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WESTLAKE, La. (AP) - The body of the first black man elected mayor of this mostly white town was exhumed Wednesday for a third autopsy, commissioned by relatives who believe he was killed, not a suicide victim.
Gerald Washington was found dead Dec. 30, 2006, with a gunshot to the chest, his gun nearby.
No suicide note was found, but autopsies by both the state police and the local coroner concluded that Washington killed himself. The district attorney has said he plans to close the case.
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