Failure to solve Ku Klux Klan-linked murder prompts anger, 47 years on

Relatives of an African-American shopkeeper burnt to death in 1964 – apparently by the Ku Klux Klan – are demanding to know why there has been no progress in solving the case after a grand jury hearing was brought to a close this week having failed to reach any conclusions.

The expiry of the grand jury looking into the civil rights era murder of Frank Morris in the small town of Ferriday, Louisiana, has prompted expressions of anger and frustration from those involved in the case.

Almost a half-century after Morris, 51, was set alight in a petrol bomb attack on his shop, legal experts and the victim's family are incensed that no charges have been pressed – despite the fact that a suspect in the killing has been identified still living in the region.

The cold case of Frank Morris was one of more than 100 civil rights era murders that have been reopened by a specialist unit within the US department of justice working with the FBI. Morris's case was reopened in 2007.   Read Here