'Mississippi Cold Case'

A filmmaker and a brother search for clues in two unsolved murders

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'Mississippi Cold Case'
Follow documentary filmmaker David Ridgen and Thomas Moore as they search for clues to the unsolved murders of Moore's brother Charles and Henry Dee who were just 19 years old when they were allegedly killed by the Ku Klux Klan on May 2, 1964.

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	A Brother Remembered Filmmaker David Ridgen seeks out the brother of a murder victim from decades ago, and Thomas Moore shares memories of the brother he lost in 1964.
	Unlocking the Past Thomas Moore and David Ridgen talk about the evidence that has already been compiled and Thomas' hopes for finding justice.
	An Unexpected Discovery FBI documents from the time of the killings describe James Seale and Charles Marcus Edwards as suspects in the case. But Seale had been reported dead for years, so Thomas Moore's first focus was on Edwards, whom he knew was alive. The investigation brought unexpected results.

updated 9:44 p.m. ET June 14, 2007

On June 14, a federal jury convicted reputed Klansman James Ford Seale of kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 deaths 19-year-olds Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee.

Moore and Dee's case was originally dropped after local authorities refused to call a grand jury, despite an FBI investigation. The case was re-opened in 2000 after a flurry of media reports, but again no charges were filed. According to the FBI, the case was officially closed again in June 2003.

The case was re-opened in 2005, following the efforts of documentary filmmaker David Ridgen and Charles Moore's brother, Thomas Moore. "Mississippi Cold Case" is the story of Ridgen and Thomas Moore's quest to bring a killer to justice.

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