Family says internal affairs report is a cover-up

North Port, Florida - Last January 17, Denise Lee was kidnapped from her home in Charlotte County. Her body was found in a shallow grave two days later.

The man accused of taking her, Michael King lived near her home. He is accused of kidnapping and murder.

Denise's mother-in-law, Peggy Lee, says the pain doesn't go away. Lee, who does most of the speaking for the family says they are upset with the Internal Affairs investigation.

Lee says she can forgive the mistakes that were made, but she can't forgive deceit and manipulation. Lee and the rest of the family say they believe the Internal Affairs investigation is nothing but spin.

The focus of the investigation is why 911 operators didn't respond to at least five calls that came in during the incident. One of the calls was from Denise Lee who was able to get her abductors phone and make the call while he had her in custody.

At the time of the incident, Charlotte County Sheriff John Davenport said the agency would look at itself and see if mistakes were made. Davenport promised if mistakes were made they would become public. Davenport said there would not be a cover up.

However Denise Lee's family believes otherwise. Nathan Lee says he believes there was a cover up.

Captain Donna Roguska was supervising at 9-1-1 that night. The family is upset because she also led the Internal affairs investigation. Neither Roguska nor the communications chief Bill Cameron were ever questioned. Cameron has since been elected Sheriff.

The family also wants to know who is responsible for ignoring a 9-1-1 call from a woman who said she saw Denise Lee being held hostage. The family is also asking who let a teletype operator go home early to avoid overtime. And why a BOLO alert (stands for be on the look out) for the suspect - was being ignored .They also want to know who was responsible for the complete confusion in the 911 center?

Peggy Lee says it is wrong and she believes the "higher ups" are the ones that need to take responsibility, not the lower level people.

In the meantime the Charlotte Sheriff's Office won't comment on the Internal Affairs Investigation, but it says the public can be confident because an agent from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was there and monitored the inquiry.

Nathan Lee says he never believed that the government would cover something like this up, but he believes that's just what happened here.