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A petition drive is under way, calling on Gov. Mark Dayton to order an investigation of the University of Minnesota. More than 3,000 people -- including some prominent medical professionals -- have signed it.

The issue? Possible research misconduct by the U's Department of Psychiatry, and Fox 9 Investigator Jeff Baillon looked into the tragic death that set the effort in motion.

Dan Markingson was Mary Weiss' only child, and she still holds onto the recording he left on her voicemail to feel his company -- the message he left a few days before his life came to a horrific end.

"Mary literally collapsed on the floor and just screamed, 'Oh no! Oh no!,'" family friend Mike Howard recalled.

Weiss believed her son had a rage burning within, and her instincts proved to be true. Just before Mother's Day in 2004, Markingson grabbed a box cutter and violently slashed into his chest and neck, nearly decapitating himself.

"He didn't pass away; he was killed," Weiss said in a documentary film. "They let him die, and they need to be held...