Did Two Gunmen Target Martin Luther King Jr.? How A Single Slide Of Evidence Solved The Mystery
Martin Luther King Jr. giving his "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963 Wikimedia CommonsOne creative forensic scientist used just a few specks of metal to debunk the myth of the second shooter theory. When the House Select Committee on Assassinations reopened the case of the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1976, some investigators suspected a second shooter may have been involved. Autopsy photos showed specks of metal in King's scalp that seemed to have come from the brass railing in front of him. Because of the angle from which assassin James Earl Ray shot, his bullet could not have hit the railing. Had a second gunman targeted the civil rights leader on April 4, 1968? The committee turned to Chicago microscopist Skip Palenik, whose impressive career has also included work on the cases of the Oklahoma City bombing, JonBenet Ramsey, the Unabomber, and the...