LOUISVILLE, Miss.–The woman killed about 6 a.m. in what Winston County authorities say was a murder, has been ID’d as Rebecca Leann Lyons, 33, of Neshoba County.
Lyons was pronounced dead shortly after authorites arrived on scene at Winston Medical Center. Lyons had been brought there from Hwy. 397.
Sheriff Mike Perkins tells WTVA her body was found in a car, but he believes Lyons was beaten to death.
A person of interest is in custody, but on in an unrelated incident.
The incident is being investigated by the Winston County Sheriff’s Dept., Kemper County Sheriff’s Dept. and the Miss. Band of Choctaw Indians Dept. of Public Safety,
