</s>ME 44-1987 POWELL, ROBERT LYNN 63, 65 PRUETT, RAY 63, 74, 75 PRUETH, RAV PSYCHOLOGIST 16 RADIO, CHANNEL MASTER 15 RADIÓ, EARL E. 45 RAY, JAMES EARL 8, 13, 29, 30, 33, 39, 35, 36, 37, 38, RAY, JULY 32, 39. 35, 32, 37. 38, RAY, JOHN LARRY 42, 50, 88 RAY, LUCILLE MARY 40, RAY, JOIN LARRY 40, 87 RAYNES, JERRY 40 RENFRO, RALPH 60 RHODESIA 20 RICHARDSON, JAMES EDWARD 64, 71 RIFE, VERNON ELMO 77 RIFE. WALTER TERRY 77 RIFFE, REMINGTON GAME MASTER 30, 34, 36 RIGGER, DONALD DEAN RIGGER, ORLAN EUGENE 64 65 ROSSELL, ORLAN EUGENE 65 RUSSELL , GEORGE WILLIAM 65 RUSSSEL, JAMS R. 65 RYAN, FRANK DELANO 43 43 RYAN , FRANK DELANO 101 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary: The documents detail an FBI investigation into James Earl Ray, a suspect in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., focusing on his activities in Memphis, Tennessee, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Key elements include Ray’s alleged connections to fraudulent money orders, car thefts, and his flight to London following the assassination. The FBI coordinated with local law enforcement, including in Lenoir, North Carolina, to track individuals linked to Ray, such as Paul Ellison Sanders and Samuel Jerry Sanders, who were investigated for potential ties to criminal activities. References include phone numbers, addresses, and details about a 1968 Chevrolet abandoned in Watauga County, North Carolina. The documents also mention FBI operations involving wiretaps, surveillance, and interviews with informants like postal inspectors and deputy sheriffs.  

Key People: James Earl Ray (suspect), Paul Ellison Sanders, Samuel Jerry Sanders, Robert Franklin Nelson (brother of Sanders), Deputy Sheriff Leonard Andrews, Postal Inspector Curtis L. Woodard, Mr. Ben Leazer (Southern Bell Telephone Co.), and others listed in FBI files.  

Key Locations: Memphis, Tennessee; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Lenoir, North Carolina; Watauga County, North Carolina; Toronto, Ontario; Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  

Key Events: FBI investigation into Ray’s movements post-assassination, search for fraudulent money orders and stolen vehicles, interviews with informants in North Carolina, tracking of phone numbers associated with Ray and his associates, and coordination between federal and local law enforcement.  

Key Organizations: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Postal Service, Southern Bell Telephone Company, Lenoir County Police Department, Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office.

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