where is emmett till's body
On August 19, 1955 a day before her son is to leave for a summer stay with family in Mississippi, Mamie Till gives Emmett the ring once owned by his father, Louis Till. It is inscribed with the initials L.T. On August 28, 1955 Roy Bryant, J.W. Milam kidnapped and killed Emmett Till. When Emmett Tills body was found three days later on August 31, 1955 he was found in the Tallahatchie River. One eye was gouged out, and his crushed-in head had a bullet in it.