Associated Press - August 3, 2009 10:04 AM ET

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Retired FBI agent Jim Ingram, who investigated many Ku Klux Klan killings and violent acts that took place across Mississippi in the 1960s, died Sunday after a lengthy bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 77.

Ingram's son, Jim, confirmed his father's death. He said funeral arrangements were incomplete Monday.

Ingram worked on many high-profile cases including the June 21, 1964, killings of James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman.

He also assisted in the investigation of the 1963 assassination of President John Kennedy and the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1982, he retired from the FBI. From 1992 to 2000, he served as Mississippi's public safety commissioner and on the state Ethics Board.

Information from: The Clarion-Ledger, http://www.clarionledger.com

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