Marco McMillian

CLARKSDALE, Miss. — An attorney for relatives of a slain Mississippi mayoral candidate said Thursday that the sheriff's department has mishandled evidence and withheld information about its investigation. [ Read more → ]

An autopsy report says a man admitted to killing a Mississippi mayoral candidate in February and that the victim died from lack of oxygen, but it doesn't give an exact reason for the death beyond calling it a homicide. [ Read more → ]

JACKSON, Miss. — More than a month has passed since the body of a Mississippi mayoral candidate was found dumped near a river levee, but the exact cause of his death remains largely a mystery pending the release of an autopsy report. [ Read more → ]

JACKSON, Miss. -- The FBI said Wednesday that it has been monitoring the state investigation into the death of an openly gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi, but the agency didn't indicate it had opened its own investigation. [ Read more → ]

JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi congressman is asking the FBI to review the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate to determine if any federal laws might have been violated. [ Read more → ]

JACKSON, Miss. -- The body of a slain, openly gay Mississippi mayoral candidate was beaten and burned, a family member said Monday. [ Read more → ]

JACKSON, Miss. -- A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of an openly gay mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week. [ Read more → ]

JACKSON, Miss. --- A Mississippi mayoral candidate was found dead Wednesday and the case is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said. [ Read more → ]