Klansman Convicted For 1964 Murder Dies

The Clarion Ledger reports, KKK member responsible for the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi has died. He was serving a 60-year-sentence for manslaughter. Edgar Ray Killen was 92. He was suffering from congestive heart failure and hypertension. A tree-cutter and small-time preacher, the New York Times reports that Killen was a founding member and main recruiter for the KKK in the Philadelphia area of Mississippi in 1964.