He took out his phone and showed Unger the photo.  "That is my
son," she told him.  He did not believe that McMillian was
beaten to death but thought he had been dragged from the car,
maybe 20, 30, 40 yards. He told Unger it looked like it may have
been difficult for one person to have done that.  Unger felt
frustrated. The sheriff had not come to the house. No one wanted
to see McMillian's things, his laptop. Wasn't that a part of any
murder investigation? Nor had anyone from the victim assistance
office contacted her.  Three days after the body was recovered,
McMillian's family released a statement based on their
interpretation of what Meredith had told them. They believed
McMillian had been tortured before he was killed.  They also
believed Reed had not acted alone. McMillian weighed 220 pounds.
Reed is a small guy. There was no way, they thought, that Reed
could have done this by himself.   By the time McMillian's
funeral was held March 9, many news reports had cast the murder
as a hate crime. The family