Update: Father Responds to Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Mississippi shedding some light on the scene of the hanging as well his own grief for his son.
They say “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Local authorities as well as the FBI Investigating Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Mississippi who’s reported to be 54 year old Otis Byrd. He was found hung in the woods behind his own residence after being reported missing for at least 6 days.
Update: Global Grind and the LA Times report Willy Shorter has identified the body found hanging in Mississippi as his son. He’s reportedly refused to visit the scene of the crime though he’s speaking with some press:
“They told me he was dangling in the tree, up in the tree hanging by his neck. This is a small town, everybody knows everybody…I don’t want to see my son. I want to remember him the way I always saw him. I don’t want to remember him hanging from the tree.”
…(SMH) that’s definitely understandable. Peace and positive thoughts to the family as details continue to develop.
Original: Otis Byrd had been convicted for murdering a woman in 1980 and was paroled in 2006. Now CNN and multiple news sources are reporting state police, forensics, civil rights authorities and the FBI Investigating Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Mississippi. He’s documented as missing since March 2nd though the report was not filed until March 8th officially. Authorities say so far “it’s unclear whether it was a suicide or homicide.”
What is clear though, emphasized by the presence of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the Feds, is if Otis Byrd did not kill himself, then we’re in ‘hate crime’ territory (among other truths, #facts and ‘damn shames’). The FBI Investigating Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Mississippi are anchoring two parallel investigations. One is into the actual death and the other is to see if there are in fact any civil rights violations. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are also on the scene.
“Earlier in the day, the Claiborne County Sheriffs Department and the Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks conducted a ground search for a man who had been missing since early March. Officers located a man hanging in the woods near Roddy Road a half mile from his last known residence,” according to the FBI statement.
The Claiborne County Sheriffs Department and the Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks were the first to report prior to the FBI Investigating Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Mississippi. Official statements confirm the scene is currently being processed for evidence to determine the cause and manner of death.
RIP
