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Its January 24, 1956, article "The Shocking Story of Approved Killing in Mississippi", included murder confessions from J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant, who had been acquitted in 1955 of killing 14-year-old boy Emmett Till.
“Following their acquittals, both Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam confessed to kidnapping and murdering Till in an account published in Look magazine in January 1956.” Roy Bryant died of cancer in ...
Several nights after the encounter, Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam, who were armed, went to Till's great-uncle's house and abducted Till, age 14. They beat and mutilated him before shooting him in the head and sinking his body in the Tallahatchie River. Three days later, Till's mutilated and bloated body was discovered ...
Till interacted with Donham in some way, though accounts of the events differ. After hearing about the interaction, Donham's husband Roy and Roy's half-brother John William "J. W." Milam kidnapped, tortured, and lynched Till. The book was dictated by Donham to her daughter-in-law Marsha Bryant, who transcribed the recollections. [1]
Emmett Till is pictured in an undated photo. (Associated Press/) In addition to the murder charges against Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, the two men and Carolyn Bryant were investigated for kidnapping.
The men who killed Emmett Till: J.W. Milam, center, and Roy Bryant, right, with their attorney, Sidney Carlton. getty images The air outside felt chilly as the crowd came inside to find their seats.
Carolyn Bryant Donham, now 87, claimed that Till harassed her at a corner store in Mississippi. Her then-husband, Roy Bryant, and his half-brother J.W. Milam killed Till and dumped his body in a ...
Chatham was born in Hernando, Mississippi in 1906. He attended the University of Mississippi for both his undergraduate and law degrees. At the age of 35, he became District Attorney of Tallahatchie County and would hold that station until 1955, the year that he prosecuted J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till.