Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose accusations led to murder of Emmett Till, dies at 88
Carolyn Bryant Donham, whose accusations led to murder of Emmett Till, has died at 88. Carolyn Bryant Donham, who accused 14-year-old Emmett Till of whistling at her and making sexual advances, leading to Till's kidnapping and lynching, has died, according to the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office in Louisiana. She was 88 years old. In 1955, the 21-year-old Bryant Donham accused Till, who was visiting from Chicago, of whistling at her after leaving a store in Mississippi. Till was later abducted from his great-uncle Moses Wright's home by Bryant Donham's husband Roy Bryant and his half brother J.W. Milam. Mrs. Carolyn Bryant sits with her husband Roy, in court where Roy and his half brother, J.W. Milam, are on trial for the "wolf whistle" kidnap murder of Emmett Louis Till, in Sumner, Mississippi, Sept. 22, 1955. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images MORE: Arrest warrant in Emmett Till case found in Mississippi court basement after 67 years Till's brutalized remains we...