JACKSON — A Mississippi woman has been charged in a second case of causing a death by giving buttocks-enhancing silicone injections without being trained or licensed to do the procedure, authorities said Monday. Tracey Lynn Garner, 53, of Jackson, formerly known as Morris Garner, was arrested Thursday and charged with one count of depraved heart [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, bond, case, court, doctor, homicide, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, medical, medicine, mental health, murder, murder-for-hire, physician, shoot, shooter, shooting, trial
GREENWOOD — Bond has again been denied for Dr. Arnold Smith but a judge says he may reconsider after the doctor undergoes a mental examination. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports prosecutors told Judge Breland Hilburn that a bed is open for Smith at the State Hospital in Whitfield. They have not said when he might be [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 9,2013
Tags: attorney, crime, elected official, gay, homocide, homosexual, investigate, investigation, investigator, law, law enforcement, lawyer, mayor, mayoral candidate, murder, politician, Politics, public official
CLARKSDALE — Relatives of a slain Mississippi mayoral candidate are renewing their push for a federal investigation amid their complaints that local officials are withholding information about the case. Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian’s nude and battered body was found Feb. 27 near a Mississippi River levee. The case drew national attention after his campaign [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 29,2013
Tags: autopsy, cause of death, crime, crime lab, death, investigation, law, law enforcement, mayor, mayoral candidate, murder, politican, Politics, public official, report
CLARKSDALE — More than a month has passed since Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian was found dead, but the cause of death remains largely a mystery pending an autopsy report. McMillian’s body was found Feb. 27 in Coahoma County. Coahoma County Coroner Scotty Meredith says the state crime lab is waiting for an investigative report [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 7,2013
Tags: candidate, crime, federal agency, homicide, investigation, law, law enforcement, mayor, murder, politician
CLARKSDALE — The FBI says 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. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson asked Tuesday for the FBI to “review the circumstances and evidence” in the slaying of Marco McMillian, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 6,2013
Tags: crime, elected official, federal government, homiciade, investigation, law, law enforcement, legislative, mayor, murder, politician
CLARKSDALE — A Mississippi congressman on Tuesday asked the FBI to review the slaying of an openly gay mayoral candidate to determine if any federal laws might have been violated. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson’s district includes Clarksdale, where Marco McMillian was running. McMillian, 34, was found slain last week in a rural area nearby. Thompson, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 4,2013
Tags: beaten, burned, crime, death, homiciade, law, law enforcement, legal, mayor, murder, politician, Politics
CLARKSDALE — The family of a slain Mississippi mayoral candidate says he was beaten and burned. Marco McMillian’s godfather, Carter Womack, said today the information came from the Coahoma County coroner. The coroner declined to comment. Womack said the family was told McMillian’s body was dragged under a fence and left near a Mississippi River [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2013
Tags: arrest, charge, city government, crime, homicide, investigation, law, law enforcement, legal, mayor, murder, politician, Politics
CLARKSDALE — A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week. The Coahoma County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release that Lawrence Reed of Shelby was charged in the death of Marco McMillian, 34, [...] [...]
CLARKSDALE — Whatever his prospects for winning the coming mayoral election in his hometown of Clarksdale, Marco McMillian was considered by many to be a man on the rise. So word spread fast when his SUV was involved in a wreck this week, and he was nowhere to be found. The discovery of the openly [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 8,2013
Tags: bench, court, crime, floral design, floral designer, health, health care, implant, interior design, interior designer, justice, law, legal, murder, public health, surgeon, surgery
JACKSON — Court records say the Georgia woman who died after an illegal buttocks implant in Mississippi was told that the procedure would be performed by a medical professional, but authorities and testimony show that it was given by a floral and interior designer with no training or license. Two people have been charged in [...] [...]
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