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Man implicated in civil rights-era killing of Frank Morris
On Dec. 10, 1964, Frank Morris's shoe repair shop in Ferriday, Louisiana, was torched while he was still inside; he died of fatal burns.The FBI launched two investigations into Morris's death in the 1960s, but the case was never solved. In 2007, newspaper editor Stanley Nelson picked up the case. His reporting led him to suspect Arthur Leonard Spencer, a Richland Parish truck driver and former member of the Ku Klux Klan. Several people say Spencer told them he participated in the arson that killed Morris more than 46 years ago.
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