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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 ...
- Restaurateur
- May 20, 2000 (aged 73), Union City, Tennessee, U.S.
- November 20, 1926, Lexington, Tennessee, U.S.
- Alleged conspirator in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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.
- Kaleena Fraga
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
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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...
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.
May 24, 2000 · May 24, 2000 12 AM PT. From a Times Staff Writer. Loyd Jowers, a controversial figure believed by a Memphis jury and the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to have played a role in the...
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.
