Mississippi town stunned by slaying of gay mayoral candidate Marco McMillian

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Mississippi town stunned by slaying of gay mayoral candidate Marco McMillian

BY HOLBROOK MOHR, ASSOCIATED PRESS

JACKSON, Miss. -- Whatever his prospects for winning the coming mayoral election in his hometown of Clarksdale, Miss., Marco McMillian was considered by many to be a man on the rise. So word spread fast when his SUV was involved in a wreck this week, and he was nowhere to be found.

The discovery of the openly gay candidate's body near a Mississippi River levee Wednesday stunned residents of Clarksdale, a Blues mecca in the flatlands of the Mississippi Delta.

Authorities were investigating McMillian's death as a homicide, and said a person of interest was in custody, but released few other details.

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Posted by Steve Rothaus at 08:01 AM in Bisexual, Business, Crime, Current Affairs, Gay, Lesbian, LGBT, Media, Obituary, Politics, Religion, Transgender, Weblogs, Workplace, Youth | Permalink

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