Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers is documented in the ColdCaseIndex database as a homicide case in Jackson, Mississippi. The events are dated to June 12, 1963. The victim is recorded as 37 years old and male. The last known information on record places the case at June 12, 1963, his home in Jackson, MS.

Within the ColdCaseIndex taxonomy, Medgar Evers is filed under Homicide with a status of Conviction. A homicide entry documents a killing in which the perpetrator has not been identified, has not been convicted, or where the case is otherwise historically notable. The record is cross-referenced under the themes homicide, civil rights, historical, Mississippi, conviction delayed, which connect it to related cases across the database.

The Medgar Evers case ended in a criminal conviction. It is retained in this index as a historically significant case — one whose investigation, prosecution, or aftermath shaped forensic practice, criminal law, or the public understanding of violent crime.

Primary jurisdiction for the Medgar Evers case rests with local law enforcement in Jackson, supported by Mississippi state investigative authorities. The case sits within a wider national picture: the U.S. homicide clearance rate has fallen from roughly 90% in the 1960s to about 54% today, and more than 346,000 homicides recorded since 1965 remain unsolved. ColdCaseIndex documents individual cases like this one to keep them publicly visible and searchable.