committed to seeing this to the end and we're seeing that our country is protected. >> reporter: now shane todd'sodd family's speculation telling abc news that neither ime nor shane were involved in any classified research project with china and that they deeply grieve the loss. amy? >> john muller, thanks so much. >>> for more let's bring in dan abrams and, dan, singapore and the u.s. are on friendly terms, in fact, the prime minister will be meeting with obama later today, but that said, how much influence do u.s. officials have in singapore? >> it's not like the singaporen authorities want the fbi there. it's not like they're calling and saying, you know what would be great, to get the fbi's help. it involved diplomacy, getting access to the right people, talking to the right people and now the authorities there are saying, look, we welcome the fbi's help. the question is going to be, is that just lip service or are they actually working with the fbi on this? >> we just heard what shane todd's parents have to say going over specific details saying there was evidence of a struggle, what the sin

is that shane todd was working for a contractor to the singapore government working with a substance gallium nitrate said to be better than silicone when it comes to technical equipment. shane told his parents the company was dealing with a chinese telecom company and believes his project could threaten national security. listen to shane's mom talking about how her son feared for his life. >> as the weeks went on, he got increasingly more agitated and distressed and was facing saying, mom, i'm afraid i'm never going to see you again. >> remember, this chinese telecom company has already been listed by congress as a national security threat. the fear was they were going to use this gallium nitrate to build military radar, both jamming and upscale radar equipment. the contributor in singapore denies that it was dealing with this chinese company. we should know that shane todd is having a coroner's inquest on his body. that will be done some time in may and that may give more answers whether this was suicide or murder to look like suicide, megyn. a lot of answers still to be had in this

now an update on the mysterious hanging death of a young american man in singapore. 31-year-old shane toddmontana was found dead in his apartment after quitting his job at a singapore research firm. local police said it was probably suicide and presented a suicide note. but his parents say their son didn't write the note and he was murdered. president obama met today with singapore's prime minister in the oval office but there was no mention of the case during public remarks. miguel marquez is "outfront" with this international mystery. miguel, this case resleeved high level of attention. the secretary of state, the attorney general involved. what did shane's parents tell you about the meeting today between president obama and the prime minister of singapore? were they disappointed there wasn't a public acknowledgment of the case? >>. >> reporter: i think they'll wait and see if there's anything happening behind the scenes on it. it would be very unlikely there would be sort of a public announcement about it but i think they're going to wait, see, canontinue talking with th high levels of