Guilty verdicts in teens’ 1964 deaths
- Share via
From Times Wire Reports
A federal jury in Jackson convicted reputed Klansman James Ford Seale of kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 deaths of two black teenagers.
Seale, 71, had pleaded not guilty to charges related to the deaths of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee. After the 19-year-olds disappeared from Franklin County on May 2, 1964, their bodies were found in the Mississippi River.
Federal prosecutors indicted Seale in January almost 43 years after the slayings.
More to Read
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.