The family of Rasheem Carter, the Black man found dead in Mississippi with his head severed, is protesting police handling of the case

• The family of Rasheem Carter is protesting the police handling of his case.
• Carter was found dead in Mississippi last year with his head severed.

The family of Rasheem Carter, a 25-year-old Mississippi man found dead with his head severed last year, is planning a protest on Saturday, according to his attorneys and ABC News.

National civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the family, announced that the demonstration would take place in Taylorsville, Mississippi.

Carter's mother — who is from nearby Fayette — reported her son missing in October 2022 shortly after he called and said a group of white men in trucks had been harassing him, Insider previously reported.

A month later, police found his remains in a wooded area near Taylorsville.

Officials at the time said they believed that no "foul play was involved" but that the incident was still under investigation. Crump previously said that Carter's head was "severed" from his body and some of his body parts were missing. The attorney told ABC News that his spinal cord was found in another location from his head.

Carter's family believes his death was a "modern-day lynching" and has demanded more answers from law enforcement. Police told Insider in March that there's no evidence to suggest that Carter was killed and that animals could have torn his body apart.

Carter was captured on deer camera footage in the Mississippi woods the day he was reported missing and his mother told Insider that she knew he "was somewhere struggling, somewhere running for his life."

According to a statement released Thursday, Crump said that Mississippi Crime Lab informed the family that another set of remains, which were discovered in February, is linked to Carter.

"The family of Rasheem Carter, while still deep in grief, is being denied adequate information and closure from the Mississippi officials overseeing this case. From the beginning of this case, the family has been misled," Crump said.

"Now, it's unacceptable that the family had to find out through an email that more of Rasheem's remains were found, and still, they haven't been told any other information, been offered a meeting with officials, or received his remains," the statement said. "They continue to be stonewalled at every turn. This family just wants to find out what happened to Rasheem and say their goodbyes – they ask that the additional remains be returned to them so that they can lay him to rest."