The Justice Department has closed its investigation into the 1955 killing of Emmett Till for the second time, CNN reports . His relatives were informed on Monday about the department's decision. Till’s cousin, Rev. Wheeler Parker, expressed his disappointment in the mishandling of Till's case. “Today is a day we will never forget,” the reverend said during a press conference, according to Atlanta Black Star. “For 66 years we have suffered pain for his loss, and I suffered tremendously because of the way that they painted him." The Justice Department initially conducted an investigation into Till's death from 2004 to 2006, according to the Detroit Free Press. The DOJ closed the case in 2007 when a jury failed to indict Till's accuser, Carolyn Bryant Donham, and the statute of limitations had run out . The department reopened the investigation for a second time after uncovering an excerpt from author Timothy Tyson’s book The Blood of Emmett Till , which exposed an alleged confession...
