re: Ever known anyone that was murdered?

Yes, good friend of mine from high school. It ended up being nationally covered deal with jesse jackson comming down to our small town in mississippi and everything. Caused alot of tension for a long time. it was ruled a suicide, but 99% of the people will tell you it wasnt. I played ball with him and he was my classmate for 11 years. Lived only a few miles from me and had a really nice family. He wasnt involved with drugs or anything... Just a bad deal. I will link a couple stories.
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They also did a story on investigation discovery channel on it
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