1. LNERGO HAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED ACCUSED ASSASSIN AS JAMES EARL RAY, BORN 10 MARCH 1928 IN ILLINOIS

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• Publication Date: April 19, 1968

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� BROWN HAIR. SMALL SCAR ON CENTER OF FOREHEAD AND SCAR ON
PALM OF RIGHT HAND. IN ADDITION TO ALIASES CITED REF HAS ALSO
USED NAMES JAMES Mc BRIDE, JAMES WALTON, W. C. HERRON, AND
JAMES 01CONNDR. SERVED IN U.S. ARMY FROM FEBRUARY 1946 TO
DECEMBER 1948; DISCHARGED AS INEPT AND UNABLE TO ADJUST.
ONCE CONFINED TO MENTAL HOSPITAL. HAS BEEN EMPLOYED AS
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BAKER, LABORER, AND "COLOR a/�, . A DRIFTER WITH LONG
CRIMINAL RECORD FOR BURGLARY, ARMED ROBBERY, AND FORGERY.
HAS BEEN MISSING FROM MISSOURI STATE PENITENTIARY SINCE 23 APRIL
1967. CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. CURRENT
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