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FBI agents meet outside a portable command post in Port Gibson, Miss., as they continue their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the hanging death of Otis Byrd, an ex-convict reported missing by his family more than two weeks ago, Friday, March 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

FBI continues investigation into Mississippi hanging death

By Emily Wagster Pettus - Associated Press

Claiborne County officials prepare to leave a home in Port Gibson, Miss., where authorities were investigating the hanging death of a black man in the neighboring woods, Thursday, March 19, 2015. The man has not been identified. (AP Photo/The Vicksburg Evening Post, Josh Edwards)

FBI awaits autopsy in hanging of black man in Mississippi

By Johnny Clark and Jeff Amy - Associated Press