The case was reopened after the Clarion-Ledger revealed that the killings might have taken place on federal property. The paper also revealed that FBI documents in the case had not been destroyed as agents previously said.
January 13, 2000: Federal authorities reopen investigation into 1964 lynching of Charles Moore and Henry Dee
2003: Ernest Avants convicted in 1966 killing of Ben Chester White
This was the first federal murder trial in connection with a slaying from the civil rights era.