YAZOO CITY, Miss.–Former Yazoo City police chief Jay Winstead has been granted bond after being arrested on a capital murder charge last week.
Bond was set at $1 million Monday.
Winstead was arrested Friday and charged with killing Timothy Byrd, of Yazoo County.
Deputies said Winstead had called them Wednesday and said that Byrd had shot and killed himself. But, those deputies said his story didn’t add up. They found discrepancies and physical evidence, which led them to arrest Winstead.
A capital murder charge indicates pre-meditation and carries possible life in prison or death sentences.
