A bedroom in Jeannie Richards' Waterford Township home is never used.

The walls are painted a unique shade of blue that her son, Bryan, picked out when he was 13 years old. Some of Bryan's old tennis shoes line the closet, along with a dusty, black Detroit Tigers baseball hat that was his favorite.

The room hasn't changed much since Bryan's death in 2012 at 26. His death certificate listed the cause as an overdose, a suicide from taking too many prescription pills. But Jeannie knew there was more to the story.

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