Olen Lovell Burrage
Olen Lavelle Burrage | |
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Mug shot of Burrage, 1964 | |
| Born | March 16, 1930 Neshoba County, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | March 15, 2013 (aged 82) Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, farmer |
| Criminal status | Acquitted |
| Spouse | Ruth Audine Clark |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Jenifer Branning (granddaughter) |
| Criminal charge | Conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate. |
Olen Lavelle Burrage (March 16, 1930 – March 15, 2013) was an American farmer and businessman who was tried and acquitted of the June 1964 murders of three civil rights workers. Burrage owned the farm where the bodies of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were found buried in an earthen dam.