When 23-year-old Timothy Coggins was found dead and disfigured beside a Georgia highway in 1983, the young black man’s family and neighbors whispered that his killing may be linked to racism.
“It was always mentioned, and it was always suspected,” said his niece, Heather Coggins, who still lives not far from where he was killed.
Now, more than three decades later, authorities say, it’s been confirmed.
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