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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Loyd_JowersLoyd Jowers - Wikipedia

    Union City, Tennessee, U.S. Occupation. Restaurateur. Known for. Alleged conspirator in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Loyd Jowers (November 20, 1926 [1] – May 20, 2000) was an American restaurateur and the owner of Jim's Grill, a restaurant near the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where Martin Luther King Jr. was ...

  2. allthatsinteresting.com › loyd-jowersLoyd Jowers And The Mystery Of The Alleged MLK Assassination ...

    Dec 10, 2022 · Published December 10, 2022. Updated June 7, 2023. In 1993, Loyd Jowers confessed that he had paid someone to kill Martin Luther King Jr. as part of a high-level conspiracy involving government agencies and that James Earl Ray had been framed.

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  3. www.justice.gov › crt › jowers-allegationsCivil Rights Division | Jowers' Allegations

    Aug 1, 2023 · Jowers' Allegations. A. Introduction. For several years beginning in the late 1960s, Loyd Jowers owned and operated Jim's Grill, a tavern located below the rooming house on South Main Street where James Earl Ray rented a room on the day of the assassination. In the late 1940s, Jowers was briefly a Memphis police officer.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Loyd_Jowers_trialLoyd Jowers trial - Wikipedia

    Jury verdict. The Loyd Jowers trial, officially the King family vs. Loyd Jowers and other unknown co-conspirators, was an American wrongful death civil suit brought by the family of Martin Luther King Jr. against Loyd Jowers, following his claims of a conspiracy in the assassination of the civil rights leader in 1968.

    • December 8, 1999
    • King family awarded $100 ($175.67 today) they had requested in damages
    • November 15, 1999

  6. www.nytimes.com › 2000/05/23 › usLoyd Jowers, 73, Who Claimed A Role in the Killing of Dr. King

    May 23, 2000 · Loyd Jowers, the former Memphis cafe owner who maintained that he had hired someone other than James Earl Ray to assassinate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died on Saturday at a hospital...

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  8. www.justice.gov › crt › overview-investigationCivil Rights Division | Overview of Investigation Of ...

    Aug 8, 2023 · These allegations emanate from Loyd Jowers, a former Memphis tavern owner, and Donald Wilson, a former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In 1993, 25 years after the murder, Jowers claimed that he participated in a conspiracy to kill Dr. King, along with an alleged Mafia figure, Memphis police officers, and a man named Raoul.

  9. www.justice.gov › crt › vii-king-v-jowers-conspiracyCivil Rights Division | Vii. King V. Jowers Conspiracy ...

    Aug 6, 2015 · Jowers, and after conducting a year and a half of original investigation, we have concluded that the allegations originating with Loyd Jowers and Donald Wilson are not credible. We found no reliable evidence to support Jowers' allegations that he conspired with others to shoot Dr. King from behind Jim's Grill.

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