LSU Cold Case Project

Learn more about the Civil Rights-era cold cases we've uncovered on our website. https://lsucoldcaseproject.com

In 1964, two 19-year-old boys, Charles Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee were murdered by Klansman Jack Ford Seale and Ernest Parker in Franklin County, Mississippi. Despite the FBI investigating the Klansman, the men were never charged for the murder of the two boys until the case was reopened in 2005, leading to Jack Ford Seale’s conviction 2 years later. The LSU Cold Case Project investigates civil rights era cold cases. Learn more about our mission on our website.

The LSU Cold Case Project investigated the cold case of veteran John Lester Mitchell in Opelousas, Louisiana.

Introducing Liz Ryan, she will act as the Stanley S. Nelson Distinguished Practitioner for Justice Reporting and Communications for the LSU Cold Case Project. She will work alongside Professor Christopher Drew to assist Manship student journalists investigate unsolved Civil Rights-era, Klan-related homicides in Louisiana.