Mississippi’s First Openly Gay Mayoral Candidate Found Dead; Homicide Suspected

By Alan with comments February 28, 2013 14:09

Marco McMillan was running for mayor of Clarksdale, MS, his body having been found by a levee.

ABC News is reporting that authorities have a person of interest in custody, but that person has not been formally charged. McMillian’s sexual orientation opens the door for the case to be charged as a hate crime, but so far it appears it is not being investigated that way.