PORT GIBSON — Loss and healing were the focus of eulogies as more than 200 people packed a Baptist church for the memorial service for a black man found hanging behind his home in Mississippi.
The Vicksburg Post reports that 54-year-old Otis Byrd was mentioned just a handful of times during the 90-minute service Friday at Mount Burner Baptist Church in Pattison.
State, local and federal authorities continue to investigate whether Byrd’s death was suicide or murder.
Claiborne County Sheriff Marvin Lucas says FBI profilers were in Port Gibson, gathering evidence. He also said Friday that Byrd’s hands were not bound and it appeared Byrd had not stepped off anything.
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