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“JPD on scene of ‘suspicious death’ investigation,” the Jackson (Miss.) Police Department posted to Twitter. What made them “suspicious”? They had only found the victim’s head. Hours later, a body without a head was found. Police exercised caution in a follow-up tweet: “Working to confirm if linked to this morning’s discovery of a human head.” The reporter at a local TV station was similarly cautious: the “cause of death” for the lone head, she reported, “at this time, appears to be severance.” Yet “There is no apparent cause of death of the decapitated body at this time.” (RC/WLBT Jackson) ...Don’t be too tough on her: some journalists have worked their entire career without a head.