Lamar County DA ask Attorney General to take over Donvian Barnes Case

Hattiesburg, MS- The Lamar County District Attorney Hal Kittrell has officially invited the Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch to take over the Donvian Barnes case.

The DA asked the Attorney General for a new investigation into the death of Donvian Barnes after completing a "post-presentment of the review of the file" according to a multiple sources who've seen a multi-page letter the District Attorney personally sent to both Donivan's family and the Attorney General.

The letter itself is significant for 2 reasons. Most importantly, by law, the District Attorney must give the Attorney General permission to investigate or take over the case that is within their district. The District Attorney did grant the attorney general permission in the letter to conduct "any investigation or review any of the circumstances surrounding the death" of Donivan Barnes.

Secondly, this is only the 2nd time in over 40+ years that District Attorney Hal Kittrell has ever asked for the Attorney General's office to investigate a case. That alone is not only significant, but historical.

This is a developing story.