. My only issue is that with folks like Quanell X and Sheila Jackson Lee involved, the waters are only going to get muddier. Hopefully they'll both just stay the fuck out of the way, keep their race-baiting to themselves, and let the DOJ do its job. The simple facts of the matter as determined thus far have thrown more than enough stink on the local authorities, so it's not as if anyone needs any real help in showing that an injustice has occurred.

With any luck, they'll catch the perp(s) in as short a time as possible. The last thing a town like Jasper needs is the sort of escalation of racial tensions that would result from a protracted and fruitless investigation.

[TwistedSisterr]

"and his partially unclothed body had a slit throat and missing an ear, tongue and two teeth."

is it possible he knows something that is being hidden? Ears missing, tongue, throat slit, eyes gouged out.... hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil.....

[Oswald2001]

Families commonly claim that a member didn't do drugs.

Even when that member had been using for many years.

You can't believe family.