Morticians Talk- Victims of Crime: Emmett Till

As morticians we get asked about the condition of crime victims bodies...
"Are they viewable?"
"How would we handle this case?"
"What would the body look like?"
Kari the Mortician and Ryan & Brian from Undertaking the Podcast will answer those questions and many more. Each episode several embalmers/morticians will talk about criminal cases of murder and unexplained deaths and how they would handle the deceased victims from those cases.
In this episode, Kari, Ryan & Brian will discuss the case of the Emmett Till murder. This story was a horrific moment in the history of our country but it became a pivotal point in the racial driven crimes in the country as well. Emmett Till should be a name every American knows! Many people have looked at the criminal aspect of the case and the murderers, but we will discuss caring for the victim and the sad task that laid before the funeral directors who cared for him.
Warning things may be discussed that are disturbing to some people. We do not show photos from the case but many are available if you google the victim's name.
If you have a case you would like us to cover please comment below!
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[e-mail]‪@KaritheMortician‬
www.undertakingthepodcast.com
Interview with Emmett Till's funeral director:
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[@TwistedMemaw]

You know the sad thing is, Emmet Till’s story is an important part of our history and it has been removed from most curriculums. That child suffered so much, I pray those men are suffering worse in the fires of Hell!

[@KaritheMortician]

Exactly!!

[@christinacisrow6389]

Amagine a child being killed by two grown men is that child abuse from Bubba may god bless you both

[@jackson12802]

I’m the odd man out. While I believe it’s a significant part of American history I don’t feel it going into it in detailed should be required curriculum.

[@ladyfirstladyfirst201]

Of course someone who belongs to a group or classification of the perpetrators wouldn't want what happened to a 14 year old child, who was kidnapped, tortured, humiliated, and ultimately murdered, would want this taught as required curriculum. We learn of modified and white washed history of European descent events, and this is the standard of education. This country has a very extensive and horrific past and present, and it's amazing to me that people don't know of this and they are ok and content with atrocities like this being blank, elusive, and missing from history. Very telling that someone thinks this shouldn't be a required curriculum, of the psyche and moral fiber of inept thoughts.

[@Philly73nation]

@@ladyfirstladyfirst201 Preach!! So very true. But they teach what they want in schools about the holocaust don't they??

[@anncorder6259]

Thank you all for remembering that poor little soul, such sad sad days for his family, and for our country! Never should have happened!!!

[@KaritheMortician]

Agreed!!

[@kidofflint8812]

@@KaritheMortician Emmet was such a kind soul he was described as loving to tell jokes or doing pranks he would even pay people to tell him jokes he was a good student as well and loved making people laugh

[@hawaiibound.]

@@KaritheMortician While visiting a cemetery I've recently come across a tombstone that read how the person died. (Cancer) I think it would be really interesting to know how the people met their demise when walking through a graveyard. What are your thoughts on that?

[@anniemills965]

What I'd never was convicted of the crime she came and told her to what happened I've gotten all day long and gone please this to wreck history the lion baby animal has when she is a mother herself and lying and put them in a margrave who killed a young boy and he died of a very very hard how old is 14 year old boy had to die of a horrible and tragic death because of a lie the two men that lady need to be put in a graveyard the mother of the young loving boy innocent

[@4everblackluv485]

First of a all HE WASN'T A POOR LITTLE SOUL. He was a young child who was loved dearly by a mother and father who made sure he never needed for anything and that wanted him to have experiences that he would always remember and that could share oneday with his children Unfortunately all that was taken away by Racist Demonic peices of 💩

[@boanddevan4316]

Emmett changed my perspective on racism. I learned about him in Middle School and my heart broke. I am glad I learned about him and think about him often.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@katherineejessup]

It’s something I showed my mom to really give her a super hateful obvious racism to like get it through to her and other family members

[@boanddevan4316]

@@katherineejessup I definitely feel like it's an obvious hate crime and it's horrible.

[@ilanamillion8942]

Good for you! If people don't learn about these things (and there are shameful episodes in my own country as well), they will happen again.

[@dorisevans7693]

Found him up the road from my house.

[@rachelschwebach7566]

Emmett Till's mother said that as she made her way down the street to the funeral home to see Emmett's body that she could smell death all the way down the street. I saw her talking about her son's death in a video from 2003. She said you could look at the side of his head and see all the way through his head. She was an amazing woman and she is now buried next to Emmett.

[@KaritheMortician]

I can not imagine her strength!!

[@rodneysettle8106]

If Mammie Till could smell his decomposing body then many others must have smelled it as well. Imagine how the badly the funeral home must have smelled.

[@taylors182]

She NEVER got any justice from this fd up country

[@amandafox5855]

She sure did.

[@deloreswillis9224]

Jesus Christ 🙏🏿

[@schamblin45]

Horrifying tragedy. His poor Mother was an absolutely epic human being. RIP to them both.

[@KaritheMortician]

She really was!

[@derrickbarber9958]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@derrickbarber9958]

@@KaritheMortician ❤️

[@anthonyjyearwood816]

I was a 6 year-old black boy living in Harlem, NY when Emmett Till was lynched. I remember looking at pictures of his horribly mutilated body in a weekly black publication, Jet Magazine. Those images have stayed with me all my life (I'm now 72). Ms. Northey, I applaud your doing a segment on this very important part of American history. However I think it would have been better to have had at least one African-American mortician in the discussion. That the embalmer with the cap and beard had never heard of Emmett Till and the other gentleman had only a vague recollection of his story is very telling. I found it interesting that the gentleman (without a cap) stated that the purpose of caring for the dead is not to hide the effects of death (I'm paraphrasing). But isn't that just the point of embalming: to make someone who is dead look as life-like as possible for a short period of time so they can be viewed by family and friends before being buried or cremated? Please correct me if I'm mistaken about this. I enjoy watching your videos and find them very informative. Keep up the good work!

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I truly debated having a black embalmer specifically but I went between the two sides. "She had a black embalmer just to tap into the race thing" or "the color of our skin does not change the methods we use to care for the body so a black embalmer perspective doesn't change depending on the race of the deceased." I would love to get to interview the funeral director who cared for him myself. I loved hearing the video of his talking but I want to know more of the behind the scenes secrets of taking care of him :) Embalming is really done for preservative for the viewing process. We don't want them to look alive, we want them to look not-dead, which is a difference. Restoring a bit to them is what we want to accomplish. I appreciate you sharing your story. I can't imagine the discussions that happened within your own home as a child when this and many other things happened.

[@shirleyashanti3031]

One has to be embalmed or cremated as it's not legal to bury bodies without one of theses processes for public health reasons. That people can view them is anecdotal

[@anthonyjyearwood816]

@@shirleyashanti3031 You are mistaken. Embalming is generally not required by law except in very specific circumstances [public viewing of a body in a casket before a funeral and burial (quite common and hardly anecdotal), transporting a body across state lines, etc.] The Orthodox Jewish, Muslim and Bahai religions prohibit embalming and bury within 24 hrs after death. The issues of public health (sanitation and hygiene) are bogus. Cremation is not required by law as well. When I called the funeral home to pick up my deceased 101 year-old grandmother from a nursing home, I was asked for my permission to embalm her (which I gave since we were going to have a traditional funeral). Otherwise they could not legally perform the procedure without knowing what the family's wishes were beforehand.

[@mamapandabeebie]

Im so sorry that as a baby you had to see pictures of something so awful! The facts are that there were more beatings and hangings etc.,than people know of. Sad sad sad. Martin Luther King Jr and many many good men making a change being murdered is also disgusting. Imagine if he hadnt been taken from us so soon by being murdered? Change may have come sooner! Sigh! We need to love each other as God commands! Skin color should not matter. .its only pigment for Gods sake. So many of these racist may never know that Jesus is a man of color! Because hopefully they are in hell where they belong! Hugs

[@jnm748]

@@KaritheMortician The African-American embalmer may have offered a more bological, scientific, and nomenclature specific detailed knowledge of the process you initially asked the guy with the beard, who seemed to know nothing about the profession. He stated that he wished that you had asked the initial simple question to the guy with the cap. At the outset these two choices in this podcast did not seem qualified to answer specific questions and simplified every question to speculation; clearly inadequate and frustrating listening to them. Finally, their not knowing about Emmett Till is an indictment of the generational and systemic white supremacist racism and the fascist police state, that continue to give comfort and protection to ignorance and white hate that still runs rampant across America in the 21st century.

[@urbanmatahari]

As a black American, I would like to thank you, folks, for shedding light on this very dark chapter in our nation's history. I also thank you for your sensitivity, insight, and compassion.

[@KaritheMortician]

His story was requested for us to cover and I was amazed how little we had ever learned in our areas about this sweet boy.

[@conservativelifeonmars5312]

@@KaritheMortician y7ou all did a poor job with investigating anything. You should be ashamed.

[@ilanamillion8942]

I am Canadian and I know exactly who Emmett Till was and what happened to him. How can you guys not know who he is? I hope you know who Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King are. To change the subject, I do find your discussions and insights very interesting. As Brian said, it's hard to underestimate the courage of Emmett's mother in making her decision.

[@KaritheMortician]

It was never taught her

[@squalli1297]

Northern States (free States) did not acknowledge the Jim Crow South much, so many White Americans were far removed from the code of ethics created for Blacks until the Civil Rights Movement was televised. With recent events covered worldwide, all U.S. citizens are forced to witness persecutions going back to Emmett Till's lynching which was not covered by mainstream publications in '55 & there were many more lynchings before & after. Black History wasn't taught in U.S. schools until the 70's, & then it was taught only in Black schools. There are so many ugly stories. This story resonated through many decades.

[@TurkeyFarmerGirl]

I wouldn't have known who he was if I didn't enjoy reading stories about people tortured and killed. I went to a mostly black school in Kansas City Missouri, class of 2000. Black history month is not long enough to teach in school about all the wrongs, especially in the south that was done to the blacks.

[@keithbell9348]

Llana, my brother has spent alot of time over seas, and he has told me more than once, he has learned more about the history of this country being overseas, than most people have who have never traveled abroad.

[@phyllisreese6476]

RIGHT...HOW COULD THEY NOT KNOW

[@loriadams7724]

Emmett Till’s story has haunted me for a very long time. The fact that I now have a son who is Emmett’s age, it hurts my heart more. Emmett was a child. He must have been so scared, and the pain he endured. His killers were not brought to justice, which is just inexcusable. It’s not lost on me, that my son, as a white kid, wouldn’t know the horror of being persecuted for his skin color, like Emmett was. Pictures of Emmett while he was alive, he was such a beautiful boy. His eyes were just gorgeous.

[@KaritheMortician]

It is such a powerful story

[@spiritmatter1553]

Your White son, I’m sad to say, is likely in the coming years to be persecuted for his skin color. So he’ll know. White males are being demonized in popular culture.

[@brynsols481]

@@spiritmatter1553 No where near on the level that black and indian young men and old have been!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@93seronica]

It's heartbreaking seeing how handsome he was versus how his face looked after he was tortured and murdered

[@OneWayDesigns]

I remember watching the documentary on Emmett Till and his mother stated that she could smell his body as she walked towards the funeral home. I work in the funeral industry and I just couldn't imagine having to prepare this young man's body. Thank you very much for taking time to honor such an awful but tremendous part of our history.

[@KaritheMortician]

You are welcome!

[@UncleCorey74]

Also as a Caucasian 70 year old women, I was shocked your guests were unaware of Emmitt Till. I foolishly thought all Americans knew about this tragedy especially since it has been widely reported in the last decade but I suppose it wasn’t mentioned on certain networks, internet sites or newspapers which has become the norm these days unfortunately. We all choose to watch or read news that reinforce our own beliefs thus resulting in the huge divide we now have in our country

[@stokes2672]

I wish we can all get along and stop the racism towards whites too 😓

[@aartizz6300]

@@stokes2672 nice try.

[@KaritheMortician]

It was not taught in school and I had never heard of it until a few months ago and it was not through any news source.

[@stokes2672]

@@aartizz6300 thank you!

[@Philly73nation]

@@stokes2672 Ok Sgt Savage

[@Decgyrrl]

This should've never happened to this child. The ppl that did this to him, were straight up evil. His mother wanted to have an open casket, bc she wanted everyone to see what was done to him. I've never seen something so awful in my life & I hope I never do again. To this day, I would never go into the deep south for anything. 🙍🏽‍♀️🤨

[@KaritheMortician]

No it should not have

[@tanieshadavis8740]

I really didn’t think it could have been any worse, but then I watched the “Women of the Movement” docuseries & then a lot of the interviews that Mrs. Mamie Till-Mobley I came across on KZbin and my heart broke for her even more. I too hope I never see anything even nearly as bad as this was.

[@gailbader8149]

They should've made the woman accuser look at Emmit in .his casket. Hopefully she had many a bad dream because of all her lies.

[@KaritheMortician]

Agreed and ride on the train up and back with him

[@gwendolynbrown3373]

Quite sure she's seen the pictures of his body.

[@amandafox5855]

It wouldn't have bothered that witch. In her mind, justice was done.

[@reneemcafee7341]

It's apparent she didn't care

[@amylapratt8964]

I find it incredibly strong of his mother to say leave him so everyone can see what they did to the child. And he was still a child. It's heartbreaking and people need to learn from this. Racism is still too prevalent. Everyone should know who he is. Unfair and unjust. May he RIP.

[@KaritheMortician]

I agree!

[@jenniferlyons4150]

Their kidnappers, murderers, and cowards.

[@kendrahwhyte9816]

Amy How racist can a country be that has elected a bi-racial President, a bi-racial Vice-President, has a black Supreme Court Justice; has had TWO black Secretaries of States; black professional athletes that are millionaires, including that idiot LeBron James. People ignore the dozens of black on black murders in Chicago!! Interesting question: Why do you never hear of Asians being shot by police? Virtue signaling has reached new heights: giving literary and film awards to some that produce mediocre work but get these awards anyway lest judges be called racist. Blacks are the new Sacred Cows! btw I'm of mixed racial background (and Jewish to boot!), my Cherokee Indian great great-grandmother's black husband was lynched!!

[@kendrasjohnson5576]

@@kendrahwhyte9816 Sadly, my two daughters were called the N word. One was working at Wal-mart & the other at an Illinois toll booth. There were witnesses at both incidents between 2010 & 2015.

[@queentalks3073]

Thank you for telling this story. It’s amazing how many people do not know the story of Emmit Till. A very pivotal point in civil rights history.

[@KaritheMortician]

So glad we could shine a little light on him :)

[@ToosieJoie1]

How anyone could hurt and torture that young boy to the degree they did is pure evil.

[@KaritheMortician]

I just can not imagine such blind hate

[@carayj]

The ring Emmett Till was wearing belong to his late father...God Bless the entire Till family ❤🙏🏾🕊

[@KaritheMortician]

Yes!

[@candiceyoung8244]

Thank you guys for covering this. I grew up knowing about this case. I guess because I'm 53,and i grew up in the south, so we did learn about him. And our parents talked about how shockingly awful this was. As a mom,I cant even imagine how awful that was for his mother. Heartbreaking thank you

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you!!

[@HisWillForMyLife]

Outstanding conversation. I appreciate the fact that each of you acknowledged that he was a child.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you!!

[@donnatalmage6806]

In an interview Mamie Till said that the funeral director “did a wonderful Job” and that what the public saw wasn’t what she had seen when she first looked the casket.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you

[@naomiwhite1592]

So the public saw the funeral body but the mother saw the body of her son after the horror was done to him. I could not imagine her heart break. My God have mercy on us all.

[@joymcneil6739]

That was a over kill the poor mother

[@lev170]

In an interview, Mamie stated that Emmett looked a lot worse then what the public saw. She did describe his injuries which were horrific.

[@EricFortuneJr.]

Emmett Till's father Louis Till died under similar circumstances. While serving in the Army during WWII in Italy, he was accused of r@pe and mrder and was lynched. His wife was never given any details of circumstances surrounding his death, but many people had speculated that he had been set up.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@phyllisreese6476]

Eric Fortune. It just sooo happened, that during the murder trial , of Emmitt. It came out about , what happened to Emmitt' s father...But up until that time. His mother never knew what happened to her husband..So they, the defense attorneys, brought it out..As if to say , like father, like son.

[@glorialucas960]

@@phyllisreese6476 so mess up. Set up look like.

[@victoriousangel8911]

I read that Emmett father was hanged by the U.S Army.

[@kendrasjohnson5576]

Furthermore, the raped woman stated that Louis Till was NOT the man during testimony! How ironic: this woman tells the truth & was not believed! Ms. Bryant lies and says that young boy grabbed her and she IS believed! Horrible!

[@jogillett8518]

Wow guys. I live in Australia and even I know the story of Emmet Till. I can't believe this isn't taught in America. I guess it might be a bit like the Japanese not being taught of thier role in the 2nd world war. It is a national shame. 💔

[@ilanamillion8942]

We in Australia and Canada know a lot more about American history than a lot of Americans do. I met a graduate student from Louisiana who had never heard of North Dakota. Doesn't say much for higher education, does it? I would recommend to anyone a visit to the Civil Rights Museum which is located in the hotel in Memphis where Martin Luther King was murdered. It's an amazing place and they give visitors the experience of getting abuse for not sitting at the back of the bus.

[@chanaygeorge9001]

Agreed; this was such a pivotal point in American history. Hearing that the two men were not familiar with Emmett's story was disheartening but I'm glad that Kari took the time to educate them.

[@KaritheMortician]

Yes it is crazy it is not common place in history lessons

[@kathiecassidy-smith2669]

I knew about young Emmet too, it is frightening to realise that as an Australian I know so much about American history!!

[@TheWoodland12]

They taught us about it in my schools here in America.

[@alanjohnson4541]

The unidentified man supporting Mammie is Gene Mobley. Mammie's future husband. Thank you for sharing this important part of history and talking about it. Big love from London. 🇬🇧🙏🏿❤️🌎

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you!

[@MaryMacElveen]

Wow! Thank you Kari, Ryan and Bryan for covering his case. I Googled the images and my heart broke for his Mom. But she along with the funeral director were brave to allow others to witness how hate affects a human being. 😥

[@KaritheMortician]

Thanks!

[@iloveoldschool888]

The funeral home sealed his casket and didn't want his mother to see him. Mississippi also wanted him buried the same night that he was found, to cover the murder up. His mother paid a lot of money to have his body brought back to Chicago. 😢

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you

[@susansharp985]

It's unbelievable to me that these two morticians were unaware of this murder case. I thought all America knew the Emmett Till case. I am stunned and angry.

[@KaritheMortician]

It was never told in our areas which is sad

[@susansharp985]

@@KaritheMortician Not angry at you, dear but at those paid to teach American history of which Emmett's murder is so relevant..

[@katherinc]

They know very well the Emett Till story. They just don't want to elaborate on it too much. And Why not at least one Black Motician?

[@oliviaanderson6720]

Yeah they are LIEING!!!

[@Shontise_Shonie]

I'm with you who doesn't know about this horrific crime. My heart sinks everytime I hear this story.

[@imahorseygal1]

This was my favorite video so far in this series. Very timely, too. Thank you all. 🙏🙏🙏

[@KaritheMortician]

So glad!

[@loriadams7724]

Kari, I commend you for sharing and discussing Emmett’s story. He should never be forgotten.😢 I had no idea Rosa Park’s’ response was because of Emmett.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you!

[@travelinben1966]

I'm familiar with the Emmett Till case and others that,as far as I know, have not been discussed in the context of your profession.As you know, Emmetts mother wanted an open casket to show the world the horror of what was done to her son.Even today, I think Emmetts case would have been a serious challenge to any restorative artist.Thanks Kari, for this presentation, and to your colleagues professional assessment regarding Emmetts remains.May he rest in peace.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you so much!

[@trix8678]

I read a book on this story many years ago in college. Ended up watching KZbin videos about as well. This has to be the most heartbreaking, gut wrenching crime I've ever heard about. It kept me awake at night for a long time. So many emotions. Thanks for covering this story of this young man.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thanks so much

[@lisacomic6766]

Kari, thanks for sharing this story and the difficult subject matter. You all do a fantastic job discussing the topic. It is much appreciated. ❤️

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you so much!

[@bellememorie]

I'm shocked that so many Americans haven't heard Emmett Till's story. I was taught about Emmett my freshman year of high school and I'm now 47. I did go to a private Christian school, so perhaps it's an issue of public schools not teaching a lot of Black History. I have the utmost respect for Emmett's mother and I pray that Emmett is finally resting in peace.

[@KaritheMortician]

It really is amazing because he was such a catalyst for Rosa Parks and so much!

[@johngrim9779]

Kari I just wanted you to know that I really appreciate you having these really tough conversations.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you so much!!

[@JaimeMesChiens]

OMG, thank you, Kari!!! It was I who asked you if you’d discuss this case, and I am so eager to hear every word!

[@KaritheMortician]

Yeah!

[@Vcaser]

Thank you guys for taking this on. Emmett Till’s murder and that of James Byrd Jr back in 1998 just make me ashamed to be a human being. Like you said, I understand anger, but the total brutalization/dehumanization of a CHILD, or a random stranger, is beyond comprehension. I guess because I’m not a psychopath. RIP 💔

[@KaritheMortician]

Yes, you are not.

[@pamelabrown9484]

This was & still is devastating what was done to that child...Emmetts mama became the conscience of AMERICA...ONE LION OF A MOTHER!

[@KaritheMortician]

Agreed

[@cathycoe9254]

A KZbin video was shared by Lamont at Large telling Emmit Till's story. Thank you for discussing in depth what was done to him. So pitiful. Takes one's breath away. I watched a video with his mom talking and showing his body while you were discussing. Thank you.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you

[@hannahrichards6204]

Cathy watch faces of the forgotten the guy is fantastic like lamont. even better i would say!

[@zarav.1315]

@@hannahrichards6204 I love Ron too! They are both my current fav ‘cemetary’ chanels and they seem to love each other too :-)

[@karenbatiste4911]

This was a sad story of this young man. I remember my father talking to me and my brother's about Emmett Till. When I saw the pictures in jet magazine. My heart dropped!! I couldn't imagine what this 14 yr old went through. The men that did this to this child have to answer for it at the end. Emmett's body was just beating and mutilated. The water just did damage as well.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you

[@mwilliams7947]

My uncle was born and raised in Glendora, MS. My uncle knew Emmet Till’s cousin. My uncle told me that Emmet’s cousin said Emmet DID NOT whistle “AT” Carolyn Bryant. He said, Emmet had a speech impediment (He Stuttered) and was advised by his speech therapist to whistle whenever he stuttered and that would help him to speak without stuttering.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you for sharing that part

[@Imissyoulou]

I was at the 50th anniversary for Emmett, at Burr Oaks Cemetery. His cousin told me that he DID whistle at the snow, but does that mean you kill him? Emmett's mother said he had a speech impediment. It is in her book, "Death of Innocence."

[@tanieshadavis8740]

That is correct. His mother said that in at least one of the interviews that are on KZbin also.

[@tiffanydcoates2904]

Thank you for sharing our stories… I appreciate you three for your empathy of others and your services of taking care of other people ancestors…blessings…

[@KaritheMortician]

You are so welcome

[@janicebrocke8528]

GOD BLESS THIS FAMILY & GIVE THEM PEACE

[@KaritheMortician]

Yes!

[@amandaleeborchert3745]

Such a horrible shame....this story is just heartbreaking! Such a beautiful and handsome young man to be so horribly beaten and murdered. Just a senseless tragedy. I just can't wrap my head around how anyone could do harm to another human being. I just have so much respect for fire fighters, EMT's, first responders, coroners, embalmers and funeral home directors.....you care for our loved ones in some tragic and horrible circumstances. Thank you for all you do!🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@KaritheMortician]

So true

[@leeolmeda3595]

We've have been talking about this forever. This story is still alive. why? why isn't Caroline arrested already? We saw this in today's world. George Floyed. It's not who killed him. it's the way he died. RIP EMMIT Till. I'M sure you were a fine boy. George Floyed, you Changed the world.

[@darlahays2471]

Because there's this little thing called statue of limitations, on perjury. That's why, no matter how much you moan and wring your hands the laws the law.

[@lisaendress724]

So very sad and horrific!!!!😭

[@KaritheMortician]

Unimagineable

[@honeylove7678]

Maya Angelou "Phenomenal Woman" is a description on the highest level of Emmitt Tills mother. RIP!!!!🙏

[@KaritheMortician]

Thanks for watching.

[@taracorwin9809]

Thank you for sharing his story. So many countless horrific stories are never shared, because they want them swept under the rug. Also thank God for his Mother’s strength and courage to allow the world to see her broken little boy. I could never imagine, I would be a woman on fire. It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of hate in others hearts, but it does hurt my own heart. Kari, I do have one question for you. When you said the funeral director could have kept his casket closed without allowing to show his Mother, is that a legal practice? I’m just wondering, as I have seen many awful things in my time and do understand when some would not like to see their loved ones in this way, but some do and are adamant like his Mother was.

[@KaritheMortician]

Technically no it is not but they signed someone to keep it closed but it was not his mom who signed

[@kamysailings877]

God rest his soul, i ball every time I watched anything about Emmet Till. He was just a baby, how could anyone be so evil!?

[@KaritheMortician]

No one should endure that especially a child

[@mariaevans7811]

Emmitt, I remember a video on him a while back, he has stayed on my mind, all the way from Britain, what a beautiful smile he was full of life and had a promising future. Emmitt came to the south to visit his relatives, the rules were different, from where he came from, he made a mistake of whistling at a white women, he didn't know to be careful or so it was said. That poor boy must have suffered terrible at the hands of those two cowards, and his murderers got off with it, no surprise!!! Emmitt you will never never be forgot by me, many miles away,if your death can change I ignorant persons views on black people, being second class, then some good has come out of your death but you know Emmitt, I wish you had never gone to the south,suffered like you did, and such a beautiful boy!!!!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@KaritheMortician]

It is a tragic story

[@theresamiles2443]

Thank you Kari for this story that I’ve know about pretty much all my life. You may have been at one time trying to remember to tell about the woman who accused poor Emmett of whistling at her; Carolyn Bryant Dunham still living the good life and never being brought up on any charges to date. Anyhow thank you for educating.

[@gonzo4996]

@theresa miles it’s Carolyn Bryant

[@theresamiles2443]

@@gonzo4996 thank you for catching that, it’s corrected even added her new married name

[@KaritheMortician]

I try not to talk about the criminal much or even say their name to give them power, I just focus on the deceased as much as possible

[@ozarkldy8117]

@@KaritheMortician your compassion has given me a level of comfort I didn't know I needed, over how 2 of my family members were handled before being laid to rest. Thank you!

[@threez-thechicagostory2331]

Read the FBI files. Informants stated that there were a reported 10 white men and 2 black men associated with the brutal beating and murder of Emmet Till. He was reportedly beat with 45. Caliber pistols and hit atop of the head with an anvil. This was a horrific amount of violence this young man faced. He had a fractured and caved in skull, lost eye, chopped nose, majority of teeth knocked out, fractured wrists and a fractured left thigh bone. I can imagine what he was thinking on the back of that truck and in that shed once the beatings started. I was in junior high when I first saw the flashback of the Till story and his gruesome pictures in an 80's issue of The Jet Magazine. Those images haunted, terrified, and traumatized me as an adolescent in particular and as a black male in general my entire life. I'm currently 51 years of age and seeing his face still affects me as the first time I ever viewed it.

[@KaritheMortician]

The blind hate put on him is unthinkable

[@mark9531]

I come up with 11 verifiable/witnessed. 6 white and 5 Black: Roy Bryant, John William Milam, Henry Lee Loggins, Levi “Too tight” Collins, Otha “Osa” Johnson, Jr., Elmer O. Kimbrell, Melvin Louis Campbell, Leslie F. Milam, Joe Willie Hubbard, Johnny B. Washington, Hubert Clark

[@CBB1981]

So horrendous, but I totally understand the point his mother was making. Much the same way Jackie Kennedy did wearing the blood spattered clothing after JFK was murdered. God rest Emmet's soul. No child or human should endure that brutality and trauma. Dark part of our country's history.

[@bernadetteaustin8577]

That poor boy 😢😢 how can anyone harm another human being let alone beat torture and murder a little boy! And two grown men! I Pray for his mumma. Another great episode. I'm loving this series of victims of crimes. Thank you

[@KaritheMortician]

Yes I will never understand it

[@alwaynetv200]

My home is on 30 minutes away from the torture . My father is buried in the cemetery where the sheriff wanted to bury him…

[@KaritheMortician]

Wow!

[@pamelaeversole6050]

I know these are hard conversations to have but we don’t want history to repeat itself. He was just a child and I think it’s been proven that the poor excuse for a woman, lied about the whole thing. (That makes me sick.) I wonder if his brave mother knew her actions would be so important? She must have felt the weight of the world on her shoulders when she made this decision. My prayers & love to the Till Family. RIP🕊🕊🕊 *Really appreciate you guys being so honest *

[@KaritheMortician]

So true!

[@latoyaedwards6763]

This story hurts me sooo much. Even as a little girl when I learned but even more now, grown having a soon to be 13 year old son. It’s the torture they did, to torture that child the way they did, knocking out his teeth, taking his eye; his eyes were beautiful even in the black & white pictures. The beating the pain he endured just hurts my soul that he went through that. & to have a child and even imagine something like that happening to them & live with the fact I couldn’t protect my child from that & just think why & how could someone do something so pure evil to a child… this is horrible. & I just pray there is heaven & he found peace after 💔 everyone talks about his mom being strong but living with that memory of what happened to her son was torture. I would always think if the pain my child went through & it would kill me…

[@KaritheMortician]

I can not imagine the fear he felt and the pain.

[@mamapandabeebie]

Just hearing you describe the pics made me cry. His poor Mom. I think its awesome that she made the world look at what was done to her baby! God bless her!

[@KaritheMortician]

Yes!

[@byfaithwalking1529]

60 minutes, Let the World See, Women of the Movement and many more documentaries offer details as to who accompanied and assisted Mrs. Mamie Till Mobley through the funeral and murder trial.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you for sharing these resources

[@JaimeMesChiens]

One of your associates spoke of the genre of lawsuit filed against funeral homes. Of course, it’s something I guess we all know exists, but I would really like to hear more about this Thank you SO MUCH for discussing Emmett Till. Hearing a funeral director’s point of view has been brilliant. And the compassion the three of you have voiced in this video has deeply touched me. I wasn’t sure that I even wanted to ask you to cover this case, and I am so-very grateful you did. Massive respect, Kari!

[@KaritheMortician]

I have a video with a lawyer in mortuary law coming up soon!

[@JaimeMesChiens]

@@KaritheMortician wow, thanks. Coming from a family of lawyers, I’m eager to see this. Seriously, again I thank you and praise your compassionate and professional approach to discussing this distressing, and very important, case of Emmett Till. You’re an asset to your profession and have given me, and many others, an enhanced level of comfort in discussing these necessary concerns.

[@zahirsookoor2673]

During Mamie's testimony in court (as she wrote in her memoir) the Mississippi Sheriff showed her a picture of Emette that the county had taken as soon as they pulled him out of the river. Mamie said she nearly fainted seeing that pic - it was way worse and more horrid than what she saw at the funeral home. She said it didn't look human. Yet, what we the public saw at the funeral and in Jet Magazine was more digestible and palatable for viewing. Where is that picture that county officials took??

[@KaritheMortician]

thank you. I would guess in a report somewhere but not for public

[@zahirsookoor2673]

@@KaritheMortician that's a valuable part of history that deserves to be seen. They saw Emette's body in in the worse possible way and knowing that such an act done to another human being, much less a child was so heinous, vile and evil, they knew they had to bury him before sundown. That alone tells us the worth of African Americans at that time in America.

[@rucianapollard7098]

Emmet's mother said in her biography that when she first saw Emmett, he was absolutely hideous! The funeral director fixed Emmett up the best that he could and when she saw Emmett after he had been worked on and clothed, she said that Mr. Rayner had done a "beautiful" job!!! OMG, I can't even imagine what he looked like before he was displayed!!

[@rucianapollard7098]

The pictures taken of Emmett after he was pulled from the river have been missing for decades. Most of the documents and case information about Emmett has been lost over the years. A historian was looking for the court transcript and it took years to find. He eventually found a copy of a copy of a copy that was barely legible. He had it transcribed and now you can find it online

[@zahirsookoor2673]

Parker Wheeler (Emmett's cousin who witnessed his abduction) said in an interview that when the FBI exumed his body in 2005, it looked the same as he did the day of his funeral. A retired FBI agent familiar with the case said that AA Rainer, (the funeral director who followed Mamie Till's open casket policy) did his job well - embalming Emette as he looked the same in that infamous photo. He did say they photographed his body extensively and the swelling on his face (caused by the water) went down a lot.

[@KaritheMortician]

I would have been interested to see with curiosity

[@zahirsookoor2673]

@@KaritheMortician same

[@emmadalrymple4102]

Emmett and his mother Mabel were heroes. I have lost my only 2 children, but I cannot imagine the hate she and Emmett witnessed. Maybe they both Rest In Peace.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you

[@christettec3045]

Deepest condolences to you and your family, Emma. My heart breaks for you. xo

[@monewilliams6245]

His mother name is mamie

[@Creativeme757]

Have you heard about the Noah Pozner Case? Idk If it’s true but I read that the mother wanted the world to see what was done to her little boy in a school shooting.

[@KaritheMortician]

I have not but sounds sad!

[@bigjay4862]

This incident occurred way before my time as I was born in the 70s! However, I've been deeply traumatized and disturbed by this story for years! I've read Mamie Till's book "The Death of innocence" and watched all the video coverage and I am angry at the fact that these monsters had never been brought to Justice! I do know that God gets the last word and all those who are responsible have a heavy price to pay! ...FYI, according to the story, the mortician DID infact do some work on Emmett Till's body to look presentable for his funeral although Mamie insisted that he didn't. So we could only imagine how much MORE grotesque his body looked without the work done. God bless Emmett Till's family and may God bless his mom and his soul🙏🏾

[@KaritheMortician]

It is a horrific incident

[@mark9531]

Good afternoon johnell. You said; "the mortician DID infact do some work on Emmett Till's body to look presentable for his funeral although Mamie insisted that he didn't." Mamie Till did address that. There is so much more detail to this tragedy in books and print media than is found in documentaries on social media. She instructed the mortician in Chicago, A. A. Rayner, that nothing was done, cosmetically, to Emmett's face to prepare it for viewing ___________________ However, Mamie stated that Emmett's entire head was almost decapitated by the weight of a 75 pound gin fan tethered around Emmett's neck with barbed wire. It was necessary to, literally, attach his head to the body with a heavy twine. The heavy twine is visible under Emmett's left jaw in some of the photos.

[@GrayArea203]

And to think people are comparing racism today to racism back then is flat out disrespectful to our ancestors who went through so many atrocities so we could be where we are today

[@marianalagoa4274]

This video is so important and educational on so many levels... Thank you!

[@KaritheMortician]

You're so welcome!

[@MilkTheGhost]

Amazing amazing episode guys.. the perfect story that covers issues were still facing today, and a story that not too many people are familiar with sadly.. and you guys told Emitt Tills story and explained it in such a respectful professional way.. love ur channel

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you so much!!

[@kinglord7707]

Emmett Till body have been through so much after he was pulled up from the Tallehatchie River.It was sealed in a pine box for an immediate burial until his mother put a stop to it then they took the body to a nearby black undertaker but he refused to deal with the body then Emmetts granddad had to find a white undertaker a few miles out of town to ship it to Chicago in a seal tight crate.The smell of his body reached from three blocks when they reopen the casket according to Emmetts mom.

[@KaritheMortician]

It was a horrible situation

[@johannajackson8784]

You are a lie his mother wanted it to be viewed like that so y'all can see what kind of people y'all are

[@kinglord7707]

@@johannajackson8784Yes I know I trying to make a point about his badly decomposed body plus I am African American myself

[@shayvonnebraunson2787]

Thank you for doing this story today today in 2022 there is more evidence an original warrant was found in the old courthouse. Family members of Emmett till are now trying to get the warrant executed for the accuser of Emmett till I really hope she spends the rest of her days in prison JUSTICE DELAYED IS NOT JUSTICE DENIED!!!

[@KaritheMortician]

I hope they go after her!

[@cadespencer6320]

@@KaritheMortician do a video for this case now en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pullen

[@rucianapollard4057]

Carolyn Bryant is in her 80s, how much longer does she have??? The real culprits died a long time ago( one died in 1980 and the other died in 1994) . It is interesting to know that one of the men who kidnapped and help torture Emmett made a "death bed confession" that he was involved and he never had 1 day of peace after the murder!! He died in 1974.

[@XhrisSharp]

Rip Emmet Til and Mamie til she was strong to open up his casket

[@KaritheMortician]

Yes she was!

[@southernphunk]

It’s crazy watching the two guys face... in shock, and didn’t know much about the story shows how history is taught and or the lack there of...

[@KaritheMortician]

It is sad because I NEVER knew this story until recently. It was never taught in school. I am shocked by that.

[@82566]

I've heard and read the book the disgusting details are interesting yet horrific to hear , I appreciate your educated objective insights & respect given to the sensitive nature . It's crazy to hear some haven't heard this part of America's history . Thank you all so much ,luv ur channel

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you!

[@karamiddleton2920]

How do these professional, educated, adult human beings have NO CLUE who Emmett Till is??? "I've heard the name, but that's all I know." Seriously??

[@KaritheMortician]

Yep sad that this story is NEVER taught in schools. How would we ever have known about it?

[@82566]

In defense of the panel members , this story was definitely NOT taught in my school then and proabably not taught currently I could be wrong as it's 2022 now ,but something as horrific as this proabably will not be subject material in the elementary ,early middle school history class . The pictures alone as was mentioned would proabably bring some lawsuits to the schoolboard for their graphic nature . I apologize for the drawn out response but I highly respect this panel and their insight and do not mean any disrespect to Kara .Thank you 😊

[@LaTashala1080]

Kari, you guys are AMAZING!! Please keep the videos coming!!

[@KaritheMortician]

Thanks so much!

[@tracykent3198]

This is so sad how they did that baby, God see everything 🙏 karma go take care of everything

[@belindatangalakis902]

This case breaks my heart as I have a child who is almost the same age as the boy I can't imagine life without him 💔💔💔. My heart is thinking about his family. Apart from that I really enjoyed this video once again I can see true respect and dignity for the dead I enjoy listening to all of you all the way from Adelaide Australia 💯

[@KaritheMortician]

I can not imagine!

[@gahtoppins]

It is just heartbreaking. How easily hate and lies can destroy lives. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. It is extremely sad that Emmett Till's memorial marker keeps being vandalized. Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Memorial Commission said the fourth Till marker was placed in 2019 after previous ones have been vandalized. The first sign posted at the Tallahatchie River was stolen in 2008. The next sign was “shot up so badly that you couldn’t read any of the words,” Weems explained. “We replaced it last summer, and the it was shot up within 35 days of being up… This is the third time it’s been vandalized and this is our fourth marker.” According to Weems, the new marker is bulletproof and cost $10,000; it was donated by a sign maker out of Brooklyn, N.Y. He added there’s now security around the marker hopefully it’ll be the last sign the commission has to erect. Weems said that the Emmet Till Memorial Commission has also recently retained the land by the river and will start raising funds to create a permanent site for visitors to reflect. I do have a few questions. I remember reading somewhere that when Emmett Till was exhumed, a person who viewed his body said that he looked better in 2005 than he did in 1955 because the swelling had went down and folks were surprised that he was preserved so well. Could Emmett Till being sealed in that glass be the reason why he was preserved so well? What are the reasons do you think his body was so well preserved? Also, I read that in 1955 after Emmett Till was embalmed in Mississippi he was placed in lime. What does lime do to an embalmed body?

[@KaritheMortician]

I would suspect no. I imagine he was looking better because the tissue had decayed and shrunk in around his skull so you could see more his features and such. I had not heard anything about the lime

[@gahtoppins]

@@KaritheMortician It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance! I am so happy you answered back. I didn't think that you would. I believe Mrs. Mobley who was Emmett Till's mother gave an interview in a film where she mentioned his body was packed in lime. Here is the excerpt......"They had him a box, larger than anyone I've ever seen," Mrs. Mobley, 80, began. "I asked them to open it and I discovered that it was covered with lime. I told them to remove the lime so I could see his face." What she saw was what the world saw in Jet magazine in 1955. Till's face was battered beyond recognition. "His left eye was hanging down on his cheek, his nose was bashed in and it was if someone had taken an axe and chopped his face away from the rest of his head," his mother said in the film, recalling a scene she had probably told hundreds of times." Here is the link.....www.mlk-hawaii.com/lynching.htm Do you know why whoever packed him would put him in lime?

[@mariajones9102]

@@gahtoppins I have heard that lime could be used to dispel the odor of dead animals and rodents found on a homeowners property ( until the animal/ rodent could be properly disposed). 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@spiritmatter1553]

@@gahtoppins Lime is used to dispel the odor of decay (it’s often used in mass graves). Obviously, in this case, the use of lime was not too effective.

[@michaelstone9422]

Actually his mother said you could still smell him from outside the funeral home.

[@lynnfarish3105]

From a few blocks away is what his Mother said it got stronger the closer she got

[@KaritheMortician]

I imagine it was permeating

[@93seronica]

Probably due to the decomposition of his body

[@DatJonesGurl08]

It was messed up how his father was killed as well.

[@KaritheMortician]

Yes

[@blackpowerpuff6155]

He's murder wasn't as brutal as Emmett's but yeah.

[@MissGettysburg]

Truly horribly sad what happened to Emmett. I am an American and it absolutely pains me to say that I had never heard of Emmett Till until I was 14 (I am now 15) and I stumbled upon his story by accident. I feel as though his story should be taught more in schools, especially because his death kick started the Civil Rights Movement. And the man who was with Mamie in the photo of Emmett’s body was her 3rd husband, Gene Mobley. Her first husband, Louis Till, Emmett’s father, was killed in war, in 1951, Mamie married again. Her second marriage only lasted 1 year before she and her 2nd husband Pink Bradley got divorced. Gene Mobley was either her boyfriend or fiancée at the time of Emmett’s murder. The two of them married in 1957 and stayed married until Gene’s death in 2000. Thank you so much for making this video. I believe that Emmett’s story should be told and people should know and remember the name Emmett Till. My mom’s parents were both alive at the time of his murder, even though they were both young, they both remember their parents talking about it, and hearing about it. Rest in Peace Emmett Louis Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. You will forever be remembered ❤

[@cecilehoward7980]

The mortician in Chicago did touch him up to look a little more presentable. His mom told him "You did a good job" She didn't want it done but he was just too bad.

[@Imissyoulou]

Where did you get that LIE from?

[@KaritheMortician]

thank you

[@mark9531]

@@Imissyoulou "Where did you get that LIE from?" From Mamie Till Mobley's book "Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America" Emmett Till's head was all but severed from his body by the weight of a 75 pound gin fan tethered to his body by barbed wire. Mamie Till Bradley said Emmett was simply unviewable in that condition. Chicago Mortician A. A. Rayner secured it with heavy twine. You can see the heavy twine in photos under Emmett's left jaw. Mr. Rayner did nothing cosmetically to prepare Emmett's body for viewing.

[@doctorj1700]

@@Imissyoulou nah it's a truth, she told Mr Rayner "You did a beautiful job"

[@bryanbrooks2634]

@@Imissyoulou It's true, Mamie said it in an interview.

[@genevariden9876]

Such a heartbreaking story. This Momma had incredible strength. I cannot imagine what she went through having her son murdered so brutally. God bless her, and the people that took care of his body.

[@KaritheMortician]

She really did!!

[@lisacomic6766]

I haven’t even watched yet, but what 2 SOB’s gave this a thumbs down? Obviously, they have no taste and clearly don’t know Kari or Brian and Ryan. How rude! I’ll be back with a proper review! ❤️

[@jamescalifornia2964]

~ It likely was the ghosts of JW Milam and Roy Bryant . 😖

[@KaritheMortician]

lol :)

[@jamescalifornia2964]

@@KaritheMortician - This was your most interesting video. Much more about society than science. You did a great job. 👍

[@kalyndalipp7875]

This case is close to my heart, so no judgement. But factually, He was raised by his Mother and Grandmother. Also his body was retouched by the funeral director in Chicago. He sewed up the hole in his head. His Mother did not ask for that, but, she thought the man did a beautiful job.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you

[@kimarrwalker8953]

There is an interview with his mom and she said that the funeral home in Chicago did do touch ups to his face..she stated that when she saw him at the funeral she realized that he looked much better than when his body was first received

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you

[@ml.vaughn2122]

Kari I was told that the original casket of emmett till was at the African American museum in Washington D.C when I visited the museum.

[@KaritheMortician]

The smithsonian says they have it on their website and in articles unless it has been moved

[@jillybean4480]

I love when i see i have another video from you Kari.❤🤗

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you so much!!

[@kendrasjohnson5576]

I appreciated this conversation! It gives the perspective of what the morticians would have had to do in dealing with this young child's body!!!

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you

[@paulwrightwa]

Thank you all for remembering such a tragedy. Such a heartbreaking story, and to think of his Mother’s strength to stand up to hate and bigotry. So many tears....

[@KaritheMortician]

Pure anger at those men had to drive her and love for her child

[@Fordie47]

Kari thank you for such an excellent job in covering this. You and your colleagues have done an amazing job of bringing this darkness to light. Know that God has blessed you for this terrible and important work. You guys are waking us up. Thank you, thank you, thank you. COURAGE!

[@KaritheMortician]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@evecyn]

Powerful conversation Kari. Heartbreaking ❤️

[@KaritheMortician]

It really is

[@flowergirlabc123]

I've never heard about this but it was upsetting to read what happened to this young boy/mom. Mom really made people think; good for her. 😭RIP Emmett.

[@liteskinnedbobbybrown6256]

Thank you for this perspective.The guys honesty in not knowing about Emmitt Till is why history that shaped this country should be taught.The sincere response that you guys gave is the effect that Mrs Till Mobley wanted in hopes that racial hatred would cease.You,as morticians,see the damage done to bodies via horrific circumstances all the time.One could only imagine how morticians of that era were able to do their jobs,with out it effecting them in some way.Constant dead bodies as the result of lynchings ,castrations,bullet wounds,gouged eyes & etc was once so common,that I know it had to change many a heart of morticians that may have been filled with racial hatred themselves.Much respect to you all & the job that you do

[@KaritheMortician]

Yes it needs to be taught!

[@liteskinnedbobbybrown6256]

@@KaritheMortician Bless you in all you do...I’m curious to if you’ve ever encountered a situation in which you’ve dealt with a body or bodies from a mass grave,or a MIA soldier from a previous war

[@BeautifulX454]

Mammie Till stated that Emmitts body smelled up to 3 blocks radius.

[@KaritheMortician]

I can not imagine

[@rosylinhobson7780]

Thank you Kari for your information about all things about our love ones.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you

[@doreeninzirillo9484]

That is so sad, I feel so bad for the family.

[@KaritheMortician]

Yes its horrible

[@slqj4e]

I am so glad you all did an episode on Emmitt Till,there were some things told in the story I never knew about 💜 thanks for all that you do when it comes to the service you provide for a family. I look forward to more stories

[@AnimxsityDontPlay]

in the prep room picture where mammie was looking down and a man was holding her looking into the camera, that was her boyfriend at the time who later became her husband, Mr. Gene Mobley.

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank yoU!

[@joatkins2935]

There is something that I do not understand. Emmett’s empty casket was discovered after his being exhumed. So, my question is, where is Emmett’s body? Maybe I missed this part of the story... BTW, I truly believe that Emmett & his momma are spending Eternity in Heaven together! If ever there were two precious souls being in Heaven together... It’s them!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@tanieshadavis8740]

It is to my understanding that once they are finished doing whatever they did after they exhumed his body, he was buried with a new casket. Not sure how his initial casket went “missing” or whatever the called it, it was moved to the Smithsonian museum.

[@KaritheMortician]

His casket is not empty. Never happened.

[@mark9531]

@@tanieshadavis8740 You are correct. Emmett's body was exhumed by the FBI in order to verify his identity through mDNA and to determine his cause of death. After the autopsy was performed, and it was determined that he died of a gunshot wound, he was reinterred. His casket was placed in a warehouse with the intention of making a memorial in the cemetery. But that never happened.

[@kayunderwood225]

The mortician did enough touch up on his face to make him look somewhat viewable .

[@KaritheMortician]

Thank you

[@rucianapollard4057]

@@KaritheMortician Hi Kari!! I read Emmett's mother's autobiography and she said that in spite of her instructions to the funeral director not to do any work on Emmett, he did prepare him as much as possible for viewing. When Emmett's mother saw the work that had been done, she told the funeral director that he had done "a beautiful job" because she said that Emmett looked much worse than what the public saw!!! Lord have mercy, bless Emmett and his Brave mother, Mamie!!

[@petrobull2560]

Kari thanks for the video!👍

[@rolfsinkgraven]

I live in the Netherlands and have seen that picture it looked terrible, very bad for the family too experience this. The murderer had a smile on his face after he walked free.

[@KaritheMortician]

They were sick men

[@mariajones9102]

It’s shameful that the murderers wife finally told the truth a few years ago- she admitted that she lied to her husband.

[@gailjohnson8315]

I'm a Mortuary and Forensic Science enthusiast. Thanks for taking me to school and for sharing.

[@KaritheMortician]

Glad you enjoyed it!