Although i have had this one on the go for almost two weeks, there have been breaks in my reading during that time. A modern forensic science look at jfks murder cbc news. Largely in response to the film, congress passed the jfk act, or president john f. Echo correlation analysis and the acoustic evidence in the. The fbi conducted spectrographic tests but then suppressed them. There is evidence that essentially every element from the bethesda autopsy was fakedcorruptedlost many point to extensive evidence that jfks corpse was extremely worked over before it even got to the autopsy table or xray machines. The committee is unable to identify the other gunman or the extent of the conspiracy. In 1978 the house select committee on assassinations hsca concluded that there was probably a conspiracy to kill president kennedy 1. Summary of findings and recommendations findings in the assassination of president kennedy findings in the assassination of reverend king recommendations of the select committee on assassinations i. Even today, the zapruder film is seen as evidence in countless conspiracy theories about who shot the president. Unfortunately the part of his book cause of death dealing with the assassination is awash in mistakes and inaccuracies. A recording of radio communications to and from air force one on november 22,1963, discovered in 2011, is among the most important new pieces of jfk evidence to emerge in recent years, the tape, an edited excerpt from a longer recording, captures some of the communications of the leaders of u. Ill be doing a 2 hour workshop on the forensic facts in the jfk assassination.
Inside the target car, was to explore the theories and determine where the shots most likely came from using modern forensic. Bullet evidence challenges findings in jfk assassination date. Its been over forty years since the assassination of president john f. On october 26, the national archives made public more than 2,800 files relating to the 1963 assassination of president john f. Bullets relating to the killing are being digitized, so anyone can check out the small items that altered the free world forever. Kennedy assassination records collection act of 1992. Wexler had read online about spiegelmans recent work on a national research council committee that helped the fbi assess its compositional analysis of bullet lead cabl procedure used as forensic. Nova program highlights forensics investigation of. Jfks throat wound will be explored in greater detail later. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in an open motorcade by a sniper in dallas, texas on 22 november 1963. In 1992, a beaumont, texas fbi agent, zack shelton, informed truth, truth, truth inc.
Its a prestigious event attended by hundreds of prominent forensic scientists and tech wizards from around the world, so its really humbling to be recognized for my dig into the jfk murder. Jfk the junk science behind pbss recent foray into the crime of the century written by gary aguilar. The assassination of president john fitzgerald kennedy jfk traumatized the nation. The jfk hit was a huge plot, not a minor conspiracy. And houston criminal attorney don ervin that there was a man in prison that he believed to have knowledge of the assassination of john f. The theme of this years conference is from evidence to verdict. Files will shed light on a jfk shooting conspiracy but. Kennedy, the 35th president of the united states, including the famous zapruder film taken in dallas on november 22, 1963. What better forensic science can reveal about the jfk. The official congressional investigation found that oswalds first shot had missed, the second had hit kennedy and the. Ballistics jfk assassination the windshield throat shot. Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. A new study of the evidence says thats very unlikely.
Video evidence showing ballistics tests which prove the windshield shot was possible and how it fits the known facts of the assassination sequence. Unfortunately the part of his book cause of death dealing with. Evidence from the jfk assassination case 15 images president and governor shot in motorcade according to the official investigation, oswald acted alone, firing three bullets from a. Ever wanted to handle evidence, such as the actual bullets, from the jfk assassination. That journey continues even today and we call it the kennedy legacy. Mike davis has published two books in 2018 on the jfk assassination, this one and the jfk assassination witness index, which i find to be a very useful reference to accompany this evidence handbook. The film was used as evidence in the case against lee harvey oswald, who shot kennedy from a sixthfloor window at the texas school book depository. The committee believes, on the basis of the evidence available to it, that president john f. This course will explore the presidency, assassination, and lasting legacy of president john f.
Applying actual science to forensic investigations can yield substantially different results from the findings of standard methods in the field. In the report below regarding new interpretations of forensic evidence relating to the assassination of robert kennedy we stated that he was hit. In 1993 sherry gutierrez, a certified senior crime scene investigator and court recognized expert begin to apply her professional expertise to the kennedy assassination. Yet these fascinating facts have been suppressed by the government, and many who write about the medical evidence seem unaware of them. Assassination archives and research center leads the fight in federal court for full jfk disclosure. What physics reveals about the jfk assassination history. Forensic factsdefinitive of an entrance woundseem to apply to the wound in kennedys throat.
However, correspondence to the journal indicates many physicians are still sympathetic to a key proconspiracy tenet regarding the kennedy assassination. Kennedy entered the presidential limousine at love field in dallas, texas on november 22, 1963, he began his ride into history. The forensic panel of the hsca, of which rose was a member. Case still open skepticism and the assassination of jfk by arthur and margaret snyder. The expert the conspiracy books are always quoting is cyril wecht, forensic pathologist and longtime advocate of a conspiracy. In the first few seconds of cold case jfk, an episode of pbss nova that premieres on november, viewers see footage of the infamous assassination of john f. Findings of the select committee on assassinations in the assassination of president john f. Files will shed light on a jfk shooting conspiracy but not the one you think the national archives are releasing tens of thousands of documents linked to kennedys assassination expect.
Csi effect forensics jfk assassination lee harvey oswald national. The presidents commission on the assassination of president john f kennedy, more widely known as the w a r r e n commission, concluded that no more and no less than. On november 22, 1963, president john fitzgerald kennedy was assassinated while riding in the back of a limousine through dealey plaza in dallas, texas. New research finds flaws in the evidence used to implicate lone gunman lee harvey oswald in the 1963 assassination of president john f. Ballistics experts luke and mike haag apply 3d laser and. Using modern ballistics to crack cold case jfk if the jfk assassination happened today, would we have the tools to crack the case.
Tech puts jfk conspiracy theories to rest technology. United states house select committee on assassinations. As a result, controversies surrounding the assassination have increasing looked to the forensic community for analysis of this confusing and hotly debated homicide. Jfk assassination retracing oswalds route that tragic day escaping the mouse etm238 duration. Physical evidence of conspiracy assassination research. The official congressional investigation found that oswalds first shot had missed. One of the forensic issues surrounding the kennedy assas sination is the validity of acoustic evidence for a gunshot emanating from the socalled grassy knoll 1. What new forensic science reveals about jfk assassination. Yet somehow the jfk assassination became a forensic nightmare, plagued by a controversial autopsy and, incredibly, a prime suspect murdered on live television while in.
Besides rifle markings, ballistics evidence can be subjected to spectroscopic or neutron activation analysis, to try to determine whether fragments came from the same bullet. Bullets from jfk assassination being digitized for. The second and third shots he fired struck the president. Could a single bullet really hit the president and texas governor connally and remain intact. Forensic facts in the jfk assassination dying words. Forensic pathologist examines evidence of jfk assassination. Audio evidence found there had been another shooter who had fired once. Many people think lee harvey oswald had help shooting president kennedy. Don olson and ralph turner, in an article published in the journal of forensic sciences, note that kennedys reaction to being shot becomes noticeable at about z200, just as the hsca photographic evidence panel concluded olson and turner, photographic evidence and the assassination of president john f. The shows focus on ballistics served to exclude the context of jfk s assassination. A new study suggests the grassy knoll jfk assassination theory is bogus.
Scientific evidence negates some specific conspiracy allegations. The findings of forensic pathologists that the shots that hit. Kennedys 1963 assassination were combined with modern forensic techniques, what would we learn about the bullet and the possibility of a. Wecht is a competent forensic pathologist where the kennedy assassination is not involved. When the warren commission issued its report on the assassination in 1964, it concluded that oswald had shot the president from behind. The hsca completed its investigation in 1978 and issued its final report the following year, concluding that kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. The acoustic evidence in the kennedy assassination michael odell. New evidence challenges official picture of kennedy.
Chemical and forensic analysis of jfk assassination bullet lots arxiv. Drawn from the commissions own collection of hearings and exhibits, plus thousands of pages of unindexed documents, this evidence decisively refutes the warren commissions theory of oswald as lone assassin. The hard evidence in this case turns out to be rather spongy. Wikimedia commons has media related to assassination of john f. Bullet evidence challenges findings in jfk assassination. Kennedy, but rumors still abound that a conspiracy was behind it. Groden is acknowledged as the worlds foremost authority on the photographic evidence relating to jfks assassination. What the panel found 40 years after the event contradicted the fbis analysis of the evidence at the time, and caused the bureau to stop using the technique altogether. The united states house of representatives select committee on assassinations hsca was established in 1976 to investigate the assassinations of john f. Applying actual science to forensic investigations can yield. The pbs nova show, cold case jfk, which aired wednesday night, had a very limited agenda.
The public will be able to do so early next year, though not in person. Jfk facts editorjefferson morley will personally answer your jfk questions. Lee harvey oswald fired three shots at president john f. The jfk assassination evidence handbook brings to light a wealth of evidence that the warren commission swept under the rug when it produced the warren report in 1964. This conclusion was primarily based on acoustic evidence contained in dallas police department radio recordings. In this paper we show that evidence used to rule out a second assassin is. That procedure, called comparative bullet lead analysis, was first used in the investigation into the assassination of president john f. What better forensic science can reveal about the jfk assassination.
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