Lynching rumors prompt investigation into black man's hanging

Monday, July 28, 2003

BELLE GLADE, Fla. -- Not long after the family of Feraris "Ray" Golden found his dead body dangling from a tree outside his grandmother's home, ugly suspicions began to surface.

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