The household of 21-year-old Chicagoland truck driver Javion Magee is looking for solutions from authorities after the household stated their son was discovered hanging from a tree in Henderson, North Carolina.
Nonetheless, as we speak, throughout a tv interview with a reporter from native ABC affiliate WTVD, Vance County Sherrif Curtis Brame stated Magee wasn’t discovered hanging or dangling from a tree and that it wasn’t a lynching.
Magee was in Henderson, NC, dropping off a load on the native Walmart Supercenter on Sept. 10, in line with Candice Matthews, a civil rights activist and state chair for the Texas Democratic Black Caucus, who’s serving as spokesperson for Magee’s household.
Police instructed Magee’s household that he returned to Walmart later that day and acquired objects from Walmart, together with a rope, Matthews stated.
In keeping with a police report, deputies discovered Magee outdoors of a fenced-in space on the base of a tree in a seated place with a rope wrapped round his neck and the opposite finish connected to a tree.
The household is questioning the police’s account and nonetheless has unanswered questions, one being what occurred from the time Magee dropped off his load to when he was discovered miles away hanging from a tree.
The Vance County Sheriff’s Workplace initially instructed Magee’s mom and stepfather that Magee died by suicide, Matthews stated.
“How are you going to say that it was a suicide? We’ve got not even had post-mortem report. We haven’t had a full investigation,” Matthews stated. “Now that every one of that is out and we’re amplifying the problem, now, swiftly, the sheriff has put out an announcement and isn’t saying that it’s a suicide. Now he’s saying if anybody is aware of something to succeed in out to Crime Stoppers hotline. We’re not going to play this sport, sir.”
She added that Magee didn’t have a historical past of psychological sickness or legal exercise. “So what would make this man grasp himself?” Matthews stated rhetorically. “And the way he was hung, it was no means that he might have finished that himself.”
The TRiiBE reached out to the Henderson Police Division in North Carolina for extra info. A consultant defined that the case falls outdoors their jurisdiction and might be dealt with by the Vance County Sheriff’s Workplace, which oversees the world. Henderson, the county seat of Vance County, is situated 43 miles north of Raleigh, NC.
In a written assertion, Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame stated the workplace acquired a name for service at 10:08 a.m. on Sept. 11, at 285 Vanco Mill Street, in Henderson, NC, of a deceased particular person.
When deputies arrived on the scene, they noticed a Black man outdoors of a fenced-in space on the base of a tree in a seated place with a rope wrapped round his neck and the opposite finish connected to a tree, in line with the written launch.
The person was later recognized as Magee of Aurora, Illinois. He was transported to the North Carolina Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner for an post-mortem. The case is beneath investigation.
The sheriff’s workplace’s written assertion doesn’t listing Magee’s loss of life as a suicide.
“We’d like to precise our deepest condolences to the household. Javion was an excellent worker, and we’re all saddened by the loss. We’re cooperating with authorities on this investigation,” Sales space Veazey, director of security at KLLM Transport Providers instructed The TRiiBE on Sept. 13.
It’s unclear how lengthy Magee was employed by KLLM. Veazey stated he couldn’t remark additional on the matter.
Along with looking for solutions, Matthews stated the household is demanding a clear investigation and is in search of the federal authorities to research what occurred as a hate crime.
“We demand the Division of Justice to come back in and examine this. We demand the FBI to come back in and examine this as a hate crime,” Matthews stated.
The household has retained authorized illustration from civil rights attorneys Lee Merritt and Harry Daniels. Within the coming days, Magee’s household will maintain a press convention in North Carolina. The small print haven’t but been shared.
Authorities are asking for anybody with details about Magee’s loss of life to contact the Vance County Sheriff’s Workplace at 252-738-2200 or the Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers at 252-492-1925.
This can be a growing story verify again for updates.