Unmarked graves found in Mississippi, families call for justice

By Logan Langlois JACKSON, MS — An appalling situation of 215 bodies discovered buried under unmarked graves in a pauper cemetery behind a jailhouse located in Hinds County, Mississippi is spreading across news and social media. The identities of many of the deceased have not been determined, largely due to the reported lack of proper record-keeping having been done by the jail. Relatives attempting to identify bodies have reported that they’ve been told they will have to pay a fee. Many of the families believed that their loved ones were merely missing persons or serving their sentences in jail, not knowing that they had died until recently.& “It’s like they just threw him out like trash,” said the mother of Gretchen Hankins on Fox affiliate WBLT. “Just like they did with the others.” Relatives of the deceased have said they would have happily claimed the bodies of their loved ones had they been notified by authorities. Family members have reported this experience has left them with trauma and less trust in their government. Benjamin Crump, a civil rights attorney representing several of the families of the deceased including Marrio Moore, Jonathan Hankins, and Dexter Wade is joined by the senior...