Jackson Jambalaya

Only she can get the autopsy report. Hate that for the brother. I sincerely doubt she will share it with him. So in the end, he will never know for certain. That's sad.

Hmmm. Thanks for the update KF.

Just because an autopsy doesn't reveal foul play doesn't mean that there wasn't foul play. After three weeks in the water, there may not be enough evidence left to reveal much of anything. We may have to find a real-life equivalent of Dr. Temperance Brenan (Bones), if we want those remains to give up any secrets. (Something tells me that isn't going to happen.)

“The autopsy revealed no foul play.” I’m confused- so there has been an autopsy already? Or is the sheriff confusing coroners exam with an autopsy?

If you remember, over 10 years ago, the Bonner girl disappeared. Her body was found in the woods two weeks or so later. Her body had decomposed so much that a cause of death could not be determined. WOuldn't be surprising to see the same thing here.

Karissa is a wonderful person and advocate. So shameful that Dau’s brother is speaking of her this way when they could be working together to find out what happened to him.

Lumumba and the lawyers are trying to make this a race case. Odd considering only whites were hanging the missing person posters in NE Jackson and fondren. Mostly at Andrews church people and largely white. But Lisa Ross and Lumumba seem to not know or care.

Glad to see enough autopsies will be performed to verify there is no determined cause of death.

The actors on CSI would find a caved in skull, Bullet fragments in both legs, bullet holes breaking ribs, hunting arrow tip in spine, masonic ring clasped in a badly decomposed hand, or some such thing. Maybe those remnants of violence will be found with this one, but short of that, the cause of death will likely remain a mystery and the stress of not knowing will deny the mayor and Benny Thompson a decent bowel movement for the next five years.

Sorry for the family's loss. We always seek answers and often are left without any. Nice to see the mayor and Benny Thompson jumping into this one though.

Paloma Wu is with the Mississippi Center for Justice.

From the outset of this disappearance I have found the wife's quick assertion that the deceased had left his cell phone at home, charging, and that it was not unusual for him to do so as curiously offered.

Toxicology results would be something to look at. May be able to determine active impairment from body fluids versus history of use via hair.

I don’t know any of the parties involved but when a young healthy man suddenly disappears and ends up as a corpse in a river, it sure makes you suspect foul play. Especially in the absence of reasonable explanations like him having gone fishing, or swimming , before he disappeared.

Regardless of what happened, I hope the family gets closure for this very sad situation.

Karissa was a wonderful wife and is a supporter of all people experiencing poverty & racial inequity. For many years Karissa mentored children in Midcity area of Jackson. My heart goes out to Karissa & her brother in law for their loss.

Enough of this wordsmanship and bullshit. I want to see proof that the wife was served notice. She says she was not.

Just another example of some process server claiming he delivered a notice and collected a fee.

Is it important? If not, there would have been no process constructed with intent to serve.

What did she know, and when did she know it?

Something's rotten in Denmark.

Always glad to hear Don Drane pipe up 🤣

Museum Trail seems like a great idea, until somebody admits that it's in Jackson.

@2:37, Sure, forget that he was pictured alone on Jefferson St. and ignore that cell phone location and communications data of either his or her phones is a thing.

I wonder if he tried to cross the low head dam over there or wandered on to what’s left of the old trestle and fell in?

"If you remember, over 10 years ago, the Bonner girl disappeared. Her body was found in the woods two weeks or so later. Her body had decomposed so much that a cause of death could not be determined. WOuldn't be surprising to see the same thing here."

Was that the one in Madison whose body was finally discovered within a rock's throw of the school? Where the family children would walk like ducklings behind their mother.

Why the mention of toxicology testing? But isn't that including in all autopsies?

3:22 is correct. If the notice was delivered, there will be signature evidence of that. If she lied, that will be of interest to an investigator.

The whole situation is very sad. A woman loses her spouse and people make all kinds of judgments without knowing her. The man was known to have been seen on the trail that ends at low head dam - read up on it - if you slip and fall in at or near that point there is little chance of surviving… and the Pearl then goes down through Lawrence county. But then discussing an accident wouldn’t be any fun so instead, some people jump to nasty conclusions and say nasty things about other people when they have no idea what the facts are… maybe you could wait until all the facts come in before we crucify someone.

Quick, serious question,and likely no one has an answer: Could the decedent swim?

The attorneys either came to court with proof of service of process, or they did not. I don't understand the confusion, unless they just told the judge whatever he needed to hear to give them what they wanted. If that's the case, I bet Judge Thomas is not happy.

from all the fuss you would think that this was the first time in the history of the wold someone went missing and were found some weeks later dead.

in a place like mississippi and incident such as this brings out the racial hucksters and their press conferences, and the far right wackos who think the wife is involved.

There is something "curious" about this!!

its 65 miles from jackson to lawrence county.

did that body float 65 miles down the pearl river?

At 1:38 - Take a float trip (in a jon boat) down the Pearl and tell us how long it takes you to get to Lawrence County. You can be in Port Gibson in less than three weeks, which is the amount of time he was missing.

Oops...Meant Slidell, not Port Gibson. Was thinking about a float trip down the Big Black. But point is the same...A body will float after three days, and river currents are swift. Three weeks is a long damned time.

10:28 am,
why would it have to be a "far right wacko" to think someone's spouse had anything to do with the disappearance of this guy? You haven't read much about true crime stories, have you?

I assume you all saw the mayor's presser yesterday, which was posted on the city's Facebook page. He used it as a cudgel against the Capitol Police, and even invokes a comparison to the Emmett Till case. It was despicable.

The Mississippi Bar better give that female attorney a consequence for slandering Karissa unless she shows some real proof that Karissa was involved in Dau’s death.

Dau was a great guy. He had a great smile. He was always really nice. Wish I talked to him more the last couple times I ran into him.

Time for Good, Priester, Banks, Wade, and Stokes to go in a room and draw straws. One with the shortest has to run against the Mayor.

Sad case. Don't know anyone involved but Dau looked like a nice gentle guy. Hate it for his family.

All the politicians----just hush. Let the police do their job and autopsy be done.

Good question, 9:34 AM. Don't know if he could swim.

Being able to swim does not make a damned bit of difference when you fall head-long, fully clothed into a rushing river.

According to one news source, the lawyer hired by the brother claims there is video footage of a group of people loading what appeared to be a body into a vehicle. If that is true, they all need to be arrested for withholding evidence and obstruction of justice.