Man found dead in street, car discovered in bay

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Victim misjudged the curve, police said

Investigators initially thought a man found dead in the street had been the victim of a hit and run accident. Authorities now believe the man lost control of his vehicle and was ejected before his vehicle rolled into Back Bay.

Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove told WLOX News that the body of 47-year old Robert Conroy was spotted by a Biloxi policeman just before 3:30 a.m. on Monday, April 18, lying in the street on Bayview Avenue.

The officer investigated the scene and later found Conroy’s vehicle in the bay. Authorities said Conroy appeared to be heading west on Bayview Avenue when he failed to make the curve and was thrown from his vehicle before it crashed into the bay.

The accident remains under investigation.

Dad takes daughter from Wal-Mart charged with kidnapping

A George County man who allegedly took his daughter from a Wal-Mart in Lucedale was charged with kidnapping after authorities found the girl in his car. Henry Reeves, 24, was arrested on April 15 in Lake Charles, Louisiana after he was pulled over on Interstate 10.

Authorities found the 4-year old girl in his vehicle and Reeves admitted she was his daughter. Reeves allegedly took the girl from the store while she was there with her aunt.

Reeves is awaiting extradition to Mississippi while protective services took charge of the girl until family arrived to pick her up.

Three killed when truck hits tree

Three men were killed on April 15 when authorities said their truck slammed into a pine tree near Hattiesburg. Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict told The Hattiesburg American that 55-year-old Carson Payne, 58-year-old Henry Lee Wilson and 43-year-old Tommie McCarty, all of Columbus, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Two other people were injured in the accident and they were transported to Forrest General Hospital.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash that occurred on U.S. Highway 49 south of Hattiesburg.

The accident remains under investigation.