MEMPHIS, Tennessee (CNN)-- "He don't have no fear or nothing." That's the way James Earl Ray was described by his accomplice in an armed robbery, telling the story afterward to his brother ...

James Earl Ray, who entered a guilty plea in March, 1969, in the killing of Martin Luther King, says he spends much of his ...

In the following years, I heard about inconsistencies in the state’s case and rumors of a conspiracy in which James Earl Ray was framed for Dr. King’s murder. Then in 1977 to 1978, following a ...

Ray’s claim that he was innocent and the lack of witnesses of the moment the murder weapon was fired have also bolstered belief in this theory. Who killed Martin Luther King Jr.? Was James Earl ...

James Earl Ray confessed to the crime in 1969 but later claimed he was set up. Many, including King's family, suspect a larger conspiracy involving other individuals or organizations. Ray was a ...

From Memphis, TN, television news broadcasts and a morning newspaper -- the Commercial Appeal, James Earl Ray discovers that Martin Luther King is staying at the Lorraine Motel, room 306.

On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King while he was standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, TN. The ensuing manhunt would last more than two months and span five ...

More than fifty years ago, James Earl Ray, after driving his white Ford Mustang from Atlanta, checked into the New Rebel Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Days before the trip, Ray had purchased a ...