Authorities launch investigation after body found in Rockhill
Oktibbeha County Authorities have launched a criminal investigation concerning a female’s body that was found Sunday morning in the Rockhill community north of Starkville.
Body found at Lake Lowndes identified as MUW student from Nepal
A body found Thanksgiving afternoon at Lake Lowndes State Park has been identified as an international student at the Mississippi University for Women.
Woman found in home full of smoke
First responders with Columbus Fire and Rescue found the body of an 81-year-old woman in her home Sunday morning.
Body discovered Monday on Waterworks to go to Jackson for autopsy
The body of a Columbus man discovered on Waterworks Road will go to Jackson for an autopsy at the state medical examiner’s office Thursday, Columbus Police Department Assistant Chief Fred Shelton confirmed.
Body found at Stennis Lock and Dam
Divers with Columbus Fire & Rescue pulled a body from the Tombigbee River near the John C. Stennis Lock & Dam area this weekend.
Body discovered in Monroe County identified
A body found along Splunge Road in late June has been identified as Johnny Pace, a 28-year-old from Sulligent, Alabama.
Motion: Jail snitch should tell Miranda rights
If a man accused of killing and dismembering a Bourbon Street dancer gets an alleged jailhouse confession thrown out and the ruling stands up on appeal, it could end the use of “jailhouse snitches” nationwide, says a defense attorney unconnected to the case.
Tentative trial date set in dismemberment case
Both suspects in the 2012 stabbing death and dismemberment of a Bourbon Street strip club dancer are now in Louisiana.
Second suspect named in dancer’s death
An arrested woman’s boyfriend remains a suspect in the death of a Bourbon Street dancer whose dismembered body washed up on Mississippi beaches in 2012, and Kenner police detectives have interviewed him since taking over the case, Chief Steve Caraway said Thursday.
Authorities in Aberdeen find woman’s body
ABERDEEN — Police say they have found a body in Aberdeen and are trying to determine if it is a woman who has been missing
Ariel Castro’s family prepares to claim his body
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The family of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro planned to claim his body Thursday as investigations sought to determine how a man who
Caledonia drowning victim identified
The victim in Saturday’s drowning in Caledonia has been identified.
The body of Bernardo Lopez, 30, of Columbus was discovered this morning, Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant said.
FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa’s remains ends
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A search of a rural field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader
Boston Marathon suspect’s remains claimed
BOSTON — A funeral home has claimed the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a gunbattle with police after an
Uncle: Family to claim bomb suspect’s body
Relatives of the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said as officials in both Washington and Russia deepened their investigations into him and his ties.
Body found near Oktibbeha County Lake
Foul play is not suspected in the death of an Oktibbeha County man found dead March 14.
No foul play suspected in drowning
Five days after the body of a missing Iuka man was found along an inlet of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Lowndes County Sheriff Mike Arledge said his department is close to finishing its investigation.
Body ID’d as missing Iuka man
A body discovered on Bud Price Road in Lowndes County has been identified. According to Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant, Robert Paul Martindale, 55, of Tishomingo County, was found dead when he was pulled from a boat dock along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Saturday afternoon.
Unidentified body found in Lowndes County
Lowndes County authorities are trying to determine the identification of a white male whose body was recovered Saturday afternoon along Bud Price Road.