johnny knowles then stated he had a number of good klan in the police and sheriff's departments.ar, at this point unsure who to trust. kind of sets the tone for the climate that was here, you know, back, you know, you're talking about a little bit around a year from the time from this writing till the time that timothy coggins' body was found. >> as we went out in the community and began to really shake the bushes, things started to come together on the case. >> reporter: many of the witnesses pointed investigators to two men, frankie again hart and bill moore senior. >> coming up through the '70s and '80s, both of them had pretty good reputations of being pretty rough people. >> reporter: witnesses like willard sanders said said said d admitted his role. >> he said i hear you found that body. i said yeah, we found it. he said well, me and bill put him there. bill stabbed him and i tied the chain to him and drug him over to the power line. and i did report him, after he told him he and bill put him there, that's why i wonder why they're making such a big to-do about it now. if th

johnny knowles then stated that we could be given the oath.982. 15 minutes after midnight, myself and deputy [ bleep ] are sworn into the national order of the knights of the ku klux klan by johnny knowles. johnny knowles then stated that he had a number of good klan in the police and sheriff's departments. a star. at this point unsure of who to trust. will try and find out who in the department is klan. he kind of sets the tone for the climate that was here, you know, back -- you know, you're talking just a little bit around a year from the time that this was writing until the time that timothy coggins' body was found. and i think that back then racism and white supremacy were almost accepted as norms in some places in the south. >> i was born a segregationist! i live a segregationist! and i'm gonna die a segregationist! >> my klan movement is on the rise back to power, and all the evils that's going on in the world is makes it easy for you to join us. >> in 1983, i worked for the spalding county sheriff department. and tim and i, we had alwa