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In the early morning hours of Friday, May 14, 2021, a grim discovery was made in a vacant lot in Greenville, Mississippi. Responding to a welfare check at 7:42 a.m. in the 300 block of North Harvey Street, officers from the Greenville Police Department found the body of Sylvester Hanes, a 21-year-old Black male.

Hanes had sustained gunshot wounds to his face, and the case was immediately investigated as a homicide. The initial report from law enforcement confirmed his identity and the vio ...Read More
Victim Details

Sylvester Hanes

Male

Black / African American

Greenville

MS

2021-05-14

21

Sylvester

Hanes

12/10/2025