Victim's family searches for answers

BOX ELDER - The family of a Box Elder man found dead last weekend gathered at his mother's home on Monday, consoling each other and waiting to hear the details of his death.

Dozens of family members and friends of Alton "Muck-Tune" Boyd Alexander came together to share memories of the man they described as kind and outgoing, and to plan his funeral service. They came from as far away as Portland, Ore., and Farmington, N.M., and met at his mother's tan house just a short walk from where his body was found.

As a ceremonial fire burned in the front yard, family members ate supper while a voluntee...