One version of the Rich story this week came from a Washington, D.C., Fox News affiliate, Fox 5, which cited a private investigator who claimed to have uncovered evidence of the collusion.
Rod Wheeler, an ex-D.C. homicide detective who works now as a private investigator and occasional Fox News contributor, claimed in an interview with the D.C.-based Fox affiliate that the proof resides in Rich's laptop.
"You have sources at the FBI saying that there is information that could link Seth Rich to WikiLeaks?" the Fox 5 reporter asked.
"Absolutely," Wheeler said. "And that's confirmed."
FoxNews.com reported separately that the private investigator said, "My investigation up to this point shows there was some degree of email exchange between Seth Rich and WikiLeaks."
Wheeler, who was dismissed from the DC Metropolitan Police Department in 1995, has since recanted his story.
"I only got that [information] from the reporter at Fox News," Wheeler told CNN.
He later told BuzzFeed that he was taken out of context by Fox reporters.
"That story on Fox 5 last night was inaccurate," Wheeler said. "I don't even know where the computers are."