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Pike County is a county located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,324. [1] The county seat is Magnolia. [2] Pike County is named for explorer Zebulon Pike. Pike County is part of the McComb, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Robert "Bob" Collins was an African-American man who was lynched in Summit, Pike County, Mississippi by a mob of about 100 people on June 20, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary it was the 32nd of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States.
Sharon Grisham-Stewart, the coroner in Hinds County, Mississippi, who faced criticism for burying men in pauper's graves without notifying their families, is stepping down early.
The Hinds County, Mississippi, coroner's office, under fire for burying people in pauper’s graves without their families’ knowledge, released an undated policy on death notifications.
The Hinds County, Mississippi, coroner told Jonathan David Hankins' mother that she ... a spokesperson for the state medical examiner, said county coroners are required to take a 40-hour training ...
In 1873, Magnolia was voted in as the new county seat and in 1876 a new courthouse was erected. In 1881, the newly built courthouse was destroyed by fire, and most records of Holmesville and Pike County were lost. Within 20 years, most businesses moved out of Holmesville and the people followed.
Since NBC News started documenting botched death notifications in Hinds County, Mississippi, the families of seven men have said they were not told of their loved ones' burials.
Until 2008, Hayne performed about 80 to 90 percent of criminal autopsies in Mississippi, [4] [5] even though he was never certified to do so. He testified to performing more than 1,500 autopsies per year, [1] seven times the recommendation and considered a "Phase II deficiency" by the National Association of Medical Examiners, preventing the office from gaining accreditation.