"Absolutely nothing." That's what Denny Shannon thinks the state is doing to investigate his daughter's death.

"Come on," says Shannon, "even me as a layperson knows that something is wrong somewhere."

Twenty-nine-year old Krissy Shannon died suddenly over the 4th of July weekend. She had autism, and the mental ability of an 18-month-old. Krissy lived at the Morgan Center in Bremerton for years. It specializes in autism.

Krissy died of acute drug intoxication from an over the counter antihistamine, chlortrimeton. Yet, at the Center, all medications are to be locked up.

Dr. Emmanuel Lacsina's autopsy on Krissy clearly showed high levels of the drug. "I looked at it and it was high," Dr. Lacsina told us in September. "I looked at it again - it was high."

The toxicology report for Krissy shows the level of the drug in her system was .28 milligrams per liter. Dr. Lacsina told KOMO 4 News that all the toxicology information he has looked at tells him that level is just too high compared to what Krissy was supposed to be getting.

According to Dr. Lacsina, the Morgan Center was administering a dose of 4 milligrams to Krissy for allergies. He also told us that in a controlled test, people getting three times that amount, showed a blood level of just .017 milligrams per liter, and the level kept dropping as time went on.

He tells KOMO 4 News, that what the Morgan Center says they were giving Krissy is, "much, much lower" than her blood level showed.

But the state disagrees with Dr. Lacsina's interpretation. Morgan Center Superintendent Carol Kirk says, "we have our medical people saying this isn't making sense to us, we want more information, we'd like to get another opinion."

Two months ago, the state hired a private contractor to review Krissy's autopsy. But, it still isn't done.

Paul Strand has a son at Morgan Center. He trusts them, but wonders at the delay. "Foot dragging needs to stop," says Strand. "I don't know whose foot is dragging but it's got to be picked up and put in a firm position. We need to find out now what's going on and get the problem resolved."

The hold-up? The state wants the Kitsap County Coroner to turn over blood and tissue samples to either the Morgan Center, or their private investigator. They want to send the samples to their own private labs for verification.

The Coroner's office tells KOMO 4 News that could break the chain of evidence and put the evidence at risk. Krissy's dad worries that will compromise the investigation. "They're looking for a way to taint, I think to taint things," says Denny Shannon. "You know to put blame other people because they definitely want to get out from underneath."

Now the state wants a judge to decide. So, it's come down to a legal battle over critical evidence. But, not to the Shannon family. "The longer it goes, the angrier I get," says Shannon. "We want closure, that's all we want, But we don't want a flowered-over closure, we want the truth."

Paul Strand also wants the truth. "If somebody did something wrong, let's find out who did it, what they did, and be done with it." He says, his son and the 50-plus other families with children at Morgan Center need to be able to trust that their children are safe.

Several parents with children at the Morgan Center have contacted us. They tell us they are very concerned about their children, but they also worry that the state may use this situation to close down a home they believe is critical for their kids.