Ga. Man Found Dead, Hanging From a Tree

Roosevelt Champion III, a 43-year-old African-American man from Georgia, was found dead Monday morning, hanging from a tree in Greene County, My Fox Atlanta reports. Suggested Reading Tupac Associate Young Nobleโ€™s Death Illuminates Alarming Fact About Suicide Rates Among Black Men Judge Ketanji Brown Jacksonโ€™s Recent Dissent Proves Sheโ€™s Unafraid to Challenge Her Colleaguesโ€”Unlike Clarenceโ€ฆ

Roosevelt Champion III, a 43-year-old African-American man from Georgia, was found dead Monday morning, hanging from a tree in Greene County, My Fox Atlanta reports.

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Champion was found hanging behind his home near a โ€œbushy area,โ€ the news site explains. A man found Championโ€™s body and called authorities.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Champion had been questioned by authorities in an ongoing homicide investigation surrounding the death of 55-year-old Carol Lewis, who was found dead earlier in May in an apartment. Authorities would not elaborate on Championโ€™s connection to Lewis or that investigation.  

The GBI said that a strap was found around Championโ€™s neck. Investigators also said that an autopsy would be conducted to determine the official cause of death.

Read more at My Fox Atlanta.

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