15 years ago james byrd jr. was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death by three white men. people who live in this area, black and white, say racial tension is always just beneath the surface and that things aren't always as they appear. which is why some alfred's watch and items of clothing turned up on a ranch near the liquor store where he was last seen, his family raced there to try to find him. his wife was the first to spot a piece of blue cloth, the same color as the medical scrubs alfred was wearing the last time she saw him. >> it was a perfectly rectangular piece of fabric hanging from the barbed wire fence, and it was as if it was just cut perfectly. >> reporter: did it look like it had been put there, that it had been ripped off there? what did it look like to you? >> it definitely didn't look like it had been ripped off. >> reporter: for more than three days, sheriff's deputies searched the property where the belongings were discovered. the family lawyer, ryan mcleod,