Rankin DA Seeks Death Penalty In Barrett Murder
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - Prosecutors have upgraded the charges
against a suspect in the death of Mississippi white supremacist
Richard Barrett to capital murder.
Rankin County District Attorney Michael Guest made the
announcement during Tuesday’s arraignment for Vincent McGee, who
also is charged with arson. Guest says robbery was the underlying
felony to support the capital murder charge.
Guest said McGee allegedly took a wallet and a gun from
Barrett’s rural Rankin County home.
McGee was arrested on April 22, hours after Barrett’s body was
found. An autopsy showed the 67-year-old Barrett had been stabbed,
beaten and burned. Three other people are charged as accessories.
At the arraignment in Rankin County Court, Undersheriff Bryan
Bailey testified that McGee told investigators he hit and stabbed
Barrett after the man made sexual advances.
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