Joseph Edwards or also known as JoeEd and Joe worked at the Shamrock Motel in Vidalia, Louisiana as a porter and handyman. He was known as a snappy dresser and a ladies man. On July 12 1964 this was the last place he was seen. His two toned blue and beige 1858 Buick was found a few days later behind an old bowling alley on Farriday-Vidalia Highway.
What was found inside the car was brutal and pointed towards Edwards being in danger. There was blood stains in the inside of the vehicle. A neck tie in the shape of a noose was on the steering wheel. There was also a belt that wasn’t Edwards in the car.
Edwards mother claimed that the Klan had something to do with it. All evidence found seemed to point to the KKK. In the 1960’s the KKK was was responsible for violence against many African Americans this included murder. The Shamrock Hotel where Edwards worked was one of their hang outs. This could be the reason that Edwards got onto their radar. Edwards was also allegedly dating white women at the time.
Rumors flew around about Edwards fate, none of them leading to Edwards being alive. One rumor was that the Klan had shot Edwards, covered his body in concrete and then threw it in the Mississippi River. An informant told the FBI that Klansmen had skinned Edwards alive. None of these have been confirmed, but it can be believed that he was killed.
In 2002 the skull of an African American Male or Native American Male was found in Clayton Louisiana. It had a small hole in the forehead and was missing his jaw. Authorities believe that the skull might be Edwards, but it will take DNA to verify this.
Joseph Edwards was 25 at the time of his disappearance. There is no listed height or weight for him, but he might have burn scars on his body. The burn scars came from an accident had that left him with third degree burns and he was scaled as a child
SOURCES:
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/e/edwards_joseph.html
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/3944dmla.html
https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/4093/178/
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