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john wilkes booth says he got away with it, killing himself 40 years after he killed the president. now booth's descendants want to exhume the body of his brother. they hope by digging up edwin booth's grave they will unearth the truth, comparing edwin's dna to the dna of the body now buried in john wilkes' grave in baltimore. to explain it all. brad meltzer is here, hosts the history channel's "brad meltzer decoded" which just aired an episode on john wilkes booth and joining us from rhode island is a descendant of edwin booth, lois trebisacci. she appeared on the program learning how she first learned of her blood line from her mother. >> without skipping a beat she said you're going to be learning this in school. they are going to say that he died in the barn. he did not die in the barn.