Mississippi Crime

David Lohr

Mississippi Highway Killer May Be Dressed As Cop, Ready To Strike Again

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.17.2012

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The person who shot two people to death along Mississippi highways possibly while dressed as a police officer is likely a meticulous and organized kil...

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Missing Grandma Might Have Embezzled From Her Employer

Posted 05.17.2012

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A 65-year-old woman who vanished April 29 may have been siphoning money from the Mississippi company where she worked as an accountant for years, acco...

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Doc Tried To Kill Attorney Who Represented His Wife During Divorce

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.02.2012

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JACKSON, Miss. -- It wasn't a secret that Dr. Ralph Arnold Smith Jr. was still angry at the attorney who represented his ex-wife during their divorce ...

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Man Convicted Of Horrific Killing Of Boss' Wife To Be Executed

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2012

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(Corrects where victim was found) By Robbie Ward STARKVILLE, Miss., March 20 (Reuters) - A Mississippi man convicted of...

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Suspect Declared Dead Wants Gun Indictment Thrown Out

AP | By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 02.20.2012

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JACKSON, Miss. -- Attorneys for a man who was declared dead and later charged in the kidnapping and killing of a Las Vegas girl have asked a judge to ...

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Missing Mississippi Murderer Found

Posted 01.30.2012

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A convicted murderer who vanished after being pardoned by ex-Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has been found in Laramie, Wyo., The Associated Press ...

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Man Accused Of Killing Priest And Taking HIs Car To Disney World Is Found Dead In Jail

AP | By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 03.28.2012

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JACKSON, Miss. -- A man accused of killing a Roman Catholic priest and taking the victim's car on a family vacation to Walt Disney World was found dea...

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Home Invasion Leads Police To Christian Paramilitary 'Savior Unit'

Posted 12.12.2011

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Police investigating a Mississippi home invasion have broken up what they say is a paramilitary group that trained its members in "hand to hand combat...

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'Mississippi Burning' Klansman Confessed To Murders: Inmate

Posted 12.02.2011

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Edgar Ray Killen, who was convicted of killing three civil rights workers in 1964, allegedly wrote confessions to a former inmate, but the reputed Kla...

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Man Accussed Of Killing Priest Before Taking Vacation Wants Trial Moved

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 01.12.2012

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JACKSON, Miss. — The lawyer for a man accused of killing a Catholic priest before setting out on a Disney vacation says his client can't get a f...

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Miss. Teen Pleads Not Guilty To Running Down Black Man

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 11.30.2011

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JACKSON, Miss. — A white Mississippi teenager accused of running down a black man with a truck pleaded not guilty to capital murder on Friday. ...

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White Teen Accused Of Running Over Black Man In Miss. Charged With Hate Crime

AP | By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 11.21.2011

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By HOLBROOK MOHR (AP) JACKSON, Miss. -- A white Mississippi teenager has been indicted for capital murder and a hate crime on charges he intentiona...

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Family Of Man Killed In Alleged Mississippi Hate Crime Files Suit

AP | By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 11.06.2011

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JACKSON, Miss. (Associated Press) -- The family of a black man who authorities say was run over by a white teenager in a truck is suing over the alleg...

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Mississippi Teen Charged With Capital Murder In Alleged Hate Crime

Posted 10.20.2011

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A white Mississippi teen accused in the fatal hit-and run of a black man could face the death penalty if convicted on capital murder charges in the ca...

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FBI Investigates Fatal Rundown Of Black Man In Mississippi

AP | By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 10.18.2011

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(AP) -- The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of a black man who Mississippi authorities say was intentionally run down by a ...

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Internet War Of Words Over Alleged Hate Crime Killing In Mississippi

AP | By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 10.14.2011

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JACKSON, Miss. -- Authorities call it a hate crime by two white teens against a middle-aged black man, "murder by physically assaulting and purposeful...

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