</s>FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date 4/12/68 1 SADIE MC KAY, 853 Buntyn, Laundry Woman, Rebel Motor Hotel, 3462 Lamar Avenue, Memphis, was contacted at her place of employment and advised that she was not working on April 1, 1968. She said she was working on April 4, on April 3, 1968, She said that she worked on April 1. a list of all cars that have checked out of the hotel from the desk clerk. She does this was when arriving at work at the strip of all charges that she can enter the rooms and strip in the the desk Clerk. She also said this was upon arriving at the room takes the line all the lines off of the beds. In the rooms, she takes in the line to the laundry room where she canenter the rooms takes them all the laundry rooms where she proceeds to remembers knocking on the room off the room and see if she is anyone was still in the room on the could strip the linen from the still in there on so the room could check the voice which sounded like a male who was answered the door and see it if anyone was and said she said was collecting the linen and would come back later. She went on to the other rooms in the hotel and the occupation of Room 34. She added the she could not remember the room. She asked the room to be the same room as she was any specific cars that were parked in front of Room 344 on the property of the car that was parked in the front of room 34 on to any car that were paid that that attention went into Room 34 on April 3. 1968, but SARA LOVINGS, who was any maid of duty that day would have gone into the room to it. She was shown artist's conception drawings drawn at Memphis, and Birmingham, Alabama, and stated at heather of the men in these two drawings looked familiar he heather at Memphis, Tennessee. 139 4/11/68 4/1/68 at Memphis, Tennessee File # ME 44-1987 SA JOHN W. BAUER /bbs 4/71/68 by Date dictated This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the PBI. It is the property of FBI and is licensed to your agency. It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The document contains an autopsy report for Martin Luther King Jr., detailing findings from a post-mortem examination conducted on April 4, 1968. The primary cause of death was identified as a gunshot wound to the spinal column (lower cervical and upper thoracic regions), resulting in severe spinal cord injury and subsequent fatal neurological damage. Additional injuries included fractures of the right mandible, vertebral artery laceration, jugular vein and subclavian artery rupture, and intrapulmonary hematoma. The autopsy also noted no significant pathological abnormalities in other organs such as the liver, kidneys, pancreas, or thyroid, except for minor findings like pulmonary hemorrhage and hepatic vacuolation.  

Key People  
- Martin Luther King Jr.: Decedent, age 39, male, African American.  
- Drs. Sprunt and Francisco: Pathologists conducting the autopsy.  
- Phil A. Cannale: District Attorney General of Shelby County, Tennessee.  
- J.T. Francisco, Jr.: State Medical Examiner.  

Key Locations  
- Memphis, Tennessee: Site of the autopsy and hospital where the examination was conducted.  
- Shelby County, Tennessee: Jurisdiction of the District Attorney General.  

Key Events  
- Death occurred on April 4, 1968, at approximately 6:00 PM.  
- Autopsy performed on April 4, 1968, at 10:45 PM.  
- Cause of death attributed to a gunshot wound causing spinal cord injury and subsequent respiratory failure.  
- Findings included fractures, lacerations, and hemorrhage in the neck and thoracic region.  

Key Organizations  
- Tennessee Department of Public Health: Issued the autopsy report.  
- Memphis Hospitals: Conducted the autopsy as part of the medical examination process.  
- Shelby County District Attorney’s Office: Involved in the legal investigation of the case.

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