Cold Cases in Mississippi
ColdCaseIndex documents 8 cold cases in Mississippi, spanning 1955–2014. 6 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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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
Clarence Simpson
Thirty-eight-year-old Clarence Simpson was found murdered in Meridian, Mississippi in March 2012. Despite investigation, the case went cold. It remains in Lauderdale County cold case files.
Jessica Johnson
Nineteen-year-old Jessica Johnson disappeared from Jackson, Mississippi in May 2007. She was last seen leaving a friend's apartment. Despite investigation by Jackson Police, she was never found.
Joseph Miller
Thirty-three-year-old Joseph Miller was found murdered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in July 1999. Despite investigation, the case went cold. It remains in Forrest County Sheriff's Office cold case files.
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