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Emmett Till's relatives and activists want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off the lynching by accusing the Black Chicago teen of improper advances in 1955.

A kidnapping case is a viable option against the woman who sparked his infamous lynching, but it would be an uphill battle in court.

They want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off the lynching by accusing the Black Chicago teen of improper advances in 1955.

A kidnapping case is a viable option against the woman who sparked his infamous lynching, but it would be an uphill battle in court.

Stymied in their calls for a renewed investigation into the killing of Emmett Till, relatives and activists are advocating another possible path toward accountability in Mississippi: They want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off the lynching by accusing the Black Chicago teen of improper advances in 1955.

Carolyn Bryant Donham was named nearly 67 years ago in a warrant that accused her in Till's abduction.

Relatives of Emmett Till have been stymied in their calls for a renewed investigation into his lynching in Mississippi in 1955.

Emmett Till's relatives and activists want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off the lynching by accusing the Black Chicago teen of improper advances in 1955.

Relatives of Till still prefer a murder prosecution. But they want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off the lynching.

Read why the family of Emmett Till believes that there is a way to prosecute Carolyn Bryant Donham, the woman who accused him of whistling at her.