SUMMARY REPORT OF AUTOPSY
Name:
TILL, Emmett Louis
Mississippi's Case #:
2004-277
Date of Birth:
7/25/41
Age:
14
Race:
Black
Sex:
Male
Date of Death:
8/28/55
Body Identified by:
Robert Hodges, a fisherman near the Tallahassee River
Case #
001294-29E-1955
Investigative Agency:
Money, Mississippi Sheriff’s Department
EVIDENCE OF TREATMENT:
N/A
EXTERNAL EXAMINATION:
The autopsy begun at 8:45 A.M. on August 31, 1955. The body is presented with a 70-pound cotton gin fan attached to the victim. The victim was absent of all clothing. The victim was castrated and only had his right eye. He was beaten severely. This was shown by the swelling of the face. His left ear was missing. Above this eye, there was a bullet hole that went through the victim's head.
The body is that of an overweight non-developed black Male measuring 60 inches and weighing 118 pounds, and appearing generally fat with the stated age of fourteen years. The victim did not have any tattoos or piercings.
YOUR TIME IS UP EMMETT TILL
Name:
TILL, Emmett Louis
Mississippi's Case #:
2004-277
Date of Birth:
7/25/41
Age:
14
Race:
Black
Sex:
Male
Date of Death:
8/28/55
Body Identified by:
Robert Hodges, a fisherman near the Tallahassee River
Case #
001294-29E-1955
Investigative Agency:
Money, Mississippi Sheriff’s Department
EVIDENCE OF TREATMENT:
N/A
EXTERNAL EXAMINATION:
The autopsy begun at 8:45 A.M. on August 31, 1955. The body is presented with a 70-pound cotton gin fan attached to the victim. The victim was absent of all clothing. The victim was castrated and only had his right eye. He was beaten severely. This was shown by the swelling of the face. His left ear was missing. Above this eye, there was a bullet hole that went through the victim's head.
The body is that of an overweight non-developed black Male measuring 60 inches and weighing 118 pounds, and appearing generally fat with the stated age of fourteen years. The victim did not have any tattoos or piercings.
YOUR TIME IS UP EMMETT TILL
