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Vast Memphis chase outlines key moments in King slaying
A detailed reconstruction traces the Memphis shooting of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from the rooming house hideout to the Lorraine Motel balcony, detailing a possible suspect known as John Willard, a white Mustang sighting, and a complex web of eyewitness reports and police radio chatter. The piece portrays the shifting theories of a conspiracy and the hunt for a lone gunman through street scenes and timing, including the flight route toward Arkansas and Mississippi.
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Huie
Dr. King
Tennessee
Ray
Martin Luther King
Bernard Gavzer
AP Newsfeatures
New York
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Warren
Mike Berger
James Earl Ray
John Willard
Eric Starvoalt
Paul Bridgman
Ramon George
Mexico
Toronto
Lisbon
London
Clyde Barrow
al Ca
FBI
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Quincy
Heathrow Airport
Heose
South Main Street
Memphis
Main
Peabody Hotel
Goldsmith's
Lowenstein’s
South Main
Bessie Brewer
Mulberry Street
Lorraine Motel
Negro Lorraine Hotel
Andrew Young
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
James Bevel
Jesse L. Jackson
Joseph Louw
Public Broadcast Laboratory
Television Enterprise
Detroit
Mason Temple
Loyd Jowers
Jim
David Wood
the Lorraine
Atlanta
Lorraine
The
Charles Stephens
Willie Anschutz
Stephens
Lebraine Motel
Charles Hurley
Seaboard
U. S. Main St
King
Occu
Samuel Kyles
Kyles
Solomon Jones Jr
Ben Branch
Lord
Solomon Jones
Guy C. Cani
T Canipe Amusement Co
Bernell Finley
Julius Graham
Canipe
N. E. Zachary
Zachary
Loyd Towers
Frank C. Holloman
St. Joseph Hospital
Danny Thomas Blvd
U.S. 51
Jowers
Hurley
State Line
West Memphis
Ark
Main St
Vance
Beale St
Beale
Front St
Arkansas Riverside Dr
Riverside
Memphis-Arkansas Bridge
Watkins and
Chelsea Ave
S. Main St
Central Station
Kentucky Ave
Riverside Drive
U.S. 61
Mississippi
Arkansas
Summer Ave
Highland Ave
Highland
FCC
R. W. Bradshaw
Car 36
Macon Road
Car 160
Jackson
Austin Peay
Millington
Naval Base
Geiff's Department
Federal Communications Commission
Field Engineering Bureau
Justice Department
Montgomery
Ala