Southern alumnus uncovers recent lynchings in TV special

By  Candace J. Semien

In the latest Investigation Discovery’s INJUSTICE FILES: AT THE END OF THE ROPE, Southern University alumnus Keith Beauchamp probes the shocking claim that lynchings may still be a reality today.

The two-hour special airs at 7 p.m.,  Tuesday, Feb. 21 on Investigation Discovery. View details online at http://investigation.discovery.com/tv/injustice-files/. ID can be found on Cox channel 103 or  DirectTV channel 285 and ATT Uverse channel 260.

Beauchamp examines four modern-day hangings and the evidence that led investigators to rule them as suicides.

He takes in the assistance of a criminologist, psychologist and forensic pathologist and probes through the cases of Raynard Johnson, Nick Naylor, Keith Warren, and Izell Parrott who were believed to be lynched from 1996 to  2006. For years, the families have searched for answers to confirm their deep rooted-beliefs that foul play is at hand even though investigators closed the case as suicides.

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Memorial services for Dr. Lisa Jo Pate, the daughter of former LSU athletic director Skip Bertman, will be held on Wednesday Feb. 8 at Congregation Bnai Israel, 3354 Kleinert Avenue, in Baton Rouge.

Visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. followed by a memorial service and reception.

Pate who lived in Owings Mills, Maryland died in January from cancer. She was 44.

A loving mother to Samuel and Ezra Pate, Dr. Pate served on the faculty of Harvard University’s OCD Institute and on the faculty of Tulane University’s Medical School (2001-2004).

She graduated from Tulane University’s Newcomb College in 1989 with a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Psychology.  She earned her Ph.D in 1999 from the Louisiana State University in Clinical Psychology.

She is survived by her beloved husband Dr.