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Feds: No evidence that Otis Byrd’s hanging was homicide

June 1, 2015 Online Editor Comments Off on Feds: No evidence that Otis Byrd’s hanging was homicide

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Investigators have found no evidence that the hanging death of a black man in Mississippi was a homicide, and the civil rights probe into the death has been closed, the Justice […]

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Autopsy of black man found hanging from tree in Mississippi given to family

April 8, 2015 Online Editor Comments Off on Autopsy of black man found hanging from tree in Mississippi given to family

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — FBI agents and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation got the results of the autopsy for 54-year-old Otis Byrd just five days after he was found hanging from a tree near the home […]

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FBI awaiting autopsy on black man found hanged; He was ‘very adamant that he would never take his own life’

March 24, 2015 Online Editor Comments Off on FBI awaiting autopsy on black man found hanged; He was ‘very adamant that he would never take his own life’

PORT GIBSON, Miss. (AP) — Roughly a dozen people gathered Monday in downtown Port Gibson, Mississippi, to show support the family of a back man found hanging. Otis Byrd, 54, was found Thursday, hanging from by […]

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Black man found in Mississippi hanged by a bed sheet, didn’t appear to step off anything, sheriff said

March 22, 2015 Online Editor Comments Off on Black man found in Mississippi hanged by a bed sheet, didn’t appear to step off anything, sheriff said

PORT GIBSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi sheriff said Friday that a black man found hanging from a tree did not appear to have stepped off of anything before he died. Claiborne County Sheriff Marvin […]

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