RANKIN COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - Nationalist Movement founder and leader Richard Barrett was found dead in his home this morning following a fire.
A neighbor spotted the fire at Barrett's home around 7:45 this morning and called the fire department. When they responded to 227 East Petros Road, in Rankin County, they found smoke coming from inside the house and Barrett's body inside.
Several law enforcement agencies are on scene, including the FBI, but no one has said if foul play is suspected.
The Nationalist Movement is a white supremacist group Barrett founded after moving to the Magnolia State in 1966. He's also run unsuccessfully for Governor and Congress.
In 1994 he spearheaded a movement to get Governor Kirk Fordice to pardon Byron de la Beckwith, who was convicted for the 1963 murder of Medgar Evers.
UPDATE: Man arrested in death of Miss. white supremacist
PEARL, Miss. -- Authorities says a white supremacist lawyer found dead in his house had been stabbed, beaten and his body set afire.Sun Herald
Pennington said 22-year-old Vincent McGee has been charged with murder. He said additional charges could be forthcoming, including arson.
Pennington said Friday that a preliminary autopsy showed Barrett had been stabbed multiple times in the neck and had blunt force trauma to the head. The sheriff said 35 percent of Barrett's body had been burned.
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