Less than a week later, Till was kidnapped, beaten, murdered, and his body dumped into the Tallahatchie River.
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The sheriff's office said deputies responded to the two-car crash on U.S. Highway 49 South near the Coahoma and Tallahatchie county lines on Tuesday about 8 a.m.
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