<h2>FBI and MBI on the Scene of a Death Investigation in Claiborne County</h2>
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<p>Port Gibson, Miss. &#8212; According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are on the scene in Claiborne County conducting a death investigation.</p>
<p>Earlier in the day, the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department and the Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks conducted a ground search for a man who had been missing since early March. Officers located a man hanging in the woods near Roddy Road a half mile from his last known residence.</p>
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<p>The Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department contacted the MBI and FBI for forensic and investigative assistance.</p>
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<p>Investigators are currently processing the scene for evidence to determine the cause and manner of death.</p>
<p>The Claiborne County Chapter of the NAACP told reporters that the man was Otis Byrd. Byrd had served twenty-six years in prison for the murder of a woman in 1980 and was paroled in 2006. An early report suggested that his hands were not tied behind his back.</p>
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