NEW YORK — (NEW YORK) -- The Smith County district attorney, where three sets of remains that belong to Rasheem Carter were found, disputed that a fourth set were part of his remains but said they were animal bones.
Carter's family's attorney Ben Crump held a press conference on May 11 demanding answers from Mississippi officials on whether the fourth set of remains belonged to Carter.
Local officials originally said that they believed there was no foul play in the disappearance. The cause of death remains undetermined. Carter's family believes that doesn't hold water. "Mr. Crump's statement questioning my office and law enforcement's dignity and respect towards Rasheem Carter's family by not notifying them of new remains was not only completely baseless," Hennis said in the statement."It also appears to be callously made to inflame public opinion."
Attorneys representing Carter's family are calling for a federal probe into his death, arguing that the Smith County Sheriff's Department's original conclusion that there was no foul play seemed dubious. Crump said Mississippi officials didn't notify the family of the fourth set of remains. He said a bystander filmed police retrieving the remains and sent the video to the Carter family.
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