White supremacist lawyer Richard Barrett found dead in Mississippi

April 24th, 2010 - 1:49 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

Pearl, Apr 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Richard Barrett who was a white supremacist lawyer has been found dead in his Mississippi house. The authorities were shocked to see that he had been stabbed and beaten. His body was also set on fire. The police authorities also said that one of the neighbor’s of Richard Barrett has been charged with the murder case.

The body of the slain lawyer was discovered, when concerned neighbors reported to the police that smoke was coming out from his house, which is located in a very rural area just outside the limits of Jackson. The police responded to the call, and found the brutally murdered body of Richard. The Rankin County Sheriff Ronnie Pennington said that one of his neighbor’s – 22 year old Vincent McGee has been arrested in this case, and also charged with murder. He also added that the matter is under investigation and they could add some more charges, like arson. He also revealed that Vincent had not hired a lawyer till now.

An autopsy was performed on the body of the 67-year-old Richard, and it was revealed that he had died because of wounds that were there, because he had been stabbed numerous times in the neck. The doctors also said that he had suffered blunt force trauma to his head, and 35% of his body had burned as well.

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