Hanging of Georgia Man Ruled a Suicide

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has ruled the death of Roosevelt Champion III, a black man found hanging from a tree in rural Greensboro on Monday morning, to be a suicide following "a thorough autopsy examination." This conclusion confirms the GBI's earlier finding that there were no "overt" signs of foul play or struggle at the scene. Champion had recently been questioned by police as part of an investigation into the death of Carol Lewis, a 55-year-old white woman. He was not charged in connection with her death.