so, too, was his boss, sheriff shoar.gs were full of comments that the sheriff was protecting a deputy who had committed domestic violence against michelle and perhaps worse, was covering up a murder by one of his own. >> oh, it's a cover-up. good 'ol boys. think about that. i'm going to sit back and go, okay, we're not going to investigate this case or say it's a suicide instead of it's really a homicide. we're going to say it's a suicide because i know that family a lot better than i know that family. >> that's the argument. >> it's insane. i've locked up police officers before. i locked up a police officer a year and a half ago who i have known personally for almost 30 years. >> and the sheriff says he would lock up jeremy too if he ever thought he was a murderer. but shoar felt from the beginning the evidence in this case always pointed to michelle taking her own life. >> why are you so certain that this was a suicide rather than a homicide? >> there are dozens of reasons why we think it's a sue -- we know it's a suic