Till's relatives want authorities to prosecute a white woman at the center of the case from the very beginning.
, which has far greater resources than our office, has investigated this matter twice and determined that there is nothing more to prosecute,” Williams said.The Justice Department announced in December it was ending its renewed investigation into the killing of Till, a 14-year-old from Chicago who was abducted, tortured and killed after witnesses said he whistled at Donham, then known as Carolyn Bryant, at a family store where she worked in rural Money, Mississippi.
The Justice Department also said historian Timothy B. Tyson, author of “The Blood of Emmett Till,” was unable to produce recordings or transcripts to substantiate his account of Donham allegedly admitting to lying about her encounter with the teen. The Justice Department found Bryant and Milam were not the only people involved, however, and estimates on the number of people who might have played a role in Till’s killing range from from a half-dozen to more than 14.
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