Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Georgia A Black man recently associated with the death of a local white woman was found hanging from a tree in a rural Georgia town on Monday. Investigators are currently working to determine if the act was a lynching or a suicide. Via New York Daily News : A black man recently questioned in the death of a white woman was found hanging from a tree in rural Georgia Monday morning, launching an investigation by local and state authorities, according to local reports. The body, identified as 43-year-old Roosevelt Champion III, was discovered in a backyard by a resident in Greensboro, between Atlanta and Augusta, around 11 a.m., police told NBC News. Authorities have thus far said that there is nothing to immediately suggest foul play. Greensboro Police Chief Ossie Mapp, describing Champion’s location, said he did not live at the address. His body was described as suspended by a plastic strap, one similar to those used to secure cargo on vehicles’ roofs. There were no visible signs of wounds to his body and his feet were described as just scraping the ground. The death investigation has since been handed over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). No foul play…but who would hang themselves in someone else’s yard ? NYDN
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Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Rural Georgia
