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At 6:01 pm on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by a single bullet fired from an elevated and concealed position. Unanswered questions surround the circumstances of his demise, and many still wonder whether justice was served. After all, only one man, an escaped convict from Missouri named James Earl Ray, was punished for the crime. On the surface, Ray did not fit the caricature of a hangdog racist thirsty for blood. Media coverage has often portrayed him as hapless and apolitical, someone who must have been paid by clandestine forces. It's a narrative that Ray himself put in motion upon his June 1968 arrest in London, then continued from jail until his death in 1998. In 1999, Dr.
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The intersection of journalism and history is my happy place. I'm an honest broker on the subject of conspiracy and political intrigue. Using dusty case files and rigorous reporting, I pursue true crime mysteries with historical significance. Currently, I'm a professional-in-residence at California State University, Chico. I teach journalism and write long-form narrative nonfiction. For 12 years, I taught narrative journalism and media law as a senior lecturer at Georgia College. I graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in history and the Missouri School of Journalism with a master's in journalism. In 2009, I was named a finalist for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists.
