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Misty Upham's family believes her death is accidental and she did not commit suicide. The body of the 32-year-old actress, whose credits included "August: Osage County", "Jimmy P.", "Django Unchained" and "Frozen River" among others, was found on Thursday, October 16 more than a week after she went missing. In a statement released on Facebook on the next day, her family explains that the actress fell to her death when trying to escape from police.

"We believe that Misty's death was accidental. She did not commit suicide," her father Charles Upham wrote. "We believe she ran into the wooded area behind her apartment to hide from the police. The area in question has a hidden drop off and evidence suggests that she slipped and fell off of the steep embankment when she tried to get out of a view from the road. She simply did not see the drop off."

The family also shares in the lengthy post that Misty was afraid of police because she was mistreated when they took her to ER against her will. "She was cuffed and placed in a police car. Some of the [officers] began to taunt and tease her while she was in the car," Charles said.

The family additionally said the police "refused to help offer to find or at least change her Missing status to 'Endangered' to allow other agencies to get involved." In an interview with The Washington Post, Auburn Police Commander Steve Stocker denied the allegation. "We did take it seriously. Our detective put a lot of time into it. The detective is very sad over this, because she was really hoping to find Misty," Stocker said.

Authorities have not released Misty's cause or manner of death. Stocker said on Friday, "We do not have any evidence or information to believe there is foul play."