The family of former WWE star Brian Lawler is speaking out, saying they don't believe he killed himself in his jail cell as the TBI investigates his death.
Just before his death last month, he made a 15-minute phone call to his father.
"He said I'm going to die in here," his father, wrestler Jerry Lawler, said. "He just kind of went on about the conditions there."
A few hours later, his mother received a different call — this time from someone at the jail saying Brian had gotten into a fight that caused him to get stitches.
That was the last call the family say they got, until one last one from a deputy sheriff.
"He said 'Mr. Lawler, I got some bad news.' He said 'Your son Brian has hung himself.'"
"Hanging" is listed as the cause of death on Brian's death certificate.
The Lawler family is still in shock and disbelief, and their lawyer Ted Hansom says it just just doesn't make sense. There are so many unanswered questions.
"In the case, the question is what is the mechanism that was used? Where did it come from? If he's in a cell by himself how did he get to it?" Hansom said.
