After nine years, Amanda Shirley and her family are finally getting some closure.

Donald 'Dj' Fickey Jr. was killed in Walker County in October 2016 at 28 years old. Detectives said he had suffered a gunshot wound to the face.

For nine years, Shirley and her family have been trying to prove that her brother, Dj, was murdered.

"That is where this originally started. The coroner showed up on the scene. He took Mark's (Marshall) word that he had seen DJ shoot himself. At the time, former coroner Wilson ran with that, even though there were other people telling him this was not a suicide. It needs to be investigated. He didn't want to hear it," said Shirley.

Shirley hired a private investigator, Eric Echols, and the two have been working together on this case for years.

"And then she h

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