Missing teen girl found lying in driveway, dead man found inside Mississippi home
By Erin Edgemon | eedgemon@al.com
Canton, MS
A missing 16-year-old was found partially nude Wednesday in the driveway of a Canton, Ms. house.
Inside the residence, police found a dead man, later identified as James Blackmon, WBTV reported.
The teenage girl, who was missing since Saturday, was reportedly beaten and sexually assaulted.
The connection between the girl and the man isn't clear.
WAPT reported that police responded to the house on Martin Luther King Drive after being notified of a girl lying in the driveway. She was wearing only a sweatshirt.
The girl was crying but was able to tell police about the dead man in the house.
Canton Police Chief Otha Brown told WBTV the man was found face down on a bedroom floor.
"Neighbors have said that (the house) was abandoned and the gentleman was there trying to revitalize the house there," he said. "He's planning to move back in so he was doing some work here to the house."
The girl's condition is unknown at this time.