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    Unproven Claims Reemerge Around DNC Staffer's Death: Here's What You Should Know

    Seth Rich was a young staffer at the Democratic National Committee, shot near his home in July 2016. Here's why the story — and the conspiracy around it — keep resurfacing.
    by Danielle Kurtzleben May 17, 2017 6 minutes
    Mary Rich, the mother of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich, gives a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 1, 2016. Seth Rich was gunned down walking through a D.C. neighborhood in July 2016. Some have theorized, without proof, that his death was related to his DNC work. / The Washington Post / Getty Images

    When Seth Rich was killed in July 2016, police suspected it was a botched robbery.

    This week, sparked by a report from a TV station in Washington, D.C., that crime took over conservative media.

    The reason: Seth Rich was a Democratic National Committee staffer, and some have theorized that his work was connected to his murder.

    There is no hard evidence that is true. In fact, further reporting has blown large holes in Fox 5 DC's Monday report.

    As with many other conspiracy theories, like the assertion that a was at the center of a child sex ring tied to top Democrats, this kind of assertion in part functions by trying to shift the burden of proof. Rather than proving with hard evidence that there a conspiracy surrounding Rich's murder (or that the owners of Comet Ping Pong, the pizza restaurant, were harming children), the people making the unproven claims end up pushing the

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