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Ghost of Frank J. Robinson: An investigation update

A mysterious shotgun death in East Texas of a civil rights leaders with puzzling clues that point towards a cover-up: This sounds like a premise for a John Grisham thriller. But this isn’t fiction.

It’s the subject of an investigation by Texas Public Radio’s David Martin Davies into the 1976 death of Frank J. Robinson.

Davies produced a limited series podcast about the case titled “The Ghost of Frank J. Robinson.”

There are twists, turns and new evidence that are leading to calls to reopen the investigation.

David Martin Davies can be reached at dmdavies@tpr.org and on Twitter at @DavidMartinDavi