solve, unless the killer makes his own mistakes. not only did that rifle have ray s fingerprint on it and no one else s, this empty shell casing was in the gun. one shot had been fired. ray s fingerprint was also found on the binoculars he bought, on these beer cans in the same bundle. even that day s newspaper which told readers where king was staying. this was a radio that he had when he was in the penitentiary. this, too, was left in the doorway beneath the boardinghouse. his prison number, i believe, is scratched on here. ray s hair would link him to the bedspread. then there was this in the bundle. so this laundry tag from his shorts yes. was traced back to him? exactly, exactly. james earl ray would eventually admit almost everything, except killing king. his brother, jerry ray. he don t deny that he didn t rent the room.
plea except me. for years, a number of dr. king s closest aides and friends had voiced doubts about the case both then i think the government rushed to judgment. i ve always felt that james earl ray didn t act alone. and now. i don t think james earl ray acted. you don t think he pulled the trigger? i don t think he was anywhere near. william pepper first met james earl ray in 1978 when he went to visit him in prison. pepper came away from that meeting certain of one thing. it was pretty clear that he was not the shooter. had there not been a guilty plea, there might have been two huge holes in the prosecutor s case. first, ballistics experts could not match this bullet, which killed dr. king, with the rifle ray bought. the bullet was badly mangled upon impact and the markings made by the rifle barrel when
murders committed by complete strangers are incredibly hard to solve, unless the killer makes his own mistakes. not only did that rifle have ray s fingerprint on it and no one else s, this empty shell casing was in the gun. one shot had been fired. ray s fingerprint was also found on the binoculars he bought, on these beer cans in the same bundle. even that day s newspaper which told readers where king was staying. this was a radio that he had when he was in the penitentiary. this, too, was left in the doorway beneath the boardinghouse. his prison number, i believe, is scratched on here. ray s hair would link him to the bedspread. and then there was this in the bundle. so this laundry tag from his shorts yes. was traced back to him? exactly, exactly. james earl ray would eventually admit almost everything, except killing king.
in the 25 years i spent on the police department, that was the only occasion i can remember where we had a sniper. murders committed by complete strangers are incredibly hard to solve, unless the killer makes his own mistakes. not only did that rifle have ray s fingerprint on it and no one else s, this empty shell casing was in the gun. one shot had been fired. ray s fingerprint was also found on the binoculars he bought, on these beer cans in the same bundle. even that day s newspaper which told readers where king was staying. this was a radio that he had when he was in the penitentiary. this, too, was left in the doorway beneath the boardinghouse. his prison number, i believe, is scratched on here. ray s hair would link him to the bedspread. then there was this in the bundle. so this laundry tag from his shorts yes. was traced back to him? exactly, exactly. james earl ray would
hughes. main street was not cordoned off for probably two minutes. the first instinct had been to cordon off the lorraine hotel. most shootings involve arguments at close range, so police raced toward the victim, and precious time was lost. in the 25 years i spent on the police department, that was the only occasion i can remember where we had a sniper. murders committed by complete strangers are incredibly hard to solve, unless the killer makes his own mistakes. not only did that rifle have ray s fingerprint on it and no one else s, this empty shell casing was in the gun. one shot had been fired. ray s fingerprint was also found on the binoculars he bought, on these beer cans in the same bundle. even that day s newspaper which told readers where king was staying. this was a radio that he had when he was in the penitentiary.