Update: Father Responds to Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Mississippi shedding some light on the scene of the hanging as well his own grief for his son. They say “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Local authorities as well as the FBI Investigating Black Man Found Hanging From Tree In Mississippi who’s reported to be 54 year old Otis Byrd. He was found hung in the woods behind his own residence after being reported missing for at least 6 days.