Drug tests found that Binion had lethal levels of both the prescription sedative and heroin in his system. Friends had labeled the death mysterious, contending he had kicked a longtime drug habit several years ago. Tabish's Montana home was searched by investigators last month. Tabish and two other men, Michael David Milot and David Lee Mattsen, were arrested in Pahrump, Nev. two days after Binion's death. The three men are free on bail in the theft of the silver.
Defense lawyers contend authorities are fishing for suspects in the sensational case.
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