A private investigator has joined the hunt for slain DNC staffer Seth Rich, who authorities say was fatally shot in July 2016—and whose death has sparked a number of conspiracy theories on the right.

Dan Rice, a retired Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) agent, has been hired as the new lead investigator in a private effort to find Rich’s murderer—even as the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department continues its investigation into the incident.

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Rice is working with a “private group” hoping to being “fresh eyes and more money” to the hunt, NBC 4 reports.

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