True Crime Mississippi / Book 5

The Delta Files

By J.R. Stranahan

The Mississippi Delta is a floodplain, a cultural region, and a corridor shaped by the river, highways, county lines, and courthouses. In The Delta Files, J.R. Stranahan follows seven carefully documented cases from Leflore and Tallahatchie counties through the wider river corridor. The record includes the murder of Emmett Till; the deaths of Henry Dee and Charles Moore; the killing of Ben Chester White; the murders of Bertha Tardy, Robert Golden, Carmen Rigby, and Derrick Stewart and the six prosecutions of Curtis Flowers; the murder of Marco McMillian; the killing of Tymoneshia Parson; and five deaths in Yazoo City. Drawing on court opinions, government records, public archives, and responsible reporting, this account explains what witnesses established, what later proceedings changed, and what the public record showed as of September 2, 2026.