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Man, hung him in a tree. Who would do something this hideous . In my vision, a brownskinned man in a gray casket, i couldnt tell who he was. And thats when i began to call all my children. When i think about the hurt my mom went through, i cant talk about it. The mobile Police Department just didnt want to believe that mobile would still have klan in it. But they did. The fact that klansmen lived across the street from where this happened, it was something that the Police Officers found more to be a coincidence. Michael donald was an innocent, good samaritan, not a thug. The likely suspects we...

man, hung him in a tree. who would do something this hideous? >> in my vision, a brown-skinned man in a gray casket, i couldn't tell who he was. and that's when i began to call all my children. >> when i think about the hurt my mom went through, i can't talk about it. >> the mobile police department just didn't want to believe that mobile would still have klan in it. but they did. >> the fact that klansmen lived across the street from where this happened, it was something that the police officers found more to be a coincidence. >> michael donald was an innocent, good samaritan, not a...

>> january of 1983, the head of the fbi office came up to me and laid a paper file on my desk, and he said, jim, take this case. the justice department, they will not allow us to close the case. and i asked him, i said, sir, what do you think i'm going to do with it? i understand everybody in town's been interviewed three times. he said, you take this case and you work it. and he used, i think, maybe even a little stronger terminology, but i sure got the message. so, okay, january of 1983, i get the case. they supposedly kept saying it was a drug case gone bad. it was not a racial case. it was...

>> we worked with the fbi, and the local people, too, to investigate it, and it was difficult to move forward. we just were not making much progress. jim bodman was appointed by the fbi to get to the bottom of this case. >> january of 1983, the head of the fbi office came up to me and laid a paper file on my desk. and he said, "jim, take this case." the justice department, they want to allow us to close a case. and i asked him, i said, "sir, what do you think i'm gonna do with it? i understand everybody's been interviewed three times." he said, "you take this case and you work it." and he used...

I mean, the part of you that's investigating needs it, but the daughter of you -- in you must be -- >> i was -- >> -- just terrified that you're gonna be -- >> well, getting -- knowing that, okay, they're gonna exhume her means they're looking at her case. she's not just a paper file anymore. so they're going to look further. >> reporter: brittany prepared herself to face whatever secrets had been buried with her mother. coming up -- a 30-year old cold case turns red-hot. >> it was like, i was right. >> reporter: and the spotlight of suspicion lingers on brittany's dad. >> i said, "what happen...