policeman edward redditt got a phone call. >> the voice says, i'm going to kill you. i said, what? we going to kill you. >> superiors removed redditt from his surveillance post. they said, for his safety. >> we were some proud guys then. >> floyd newsom was one of the city's first black firefighters. he was transferred away from the fire station for the day. there's never been a good explanation to this day. >> that made it smell a little bit. that made it smell a lot. >> ray had parked his mustang here below the upstairs rooming house when he moved in. he took along his own green bedspread, this one, which would tie him to the crime scene. again, ray's handwritten account. >> i got my suitcase out of the back of the car. i also put a bed spread in the case as i didn't want to sleep on the one they had there if i had to stay there. >> opposite room 5b, a dirt-streaked bathroom.