Cartha D. "Deke" DeLoach, who was the third-ranking official at the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover, died March 13 at a hospital in Hilton Head Island, S.C. He was 92.
DeLoach spent 28 years at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was the last surviving member of Hoover's inner circle.DeLoach led high-profile crime investigations, including the manhunt that led to the capture of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassin.DeLoach retired from the bureau in 1970, on his 50th birthday.Have more to add? News tip? Tell us
