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bluck man was inside. apparently reading the log book by the dome light. He said the men got out of the car and approached the truck with guas drawn and told the driver to get out forced into the car and riding He denied taking oman Britt said in the statement: “The driver was very frightened and pleaded with us not to harm him The driver was sobbing and begging for his life. As we appreached the bridge. (Blank) and Alexander told him that we were going to throw him in the river if he didn’t tell us the truth. I also told the driver that we were going to throw him in the river. They stopped on the bridge and or- dered Fulwards out, slapping him and sow vebout Ther one pointed a gun at Edwards and told him to “hit the water.” Britt said Edwards climbed onto the railing and jumped off. “I re- member that he screamed on the way down to the water,” the statement said. Two fishermen found the remains of Edwards in Lowndes County three months after the inci- dent. The Alabama River had been in flood stage, and the bedy was caught on some low-hanging tree limbs. Ed- wards’ drivers license was still in the clething That night had been his first to drive for Winn-Dixie, he was called in as a substitute for the regular driver, also black, who made the rus to Sylacauga In 1976, Alexander, Britt. Sonny Kyle Livingston and J.D. York were indicted on murder charges by Bax- ley, but a state judge said the indict- ment did not cite a cause of death, and dismissed them. It was then that the FBI told Bax- ley that Alexander had worked for the agency and asked for considera- tion,