James Earl Ray

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assassin criminal human

James Earl Ray was an American criminal best known for assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

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Label Occurrences
James Earl Ray canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassin ⓘ
criminal ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eric S. Galt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ramon George Sneyd NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath hepatitis C ⓘ
liver failure ⓘ
convictedOf assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
murder ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
criminalCharge burglary ⓘ
murder ⓘ
robbery ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-03-10 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 1969-03-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-04-23 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1967-04-23 ⓘ
1968-04-04 ⓘ
1968-06-08 ⓘ
ethnicGroup White American ⓘ
extraditedTo United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
handedDownBy Tennessee state court NERFINISHED ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
movement segregationism ⓘ
notableEvent capture at Heathrow Airport in London ⓘ
notableFor assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
occupation criminal ⓘ
participantIn escape from Missouri State Penitentiary in 1967 ⓘ
perpetratorOf assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
placeOfBirth Alton, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDetention Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Missouri State Penitentiary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfEvent Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
pleadedGuiltyTo murder of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence St. Louis, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
sentence 99 years in prison ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Frank Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerry Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Ray NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedWeapon Remington Model 760 Gamemaster rifle NERFINISHED ⓘ
victimOfCrime Martin Luther King Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ

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James Earl Ray fired the shot that killed Martin Luther King Jr. → fullName → James Earl Ray ⓘ
subject surface form: James Earl Ray
United States Department of Justice investigations into the King assassination → focusesOnPerson → James Earl Ray ⓘ
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. → perpetrator → James Earl Ray ⓘ