On a hilltop in a small Mississippi town ... was shot three times and castrated. It was a case that caught the attention of ...
The triple killing was also the basis for the 1988 Oscar-winning film Mississippi Burning. The movie is a fictionalised take on the events named after the FBI investigation into the case.
Before burning the church ... the “Lindbergh law” brought kidnapping cases under federal jurisdiction.) More agents would come to Mississippi over the next several days, ultimately totaling ...