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LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE bé been personally involved in the murder of Emmett Till in 1955. Milam told _ hat Milam knew it was wrong and it had bothered him for all the years since the incident took place. Milam did not provide any details as to his role in Till’s murder, where the events transpired, or the identities of any other persons involved in the matter, '% 5. Leslie F. Milam’s Statements to Confidential soured _| During 1965 and 1966 Confidential soured _| hereinafter referred to aq__ was the owner of 2 business located in Drew, Mississippi. While employed there [Jee two brothers with the last name Milam at a b2 [ [_ frescribea one of the brothers as living in Ruleville, Mississippi and who operated b6 b7c (b7D a “mom and pop” store. The other brother was described as living in Cleveland, Mississippi and whose spouse was | [pase understood thal pwned Mississippi. . During _Fonversation with the Milam brother who lived in Cleveland, Mississippi the brother revealed the following information about the killing of Emmett Till: '®? | ¢ Till’s body could not be located by authorities in a river because it had not been thrown in a river. ® Till had gone to a “mom and pop” store owned by the Milam brother who lived in b6 Ruleville, Mississippi and had sre | for a date. This infuriated the bIC ' Milam brothers and they decided to kill Till. @ The Milam brothers took Till out to the woods and “beat the hell out of him with chains.” Believing Till was dead, they placed his body in the back of a pick-up truck and drove around trying to figure out what to do with the body. 93 LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains ncither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FAL and is foaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. -