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James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was an American fugitive who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After the assassination, Ray fled to London and was captured there.
The fingerprints were traced to an escaped convict named James Earl Ray. [60] Two months after assassinating King, Ray was captured at London's Heathrow Airport while he was trying to depart the United Kingdom for Angola, Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe) or South Africa [61] on a false Canadian passport in the name of Ramon George Sneyd. [62]
The FBI's original tests on the bullet that killed King and the .30-06 hunting rifle were inconclusive. In 1997, tests were run comparing 12 test bullets from the alleged murder rifle, and the bullet that killed MLK. According to an affidavit filed by James Earl Ray's attorneys, unique barrel markings could not be found on the killing bullet. [22]
James Arthur Ray (November 22, 1957 – January 3, 2025) was an American self-help businessman, motivational speaker, author and convicted felon who was found guilty ...
Legendary actor James Earl Jones has died. He was the iconic voice of Darth Vader, starred in hits like "The Lion King" and "Field of Dreams." The star of the screen and stage was 93.
James Earl Jones leaves behind a legacy as a fantastic actor, one who delivered a monologue that is still a rallying cry for baseball fans all over the world 35 years after it first came out ...
The award-winning actor James Earl Jones died Monday at his home in Dutchess County, New York. He was 93. Deadline was the first to report the news, which was confirmed by Jones’ representatives ...
Gerald Posner, an investigative journalist who wrote the 1998 book Killing the Dream, in which he argues that James Earl Ray was the lone killer, said after the verdict: "It distresses me greatly that the legal system was used in such a callous and farcical manner in Memphis. If the King family wanted a rubber stamp of their own view of the ...