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Mississippi Goddam Chapter 3: The Autopsy

Mississippi Goddam Chapter 3: The Autopsy

Conflicting autopsy reports raise more questions about how Billey Joe Johnson died.

Reveal · The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

August 19, 202350m 45s

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Show Notes

After Billey Joe Johnson Jr. died in 2008, the state of Mississippi outsourced his autopsy. Al Letson and Jonathan Jones travel to Nashville, Tennessee, to interview the doctor who conducted it. Her findings helped lead a grand jury to determine Johnson’s death was an accidental shooting. However, Letson and Jones share another report that raises doubts about her original conclusions. 

This episode was originally broadcast in October 2021.

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