Mass Grave Of Dozens Of Tortured Black Men Found In Deceased KKK Leaders Estate

A Mass grave of torture victims has been uncovered in Jackson, Mississippi, FBI spokesman Adrian Cartwright said Thursday.

“A Mass burial site of many dozens of black men, who had been subjected to brutal torture and [then] murdered, has been found,” Cartwright said. “In many cases, body parts are missing; most victims had been shot in the head.”

Cartright said that the mass grave was uncov­ered when the cur­rent own­er of the prop­er­ty was mak­ing exten­sive ren­o­va­tions to the house and need­ed to dig up the foundations.

“The cur­rent occu­pi­er was exca­vat­ing the south­ern end of the prop­er­ty when he came across some leg bones,” Said Cartwright. “He noti­fied local law enforce­ment who then called in the FBI once they real­ized the extent of the num­ber of victims.”

Authorities state it’s still very ear­ly in the recov­ery and iden­ti­fi­ca­tion process, but they esti­mate the grave to be at least 50 years old and con­tain upwards of 10 bodies.

The FBI did not com­ment on who they believe is respon­si­ble or how the bod­ies got there due to the ongo­ing inves­ti­ga­tion. However, Mississippi records list Eldon Lee Edwards a U.S. Ku Klux Klan leader as own­ing the prop­er­ty from 1945 – 1953.

Eldon Lee Edwards died in 1960. He was charged with involve­ment in the abduc­tion, tor­ture, and mur­der of three black men in 1944, but he was nev­er con­vict­ed. http://​jack​son​tele​graph​.com/​2​0​1​7​/​0​6​/​3​0​/​m​a​s​s​-​g​r​a​v​e​-​o​f​-​d​o​z​e​n​s​-​o​f​-​t​o​r​t​u​r​e​d​-​b​l​a​c​k​-​m​e​n​-​f​o​u​n​d​-​i​n​-​d​e​c​e​a​s​e​d​-​k​k​k​-​l​e​a​d​e​r​s​-​e​s​t​a​te/