FBI, Texas AG reject requests for documents related to Alabama-Coushatta homicide

POLK COUNTY, TX (KTRE) - In letters dated just days apart, the Texas Attorney General's Office and the FBI have rejected requests to release the records related to the death of a Livingston man on the Alabama-Coushatta reservation.

Once the tribe rejected KTRE's request to release an arrest affidavit for Matthew Battise, KTRE requested the document from the FBI, which is assisting in the investigation.

Tribal Judge Dana Williams rejected the request in May, saying the tribe does not have to adhere to Freedom of Information Act laws.

http://www.kswo.com/story/32470881/fbi-texas-ag-reject-requests-for-documents-related-to-alabama-coushatta-homicide