Oct 27, 2002 · Within days, police pinpointed Floyd L. Simpson, 41, a taciturn “investigator” for the local Ku Klux Klan, as the likely killer. Racial tensions had been high in the South for more than a...

Aug 14, 2013 · Floyd Simpson, a Ku Klux Klan member, was suspected of committing the murder but was never charged.

Oct 29, 2018 · Floyd Simpson, a Ku Klux Klan member, was picked up on suspicion of the murder after a witness had seen a car like his near the crime scene. Following his arrest, the state compared shells taken from the murder scene and bullets from Moore’s body to rounds that were fired from Simpson’s rifle.

Jan 1, 2015 · Less than an hour later, a passing motorist found his body. He had been shot in the head with a .22-caliber rifle belonging to Floyd Simpson, a white Alabamian. Simpson was arrested but never indicted for Moore’s murder.

Feb 5, 2019 · Described as a middle-aged white man with a gap-toothed grin, coiffed hair and rumpled clothes, Moore came across a white storeowner named Floyd Simpson. A member of the Ku Klux Klan, Simpson questioned Moore in Collbran, Alabama. Moore was happy to explain his views to Simpson.

Apr 11, 2019 · Ballistics tests linked the gun to area store owner Floyd Simpson, who had questioned Moore about his walk earlier. Simpson was charged with murder, but a grand jury declined to indict him and the case was dropped. Simpson died in 1998, and no one was ever prosecuted for the slaying.

Near the town of Attalla, Ala., roughly 300 miles from his destination, he was shot and his body was left by the side of the road. The man suspected of shooting him — twice in the head at close range — was Floyd Simpson, a Ku Klux Klan member. Moore intended to deliver a letter to Mississippi Gov. Barnett. Source: NPR.

Aug 3, 2015 · Just south of Collbran, Ala., a white storeowner named Floyd Simpson questioned him. Moore was happy to explain his views. As Moore was resting by the road in Keener that evening, he was killed by bullets fired at close range from a .22-caliber rifle.

Apr 28, 2024 · SMITH: And here was a confrontation between Floyd Simpson and William Moore. SULLIVAN: Floyd Simpson confronted William Moore in this parking lot. You can hear lots of people talk about it now - at the diner, the town museum, even the local sheriff's office.

Apr 13, 2019 · Ballistics tests linked the gun to area store owner Floyd Simpson, who had questioned Moore about his walk earlier. Simpson was charged with murder, but a grand jury declined to indict him...