CBC documentary prompts charges in 1964 U.S. race killings
A U.S. grand jury has charged a former sheriff's deputy in the 42-year-old slayings of two African-American men in Mississippi, law enforcement officials said Wednesday, after a CBC documentary filmmaker and his subject brought the cold case back to life.Thomas Moore, shown in 2005, holds a photograph of himself, right, and his younger brother Charles, who was tortured and killed in Mississippi in 1964.Thomas Moore, shown in 2005, holds a photograph of himself, right, and his younger brother Charles, who was tortured and killed in Mississippi in 1964.
(David Ridgen/CBC)
During the filming process, the CBC's David Ridgen and the brother of one of the victims discovered that one of the two prime suspects — a known member of the Ku Klux Klan initially reported as dead — was still alive.
James Ford Seale of Roxie, Miss., was taken into custody by U.S. marshals on Wednesday afternoon, facing charges in the kidnapping and slaying of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee.
The 71-year-old was being held in the Madison County jail pending an arraignment hearing expected for Thursday.
Moore's brother, Thomas Moore, said the arrest came as the first sign of closure in the case after so many years of justice being denied. He made seven trips to Mississippi with Ridgen during the production of the documentary...
