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Emmett Till — Part 1

249 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Emmett Till · 245 pages OCR'd
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—____9________® LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE the head about one inch above Till’s right ear, as well as on other parts of Till’s body. Additionally, most of Till’s teeth were knocked out, the right side of his face was caved in and there were scraping wounds along Till’s ribs. [relate that Till’s killing had been approved by the local Ku Kiux Kian leadership and part of the reason Till had been killed were the facts that he was from Chicago and not considered to be a child. b6 i i i i i i b7C [ _ }etieves that, based upon his interview of[ _Jana other information he has | "beard that, in addition t{ __] the following were present at the bam during Till’s torture: J. W. Milam; Roy Bryant{— dan unknown man from[ | i Mississ pif sd Levy “Too Tight” Collins’; an unknown white woman; and a white | teenage boy. 247 | [ —_Jovas shown a total of sixty-nine photographs which depicted white males from [ ; I I I { I I I | | Mississippi and one white male from Texas, all with the last namd___| each of the approximate | 6 ag Jeelieved{ tobe. [ras unable to identify any of the men depicted in 7¢ - A comparison of the story related tf py ee the evidence reveals a number of inconsistencies or differences. They are: a. Only one tooth was missing from Till’s remains at the time of autopsy. b. No “scraping wounds” or “awl” wounds as described by } were present on Till’s body at the time of autopsy. Misr o/s na : LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. ft is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency, it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. i ]
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