James Earl Ray former hotel room

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James Earl Ray took room 34 on April 3, 1968 here at what was the Vic DuPratt's New Rebel Motel. The next day he would kill Martin Luther King Jr.

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James Earl Ray

James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998) was an American criminal convicted of the assassination of civil rights and anti-war activist Martin Luther King, Jr.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Earl Ray
Page 137 - Sides, Hampton, 2010, Hellhound on his Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History: First Anchor Books, New York, 483p.

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