Cold Cases in Mississippi
ColdCaseIndex documents 10 cold cases in Mississippi, spanning 1955–2024. 8 of these cases remain fully unsolved. Each case page includes documented details, status, and information on how to submit a tip.
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Dau Mabil
Dau Mabil, a 33-year-old Sudanese refugee and one of the 'Lost Boys' resettled in Jackson, Mississippi, vanished during a midday walk near his Belhaven-area home on March 25, 2024. Fishermen found his body on April 13, 2
Jessica Chambers
Nineteen-year-old Jessica Chambers was found burning on a road in Courtland, Mississippi, her body set on fire while she was still alive. She was able to say a partial name to a first responder but died shortly after. Tw
Myra Lewis
Two-year-old Myra Rena Lewis vanished from the front yard of her rural home near Camden, Mississippi, on March 1, 2014. Despite an Amber Alert, an FBI investigation and a $20,000 reward, she has never been found.
Leigh Marine Occhi
Thirteen-year-old Leigh Occhi vanished from her Tupelo, Mississippi home on the morning of August 27, 1992, as remnants of Hurricane Andrew moved through the area. Her mother returned home to find blood on the walls and
Alisha Heinrich (Delta Dawn)
On December 5, 1982, the body of an unidentified toddler was recovered from the Escatawpa River near the Interstate 10 bridge in Moss Point, Mississippi. Known for decades as 'Baby Jane' and 'Delta Dawn,' she was identif
Wharlest Jackson
Wharlest Jackson, treasurer of the Natchez NAACP and a 12-year employee of the Armstrong Rubber and Tire Company, was killed on February 27, 1967, when a bomb planted under his pickup truck exploded as he drove home from
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman & Michael Schwerner
Three civil rights workers disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi while investigating the burning of a Black church. Their bodies were found 44 days later. Edgar Ray Killen was convicted of manslaughter in 2005, four
Medgar Evers
Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was shot in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi home. White supremacist Byron De La Beckwith was tried twice in 1964 but both trials ended in hung juries. He was finally convicted of
Emmett Till
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago, was brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi after allegedly whistling at a white woman. His killers Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam were acquitted by an all-white j
Emmett Till Reexamination (2022)
In 2022, the Department of Justice reopened the Emmett Till murder case after a manuscript revealed that Carolyn Bryant Donham had lied during the 1955 trial. She died in 2023 before any charges could be filed. The case