#Gone: Harding grad, Church of Christ member Jerry Mitchell investigates suspected serial killer

In a 2005 file photo, Jerry Mitchell displays his newspaper’s banner headline after reputed Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was convicted in the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers. (Photo by Bobby Ross Jr.)

One Mississippi man. Three women.
He is free, and they are gone.

“Gone” is the latest investigative undertaking by Jerry Mitchell, an award-winning reporter for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., known for helping put four Ku Klux Klan members behind bars.
Mitchell is a Harding University graduate and active member of the Skyway Hills Church of Christ in Pearl, Miss. He maintains the “Journey to Justice” blog and shares reporting insights and writing tips via Twitter at @jmitchellnews.
Read The Christian Chronicle’s August 2005 profile on Mitchell and his efforts to shine a light on Mississippi’s dark past.

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  I heard Jerry speak at a lecture at the Bill Clinton School of Public Service. In addition, Paul Williams preaches at the Metro East Church of Christ in Jackson and the morning and noon weatherman for WLBT, the NBC affiliate.

  Johnny Mullens

  November, 19 2012