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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A lawsuit's been filed in New Mexico, alleging authorities there are withholding public records about an investigation into Billy the Kid's death in 1881.
According to legend, the Kid -- aka William Bonney -- was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. But questions about his death persist with some claiming he lived to old age.
The Albuquerque Journal says the new lawsuit contends that Lincoln County Sheriff Rick Virden must produce records from an investigation into the Kid's death under state open records laws.
Virden says he doesn't have any records.
During the investigation, two bodies in Arizona were exhumed and analyzed by celebrity forensic scientist Dr. Henry Lee.
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