From [FinalCall] GREENWOOD, Miss. - The family of Frederick Jermaine Carter wants the federal government to take over the investigation into his hanging death in Mississippi.

Birmingham, Ala., attorney Valerie Hicks-Powe, who represents the family, told the Greenwood Commonwealth that the family wants another investigation after a medical examiner's report drew no conclusion about young Carter's death.

Mr. Carter, a Black man from Sunflower, was found Dec. 3 hanging by a rope from a tree in a field in North Greenwood. His body was discovered two days after Mr. Carter walked away from a work site.

Local officials have said the death was a suicide. The family says it was not,

On March 21, a deputy state medical examiner released an autopsy report that confirmed Mr. Carter died from hanging but listed the manner of death as “pending investigation.”