his case began 76 miles away from me on the day of April 4, 1968, At the Lorraine Motel Room 306. (NCRM, unknown). Dr. Martin Luther King was in Memphis, TN waiting to hear if the federal courts would lift the ban on holding a Sanitation Workers march. As he and several friends exited the Lorraine Motel to go out for dinner a shot came forth from across the street at the Legacy building. (NCRM, unknown). At 39 years old Dr. King died from a gunshot room to the head before ambulances arrived to help. (Cavendish, 2008). With friend Ralph Abernathy by his side the second balcony floor served as a memorial for Civil Rights. This boarding house on the opposite side of the street is where James Earl Ray was staying. (Cook, 2003). Known for being
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King. (Biolgraphy.com Editors). He had rented the room in the same boarding house under the alias Eric Starvo Galt. It must be noted that this was a shared bathroom. After shooting Dr. King he fled the premises while leaving a blanket covered package in a white Mustang. (Saferstein, 2014). The mustang was recovered a week later with Ray's fingerprints. The package contained a change of clothes, binoculars, high powered rifle equipment, a scope, a radio, some beer cans, and the receipt f0r the binoculars. His fingerprints were also on the beer cans and rifle, and binoculars. He led police on a manhunt for over 2 months and 5 countries. (Biography.com Editors) July 19 the FBI caught up with him in London and extradited him to the United States where he plead guilty. In the 1990's he set off conspiracy theories claiming the government was behind the assassination. A special congressional committee even admitted that there was a "likelihood" that James Earl did not act alone. (Biolgraphy.com …show more content…
Lone Assassins. History Today [serial online]. November 2003;53(11):25-31. Available from: OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson), Ipswich, MA. Accessed November 18, 2017.
Biography.com Editors. (2017). James Earl Ray Murderer. Retrieved from www.biography.com/people/james-earl-ray-20903161 Saferstein, Richard (2014) Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science, 11th edition Pearson/Prentice Hall; Upper Saddle River, NJ ISBN
King. (Biolgraphy.com Editors). He had rented the room in the same boarding house under the alias Eric Starvo Galt. It must be noted that this was a shared bathroom. After shooting Dr. King he fled the premises while leaving a blanket covered package in a white Mustang. (Saferstein, 2014). The mustang was recovered a week later with Ray's fingerprints. The package contained a change of clothes, binoculars, high powered rifle equipment, a scope, a radio, some beer cans, and the receipt f0r the binoculars. His fingerprints were also on the beer cans and rifle, and binoculars. He led police on a manhunt for over 2 months and 5 countries. (Biography.com Editors) July 19 the FBI caught up with him in London and extradited him to the United States where he plead guilty. In the 1990's he set off conspiracy theories claiming the government was behind the assassination. A special congressional committee even admitted that there was a "likelihood" that James Earl did not act alone. (Biolgraphy.com …show more content…
Lone Assassins. History Today [serial online]. November 2003;53(11):25-31. Available from: OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson), Ipswich, MA. Accessed November 18, 2017.
Biography.com Editors. (2017). James Earl Ray Murderer. Retrieved from www.biography.com/people/james-earl-ray-20903161 Saferstein, Richard (2014) Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science, 11th edition Pearson/Prentice Hall; Upper Saddle River, NJ ISBN