PORT GIBSON, Mississippi, Jumada II 1, 1436, Mar 21, 2015, SPA -- An FBI agent appealed for patience Friday after a black man was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi, saying 30 federal, state and local agents were working intensively to determine whether he was killed or committed suicide, according to AP. The county coroner confirmed that the man found hanging from a white sheet Thursday was Otis Byrd, an ex-convict reported missing by his family more than two weeks ago. Byrd lived just 200 yards (200 meters) from the spot where his body was found, in a wooded area off a dirt road that ran behind his house. -- SPA 19:21 LOCAL TIME 16:21 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w