00:01April 5th, 2019. 41-year-old Aaron Shane Key was dropped off at a property in rural Tennessee.
00:11According to an account later shared by his family, Aaron asked his father to come back for him in about
00:1930 minutes.
00:21But before his father returned, the phone rang.
00:25Aaron was dead. Authorities concluded that he had died by hanging.
00:33But for Aaron's mother, Lisa Key, the questions were only beginning.
00:41A 911 call from the property reportedly described several people fighting.
00:47The caller said there were around five people outside, and claimed tensions at the property had been going on for
00:56days.
00:58Some people reportedly left before officers arrived.
01:02None of that proves Aaron was the victim of a crime.
01:07But it raises an obvious question.
01:10What happened during Aaron's final minutes?
01:17Lisa also questioned injuries she says were found on her son's body.
01:23Local reporting described abrasions, bruising, and injuries around his eyelids.
01:30Lisa said she was told some of the marks could have been caused by very young puppies.
01:36She remained unconvinced.
01:39She also said Aaron had an injured right wrist, and questioned how he could have secured the rope described in
01:48the official account.
01:50But those details alone do not prove homicide.
01:54Their significance would depend on the complete forensic evidence.
02:00The medical examiner reportedly determined Aaron's cause of death was hanging.
02:08Local reporting also described a relatively minor ligature mark, and no significant injury to certain structures of the neck.
02:18Those findings do not automatically rule out hanging.
02:22But to Lisa, they added to the questions she already had.
02:29She has also questioned how evidence at the scene was handled, and has continued seeking another examination of her son's
02:38death.
02:39There is no publicly verified evidence establishing that Aaron Shane Key was murdered, and no person has been proven responsible
02:49for causing his death.
02:51The official conclusion remains hanging, but one question still sits at the center of the story.
02:59Aaron expected his father to return in about 30 minutes.
03:05What happened before he did?
03:08This is The Unanswered.
03:12Some stories end.
03:14Some questions don't.
03:17Some questions don't.
