A Mississipi man, missing for over a month, was just found hanging by his neck from a tree in the woodsbehind his home. Authorities are still unclear as to whether the man’s death was a suicide or a murder — or who would have reason to kill him in such a manner.
Via CNN:
The hanging death of an African-American man who had been missing since early this month and was found Thursday by local authorities in Mississippi has drawn the scrutiny of the FBI and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.
The sheriff’s office in Claiborne County, Mississippi, had organized a search for the man, who had been missing since March 2 and was reported missing March 8. Authorities found the body hanging from a tree in the woods behind the residence where he had been living.
It is unclear if it is a suicide, or if the man was killed by someone.
A law enforcement official says the man found hanging is believed to be 54-year-old Otis Byrd, who has been missing since earlier this month. According to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Byrd was convicted in 1980 for murdering a woman. He was paroled in 2006.
We will keep you posted on this story as more developments arise.
Courtesy of: http://bossip.com/1119431/missing-black-man-found-hanging-from-tree-in-mississippi/
Sooo, the woman he murdered… was she a white woman? smh
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