Christmas said he filed a Sunshine Law request to receive police reports and video from the jail and that he was told he couldn’t have anything because the toxicology report isn’t in.

I was given the same answer when I called Clayton police and asked for a police report. Short of confirming Buck’s name, age and time of death, the police won’t release any information.

And that’s what bothers Buck’s mom, and his friends, more than anything else.

While they question the veracity of whether he committed suicide, mostly they just want answers.

“If they want us to think they’re covering up something, they’re doing a good job,” said Lucas Rouggly, who is a friend of the Bucks and also their landlord.

Rouggly is a Christian minister who runs the nonprofit Love the Lou, an organization that works to lift people out of poverty, particularly on the north side of the city, where Rouggly lives with his wife and children. I first met Rouggly when he came to our church in Wildwood three years ago to tell us about the work Love the Lou does in the city. My wife and I have since donated to the organization.