The family of a Black man who was found dead with his head severed will hold a protest after being notified that a third set of his remains was located.
Last October, Rasheem Carter was reported missing two days after his last known sighting in Laurel, Mississippi, and days after warning his mother and police about being targeted by white men in the community.head severedThe Mississippi Crime Lab notified the family that remains found on Feb. 23 matched Rasheem Carter's DNA, according to a statement released by attorney Ben Crump and Carter's family.
In addition to Carter’s head being severed, his spinal cord was recovered in a separate area from his head, according to Crump. "From the beginning of this case, the family has been misled," Crump said. "At first, when the first of Rasheem’s remains were discovered with his head decapitated from his body, officials told the family that it was animals that killed Rasheem. Then officials admitted that they believed he was murdered."
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