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Elderly woman robbed, murdered and set on fire; teen charged with crime

Authorities said a 17-year-old has been charged with robbery and capital murder after an elderly woman was found dead and on fire inside her Clarksdale home Saturday afternoon.

Captain Robbie Linley said Nathaniel Roberson Jr. is being held without bond for the murder of 80-year-old Ethel W. Lewis. Lewis was robbed, murdered and then set on fire. […]

Second suspect named in Labor Day murder

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Columbus police have named a second suspect in a Labor Day shooting that killed one man and injured another.

Twenty-year-old Devin Thompson is still being sought on two counts of aggravated assault in connection with a shooting in Columbus on Labor Day. Thompson’s last known address was 1171 Tabernacle Road, police said. […]