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She says that one of the detectives on the case is like, "Listen, your son died from natural causes.
There's no evidence of a homicide here. Case closed. Your son struggled with alcohol use. At
least now you don't have to worry about him relapsing." Okay, Ashley. >> [laughter]
>> I've been in recovery for 4 years, and I hope to God that you would prefer me
here and like doing well, but maybe struggling here and there than, I don't know, dead? If someone dared say that to
my face, so help me God. And we reached out to the Fresno PD for comment, not just about this specific interaction,
but any comment about this case as a whole, and they declined. But Kelly is a better woman than me because she told us
that even though it was jarring for her to hear that, and obviously it stuck with her,
>> she didn't have any ill will against that detective. She's had a lot of people say strange things to her after
her son passed, so she could look past that. What she couldn't look past was the case closed, no evidence of a
homicide stuff. Yeah. We don't have evidence because we didn't do anything to collect
evidence. Like that's that's the issue here, right? >> But if they want evidence, fine. Kelly's
going to give them evidence cuz little did they know just days after Kelly learned that Spencer had died, she
started doing her own investigation. And there is nothing like the power of a mother on a mission.

A detective told Spencer Irwin’s mother her son died of natural causes and that there was no evidence of a homicide. Case closed.

But she questioned how there could be no evidence when so little was collected in the first place. Instead of accepting that answer, she began investigating on her own.

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Brief Summary

Kelly shares her fight for justice after her son's suspicious death was ruled natural causes by police.

Key points

A Detective's Dismissal. A detective tells a grieving mother that her son's death was natural causes, case closed.
A Mother's Investigation. After her son's death, Kelly begins her own investigation into the circumstances.

Episode quotes

There's no evidence of a homicide here. Case closed.

Detective's conclusion on the case.

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