An openly gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi has been killed in what appears to be a brutal murder. The body of 34-year-old Marco McMillian, a candidate in the town of Clarksdale, was reportedly found in a river levee with signs showing he had been beaten, dragged and set on fire. Lawrence Reed, 22, has been charged with McMillian’s murder. McMillian was the first openly gay candidate to run for a mayoral office in Mississippi.