YAZOO COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
A Bentonia man is dead after reportedly being beaten, left on a county road then run over by a vehicle.
Yazoo County Croner Ricky Shivers says the body of 25-year-old Lawrence Howard Swinney was found around 9:30 p.m. Friday night.
Swinney's body was on Highway 433 near Martin Road, west of Bentonia.
The coroner says he was run over by a west bound SUV.
Swinney suffered massive head trauma as well as multiple injuries.
Sources tell WLBT that he was beaten on the roadway, left unconscious and later run over by a vehicle.
We called the Yazoo County Sheriff's for information about this investigation and were told to call back Monday.
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