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Apr 24, 1998 · James Earl Ray died yesterday at Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital in Nashville while serving a 99-year sentence for the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To the end of his ...
Jan 17, 2017 · Somehow, Ray managed to escape from prison on two different occasions. His first prison break happened in 1967, when he escaped the Missouri State Penitentiary on a bread truck before fleeing to Canada. On June 11, 1977, while housed at the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, TN, Ray and five other inmates escaped. Ray, was found by ...
Mar 30, 2019 · The iconic race fee - $1.60 and a number plate - handed to race director Gary Cantrell. Two-and-a-half days after scaling a 12ft barbed wire-topped wall to flee jail, James Earl Ray - was tracked ...
Jun 13, 1977 · PETROS, Tenn., Monday, June 13 —James Earl Ray was captured early this morning, 54 hours after he and six other inmates had fled from the maximumsecurity prison here. Mr. Ray was returned to the ...
Apr 23, 1998 · Here is a list of key dates in the life of James Earl Ray as compiled by The Tennessean: March 10, 1928: James Earl Ray is born in Alton, Ill. ... Prison officials reject Ray's request to be ...
Jun 5, 1981 · James Earl Ray, serving a 99-year prison term for assassinating the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was stabbed 22 times today but was expected to recover, the authorities said. Three black ...
Apr 9, 2018 · James Earl Ray, right, is escorted by Brushy Mountain State Prison Warden Stonney Lane following Ray's capture in the rugged country near Petros, Tenn., on June 13, 1977.
