Edgar Ray Killen
Edgar Ray Killen, 92, died on January 11, 2018, at the hospital of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, where he was being held under a sentence. Before his conviction he farmed, ran a sawmill and preached to a small congregation at Smyrna Baptist Church in Union, Mississippi, according to reports. The state corrections department said an autopsy was pending and that no foul play was suspected, and no cause of death was made public. Relatives of the civil rights workers killed in 1964 responded to his death, with one saying she hoped for peace for all the families involved.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said the cause and manner of death were pending an autopsy and that no foul play was suspected.
Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (12)
- Edgar Ray Killen Dies; Klansman Behind Civil Rights Workers’ Murders In 1964
- Edgar Ray Killen dies in prison
- Edgar Ray Killen, convicted in 1964 civil rights slayings, dies in prison
- Killer Ex-Klansman Edgar Ray Killen dies in prison at 92
- 'Mississippi Burning' Klan leader Killen dies in prison
- Man convicted in 1964 killings of 3 civil rights workers dies in prison
- KKK leader dies in Mississippi prison
- KKK leader Killen dies in prison at 92
- Mastermind of 1964 Slaying of US Civil Rights Workers Dies in Prison - VOA
- Mississippi Burning case: KKK killer Edgar Ray Killen dies
- Man convicted of 3 killing civil rights workers dies in jail
- Ex-Klansman Edgar Ray Killen may be dead, but this small Mississippi town still remembers his crimes