James Earl Ray

Crime : None | Arrest March 1955 (For robbery) | Crime : None | Trial dates 21 April 1959 (Sentenced to 20 years) | Social : None | Deinstitutionalized - prison, hospital 23 April 1967 (Escaped from prison) | Crime : None | Trial dates 1968 (Pled guilty to killing of MLK Jr.) | Crime : None | 01 AM in Memphis, TN (Assassinated MLK Jr.) | Crime : None | 00 midnight in London, England (Robbery and murder) | Relationship : None | Meet a significant person 27 March 1997 (Dexter King, MLK Jr.'s son) | : None | Death by Disease 23 April 1998 (Kidney and liver failure, age 70) | Traits : Personality | Bigot (Racist) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Liver/Pancreas/Spleen (Failure, terminal) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Kidney (Failure, terminal) | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Cosmetic surgery (To correct large nose) | Family : Childhood | Abuse - Neglect (Mom alcoholic, removed from house) | Family : Childhood | Disadvantaged (Extremely poor) | Family : Childhood | Family large (Nine) | Family : Childhood | Parent, Single or Step (Dad abandoned family) | Family : Childhood | Sibling circumstances (Very close to two brothers) | Family : Relationship | Married late/never (Never) | Family : Parenting | Kids none | Lifestyle : Home | Many moves (Nomadic) | Passions : None | Homicide single (Assassinated MLK Jr.) | Passions : None | Prison sentence (For robberies and murder) | Passions : None | Thief/ Financial crime (Robbery) | Personal : Death | Illness/ Disease (Kidney/liver failure) | Vocation : Military | Military service (U.S. Army) | Vocation : Misc. | Cleaning service (Dishwasher) | Notable : Famous | Criminal cases (Assassin of Martin Luther King) | Notable : Book Collection | American Book