A third set of remains found in Mississippi has been identified as belonging to Rasheem Carter, a 25-year-old Fayette, Mississippi, man found nearly decapitated after he told the police he was chased by a group of white men in Taylorsville, Mississippi. He was reported missing on Oct. 2, 2022, one day after the encounter, and his skeletal remains were found on Nov. 2 in a wooded area in Taylorsville.
The family was initially told by the local sheriff that foul play was not suspected and that animals had desecrated his remains. Their attorney Ben Crump called Carter’s death a “Mississippi lynching” during a press conference in March.
“His head was severed from his body,” said Crump. “His vertebrate, his spinal cord, was in another spot they discovered away from his severed head. They have recently found remains that they believe are also Rasheem Carter at another part of where he went missing. What that tells us is this was a nefarious act, an evil act. Someone murdered Rasheem Carter, and we cannot let them get away with this.”
The third set of Carter’s remains were found on Feb. 23, and the family was notified by e-mail. Crump announced that the family would be holding a news conference demanding justice on April 29. He also released a statement noting the family’s grief following the Mississippi Crime Lab’s e-mail notification and the lack of adequate information they are receiving from officials.
“The family of Rasheem Carter, while still deep in grief, is being denied adequate information and closure from the Mississippi officials overseeing this case,” read the statement. “From the beginning of this case, the family has been misled. At first, when the first of Rasheem’s remains were discovered with his head decapitated from his body, officials told the family that it was animals that killed Rasheem. Then, officials that they believed he was murdered.”
The statement went on to condemn state authorities…
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