Roy K. Moore
FBI agent
Roy K. Moore (June 11, 1914 – October 12, 2008) was an American FBI agent and former Marine who was best known as the chief agent who investigated the disappearance of civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman. The 1988 film Mississippi Burning, starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, was based on that case. Because of the efforts of Moore and his agents, nineteen men were indicted and seven were convicted. All served fewer than six years in prison.
Biography
Roy Moore was born on June 11, 1914, in Hood River, Oregon, United States. After his high school graduation he joined the United States Marine Corps in 1933, and was assigned to the Marine base in Quantico, VA where the FBI is also located. In 1935 he became the firearms instructor and was teaching the newly hired FBI Special Agents. His interest in the FBI grew as a result of his teaching the new agents. He joined the FBI as a clerk in Richmond, VA office. He latter transferred to the Miami, FL office.
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