1964 Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Former Ku Klux Klan organizer and convicted murderer Edgar Ray Killen dies in prison at the age of 92. [https:--www.nytimes.com-2018-01-12-obituaries-edgar-ray-killen-convicted-in-64-killings-of-rights-worker-dies-at-92.html "(The New York Times)"]