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Emmett Till's accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham seen in Kentucky for the first time in nearly 20 yearsEmmett Till's accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham seen in Kentucky for the first time in nearly 20 years
FrejaEXCLUSIVE: White woman, 88, who triggered the lynching of Emmett Till, is seen for the first time in 20 YEARS as she lives out final days cancer-stricken and in hospice care at her Kentucky home
- Carolyn Bryant Donham, now 88, has managed to go unseen since 2004, going on to live a long life - and now spending her final days in apparent tranquility - despite her role in 14-year-old Emmett Till's lynching in 1955
- At the time Donham was a 21-year-old married mother-of-two who accused the young black boy of whistling at her - a violation of the South's racist societal codes - at a Mississippi store, setting off his brutal murder
- Today, she is living in a small apartment community in Kentucky with her son, Thomas Bryant, 71, and their pet shih tzu, as seen in these exclusive DailyMail.com photos
- Donham, who was wearing a nasal cannula looped over her ears and into her nose, suffers from cancer, is legally blind, and is receiving end of life hospice care in her home
- When approached by DailyMail.com, Donham stood by silently behind her son, who shook his head when asked if either would speak about Till
- Till's beaten and mutilated body was thrown in the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi, weighted down with a large fan from a cotton gin, before being pulled out three days later on August 28
- Donham's then husband Roy Bryant and his brother John Milam were later tried and acquitted of Till's murder, while she went on to evade charges or any consequences in a case that shocked the world for its brutality
- An unserved warrant for Donham's arrest was discovered by a team led by relatives of Till last month, bringing the case back into focus
Unseen for close to two decades, Carolyn Bryant Donham has evaded curious eyes and, some would say, justice.
Now, a DailyMail.com investigation has led us to the woman whose claims led to the brutal lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955.
The case has been brought to the fore once again early last month when an unserved warrant for Donham's arrest almost 70 years ago was discovered by a team led by relatives of Till.
Seen in these exclusive pictures, Donham presents a stooped and frail figure to a world that has dwindled to the confines of the home she shares with her son, Thomas Bryant, 71, and her pet shih tzu.
Then, she was a 21-year-old mother-of-two, a so-called 'crossroads Marilyn Monroe.'
Today, Donham is 88 years old and, DailyMail.com can reveal, living in a small apartment community in Kentucky.
