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The murder of the activists sparked national outrage and an extensive federal investigation, filed as Mississippi Burning (MIBURN), which later became the title of a 1988 film loosely based on the events. In 1967, after the state government refused to prosecute, the United States federal government charged 18 individuals with civil rights ...
Unidentified murder victims in Mississippi (1 P) Pages in category "People murdered in Mississippi" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since 1976, 23 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 23 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 19 via lethal injection. [1]
Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer identified the victims as Koritnik Graves, 52, and Elena Davis, 50. ... to call the Gulfport Police Department at 228-868-5959 or Mississippi Coast Crime ...
He faced another capital murder trial later in the year for the remaining murders of the Parker family. For Charlotte Jo's murder, Simon was tried in Jones County. The jury was unable to unanimously agree on a death sentence so he was sentenced to life in prison based on Mississippi law. [18]
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Alisha Ann Heinrich, previously known as "Baby Jane" and "Delta Dawn", was a formerly unidentified American child murder victim whose body was found in Moss Point, Mississippi, in December 1982. The child — aged approximately 18 months — was partially smothered before she was thrown alive from the eastbound Interstate 10 bridge into the ...
A mistrial was declared this week in the case of Sheldon "Timothy" Herrington Jr., whom prosecutors accuse of luring University of Mississippi student Jay Lee before murdering the victim following ...