Till's Relatives Oppose Exhumation ; Would Prefer Fbi Close Investigation

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › May 06, 2005

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CHICAGO - Many of Emmett Till's relatives oppose FBI plans to exhume the boy's remains nearly 50 years after he was killed in one of the most infamous crimes of the civil rights era, one family member said Thursday. Another cousin said he supports the investigation.

Bertha Thomas, president of the Emmett Till Foundation, said she was speaking for a majority of the family in saying she would rather see the newly reopened probe end than allow the body to be exhumed.

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Till's Relatives Oppose Exhumation ; Would Prefer Fbi Close Investigation

"They had over 40 years to do this, and my major question to the FBI, the Dep...

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