Three individuals have been charged with making threats against a judge, a witness, and local officials involved in an ongoing investigation. The investigation is related to the death of an 18-year-old who was found dead after a boat trip to an island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The teenager, who was Black, had been on the trip with a group of white friends from high school.

His body was discovered two days after he failed to return with his friends to the mainland. The threats were made amid speculation and scrutiny of the investigation. Further details about the threats and the investigation are available from KXXV News, the source of this information.