Texas rules that black man found with throat slit and severe trauma died of “drug overdose”

The official autopsy found that Wright had died from an accidental drug overdose after toxicology tests showed cocaine and methamphetamine in his body and no evidence of severe trauma.

But Wright’s family was baffled, because they said he never had been known to use drugs - and his partially unclothed body had a slit throat and missing an ear, tongue and two teeth.

His body was found clothed only in boxer shorts, tennis shoes and a single sock, which had his cell phone tucked inside.

The medical examiner attributed the injuries to animal and insect activity.

The family’s attorney said the Sabine County sheriff had suggested a drug overdose before Wright’s body was discovered, and relatives believe the medical examiner’s report was based on conclusions made by law enforcement without any evidence.

“The presence of drugs in Alfred’s system fails to explain the very apparent signs of severe trauma found on his body,” the family said in a Dec. 27 press release.