Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation Into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination
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Below is the portion of the original list from Jim Marrs and Ralph Schuster pertaining to the period of one year post-assassination:2
Date
Name
Connection with Case
Cause of Death
11/63
Karyn Kupicinet
TV host’s daughter who was overheard telling of JFK’s death prior to 11/22/63
Murder
12/63
Jack Zangetty
Expressed foreknowledge of Ruby shooting Oswald
Gunshot
2/64
Eddy Benavides
Lookalike brother to Tippit shooting witness, Domingo Benavides
Gunshot to head
2/64
Betty McDonald
Former Ruby employee who alibied Warren Reynolds shooting suspect.
Suicide by hanging in Dallas Jail
3/64
Bill Chesher
Thought to have information linking Oswald and Ruby
Heart attack
3/64
Hank Killam
Husband of Ruby employee, knew Oswald acquaintance
Throat cut
4/64
Bill Hunter
Reporter who was in Ruby’s apartment on 11/24/63
Accidental shooting by policeman
5/64
Gary Underhill
CIA agent who claimed Agency was involved
Gunshot in head, ruled suicide
5/64
Hugh Ward
Private investigator working with Guy Banister and David Ferrie
Plane crash in Mexico
5/64
Deslesseps Morrison
New Orleans Mayor
Passenger in Ward’s plane
8/64
Teresa Norton
Ruby employee
Fatally shot
6/64
Guy Banister
Ex-FBI agent in New Orleans connected to Ferrie, CIA, Carlos Marcello & Oswald
Heart attack
9/64
Jim Koethe
Reporter who was in Ruby’s apartment on 11/24/63
Blow to neck
9/64
C.D. Jackson
Life magazine senior Vice-President who bought Zapruder film and locked it away
Unknown
10/64
Meyer, Mary Pinchot
JFK “special” friend whose diary was taken by CIA chief James Angleton after her death
Murder
1 Roberts & Armstrong, The Dead Witnesses
2 Marrs, Crossfire
Index
A Texan Looks at Lyndon: A Study in Illegitimate Power (Haley), 35
“accidental” witness deaths. see Bowers, Lee; Cheramie, Rose; Hunter, Bill; Kilgallen,
Dorothy; Morrison, Deslesseps; Sherman, Mary; Sullivan, William; Ward, Hugh
Alias Oswald (Cutler & Morris), 169
AM/LASH plan, plot to kill Castro, 214–215
Anderson, Jack, xxvi, 33, 198
Andretta, Stephen, 244, 253
Andretta, Thomas, 244, 253
Andrews, Dean, 230
Andrews, James, 6
Angleton, James, 144, 146–147, 148, 256,
302, 320
anti-Castro operations. see also cancer research,
as bioweapon
AM/LASH plan, plot to kill Castro, 214–215
covert efforts, 291
David Ferrie, 173, 174
and deaths of witnesses prior to testimony, 202
Executive Action (CIA assassination program), 113–114, 182, 202, 222
failed assassination attempt, 222–223
George H.W. Bush connection to, 230–231
Guy Banister and, 115
Johnny Roselli, 210
Kilgallen’s links to, 79
mafia connections, 217, 224
members of, 165–166
and plot to kill Kennedy, 109, 116, 117, 277–278, 282, 291
Richard Cain, 209–211
Robert Kennedy’s involvement in, 277–278
and Stockdale, 69
Underhill’s knowledge of, 113–114
witness deaths, 311. see also del Valle, Eladio; Hernandez, Gilberto Rodriguez;
Masferrer, Rolando “el Tigre”; Quesada, Manuel Rodriguez
Anti-Communist League of the Caribbean (ACLC), 122, 123
Armstrong, John, xix, xxii, 105, 200, 302–303
Artime, Manuel, 301, 318
Arts & Entertainment Network, 280
Baden, Michael, 253
Baker, Judyth, 42, 173, 195, 290–291, 292–294
Banister, Guy
anti-Communist/Castro activity, 115, 122, 125, 174, 291
deaths of those connected to, 119, 121–123, 309
Gatlin Sr., attorney of, 122–123, 125
heart attack death of, 115, 122, 308, 317
link to Ferrie and Marcello, 116, 320
link to JFK assassination, 116
New Orleans office of, and JFK assassination, 116–118, 122, 126, 291
and Oswald, link to, 116–118, 121, 122, 126, 291–292, 308, 320
barbiturate overdose. see Kilgallen, Dorothy
Barrett, Robert M., 18–19
Batista, Fulgencia, 169, 182, 240
Belmont, Alan H.
assistant to Hoover, 203, 204, 206
death by illness of, 206
death of, prior to testimony of, 201, 313
and FBI cover-up of assassination of
JFK, 203
Benavides, Domingo “Dom,” 7, 15, 97–99, 98p, 308, 319
Benavides, Eddy, 97–99, 308, 319
Bethesda naval Medical Center (NNMC), 155, 157–159
Bilderberg Group, 319
bioweapon. see cancer research, as
bioweapon
Bishop, William C., 182
Bogard, Al “Guy”
FBI interrogation of, 132, 133
and Oswald impersonator, 131–132, 310
suicide death of, 131, 134, 310
Boring, Floyd, 289
Bowen, Russell, 231
Bowers, Lee Jr.
accidental car crash death, inconsistencies, 135–139, 310
overview of, 135, 135p
witness to Grassy Knoll area, 136, 310
Bowers, Monty, 138, 139
Bradlee, Ben, 144, 145p, 146–147, 148–149, 151
Bradlee, Toni, 144, 145p, 146–147
Briguglio, Salvatore “Sally Bugs,” 244, 250, 251
Bringuier, Carols, 116, 117
Brooks, Jerry Milton, 122–123, 126
Brown, Walt, xiii, xvii, 51, 132, 279
Brussell, Mae, 183, 198
Bufalino, Russell “The Old Man,” 244, 247–248, 249, 250, 251–252, 254
Bugliosi, Vincent, 230
Burks, Fred, xx
Bush, George H.W., 230–231, 235
Bush, George W., 288
Cadigan, James, 201, 203, 206, 313
Caifano, Marshall, 211
Cain, Michael J., 211
Cain, Richard
link to JFK assassination, 209, 210–211
murder of, and mob connection, 202, 209,
210p, 314
Campbell, Judith, 214–215
cancer, assassination by, xxii, 31–32, 33
cancer, witness deaths by. see Artime, Manuel; Pritchett, Florence; Ruby, Jack
cancer research, as bioweapon
Alton Ochsner’s work in, 186, 194–195,
290–291, 293–294
Banister link to, 294
Ferrie’s link to, 173, 186, 194–195, 290–291, 301, 318
Judyth Baker’s link to, 173, 195, 290–291, 293–294
laboratory, in Ferrie’s apartment, 293–294
linear particle accelerator in laboratory,
193–194, 312
Mary Sherman’s work in, 186, 194–195, 196, 290–291, 293–294, 301, 312, 318
monkey virus, 186, 293
Oswald’s link to, 186, 194–195, 290–291, 293–294
Ruby’s knowledge of, xxiii, 31–32, 38, 42,
290–291, 293–295
for use against Castro, 31–32, 38, 194–195, 290–291, 293, 301, 312, 318
car crash victims. see Bowers, Lee; Cheramie, Rose
Carrier, Al, 287, 288
Carroll, J. Raymond, 12
Carter, Cliff, 285, 289, 300
Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK (Posner), 195
Castro, Fidel. see anti-Castro operations
Charnin, Richard, xvii, xviii, 318
Cheramie, Rose
connection to Jack Ruby, 49, 50, 306
death of, suspicious circumstances surrounding, 50–52, 306
inconsistencies with official verdict, 48
mob connection, 48
overview of, 47, 47p
prior knowledge of JFK’s assassination revealed by, 48–50, 306
Chesher, Bill, 101, 308, 317, 320
Chicago Tribune, 218
Church, Frank, xxi, 214
Church Committee, xxvi, 214–215, 218–219
CIA
and the ACLC (Anti-Communist League of the Caribbean), 122, 123
anti-Castro operations, xxvi, 182, 183, 214–215, 218, 222, 225, 230
“Damage-Control” memo, xix
deaths of witnesses connected to JFK
assassination. see de Mohrenschildt, George; Meyer, Mary Pinchot; Paisley, John; Pitzer, William B.; Underhill, Gary
Executive Action (anti-Castro operation),
113–114, 182, 202, 222–223
and Ferrie, 173, 174, 175
George H.W. Bush connection to, 230–231, 235
Hugh Huggins on de Mohrenschildt, 232
involvement in Meyer’s murder, 148–149, 150, 151–152
and Kennedy assassination, 113, 117, 173, 174, 175, 223, 224–225, 277, 296–298. see also
de Mohrenschildt, George
links to Kennedy brothers, 232
mafia connections, xxvi, 202, 214–215, 222, 223–224
media supporters, 283–284
“medical assassination” (TWEP), xx–xxi,
31–32, 33
MKULTRA mind control programs, xxii, xxiii, 32, 294
“mole,” Paisley suspected, 256–257, 258, 316
ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence), 21, 27, 28
Operation Mockingbird, 144, 319
and Oswald, connection. see Oswald,
Lee Harvey
poison research/use, suspected, xxi–xxii,
198, 200
power of, Jim Garrison on, 303–304
“transporter” Gatlin Sr., 126, 309
witness deaths. see Powers, Gary
Cibrano, Richard, 204–205
Clemons, Acquilla, 10, 13–14, 15
Colby, William, xxi
Collins, Kathleen, xxiv, 55, 58–59
Committee to Reelect the President (CREEP),
199, 248
Congressional Research Service, 104–105
Connally, John, 288, 290
Conspiracy of Silence (Shaw), 51
Cook, Monty, 98
Craig, Roger, 299
cremation process, 190–191
crime scene stagings. see Kilgallen, Dorothy;
Kupcinet, Karyn; Sherman, Mary
Crump, Ray, 145–146, 149
Cuba Libre, 168, 169
Cuesta, Tony, 169
Dallas Police Department. see also Tippit, J.D.
Earlene Roberts’testimony to, 128–129
and Jack Ruby’s entry, 33, 41
and JFK motorcade route, 290
Oswald, lack of protection for, 26, 32–33,
41, 61
tactical team, U.S. Military Intelligence, 20,
52, 300
testimony to Warren Commission, 41
Dallas Times Herald, 72
Daniels, Robert Jr., 204–205, 206–207
Davis, John, 195
de Gaulle, Charles, 123, 126
de Mohrenschildt, George
as CIA asset, 230, 230p, 232
connection to Oswald, 217, 235
death of, 229p
death of, prior to testimony of, 202, 204, 217, 228, 235, 282, 315
and George H.W. Bush, 230–231, 235
Hugh Huggins on, 232
link between Oswald and CIA and Texas
oilmen, 229, 230, 232–233, 315
link to JFK assassination, 232
provided intelligence to 112th MIG, 231
rapid demise of, 233–235
suicidal death of, suspected murder, xviii, xxv, 28, 219, 232, 235–238
“suspicious” doctor treating, 233, 234–235
tape recording of murder of, 236–237
de Mohrenschildt, Jeanne, 231, 233–234, 236, 237–238
Dead Wrong (Belzer & Wayne), 26, 28, 35, 260, 277, 279–280
Dealey Plaza, 20, 22, 228, 285, 287–288, 289, 290
del Valle, Eladio
anti-Castro activity, 167, 168–169, 311
death of, on same day as Ferrie’s “suicide,”
168, 172, 282, 311
and Ferrie, xviii, 165, 168, 174
link to JFK assassination, 168, 169
overview of, 167, 167p
Quesada and Hernandez assassinations ordered by, 166, 168, 311
Deneselya, Donald, 28
Diego, Felipe De, 198, 199
DiEugenio, James, 39, 49, 51, 112, 194
Dorfman, Paul “Red,” xxiv, 59–60
Dr. Mary’s Monkey (Haslam), 187–188
Eddy, Bernice, xxii
Edison, Adele, 68
Embree, Mary, xxi–xxii
English, J.M., 201, 203, 204, 206, 314
Epstein, Edward Jay, 233
Escalante, Fabian, 210, 297–298
Executive Action (CIA assassination program), 113–114, 182, 202, 222–223
Fair Play for Cuba Committee, 29, 117
Fair Play Magazine, 95
FBI
autopsy report on Pitzer, 161
and Bogard as witness to “Oswald” test-drive, 131–132
bullets used to kill Tippit studied by, 11–12
Cain, as informant to, 211
deaths of six officials linked to JFK assassination, 201–208, 313–314
deaths of witnesses prior to testimony given, 202–203
director J. Edgar Hoover. see Hoover, J. Edgar
on DNA testing, and Hoffa’s disappearance, 253
Forensic Sciences Laboratory, 203, 204, 206, 314
Jack Martin’s statement to regarding Ferrie, 117
marginalization of testimony, 133
Nosenko interrogation, 132
report on condition of Kennedy’s body, 155
suspect list of Hoffa’s killers, 244, 254
Watergate connection, 199
FBI witness deaths. see Belmont, Alan H.; Cadigan, James; English, J.M.; Hoover, J. Edgar; Kaylor, Donald; Nichols, Louis; Sullivan, William
Fensterwald, Bernard, 257
Ferrie, David
alleged suicide notes of, 177–178
anti-Castro activity, 173, 174
cerebral hemorrhage suffered by, possibly murder, 178–179, 311
CIA links, 173, 174, 175
in Civil Air Patrol with Oswald, 173, 173p, 174
connection to del Valle, xviii, 165, 168, 169, 174
connection to Guy Banister, 116, 121, 172
connection to Jack Ruby, 172, 174
connection to Mary Sherman and cancer research. see cancer research, as bioweapon
connection to Oswald, xxv, 116–117, 121, 122, 172, 247, 292
“convenient” death of, 118, 282
hypnotist skills of, 117, 173
link to JFK assassination, 37, 116, 244–245, 247
link to Kilgallen, 169
link to organized crime (Marcello), 174
links to JFK assassination, 172–173, 174
/> overview of, 171–172, 171p
as prime suspect in Garrison Investigation, 169, 171, 173, 311
suicidal death unlikely, 176–179
Fetzer, James, 289
Files, James, 16–17, 18, 18p
Files on JFK (Dankbaar), 228
Fitsimmons, Charlene, 112–113
Fitzgerald, Desmond, 302
Fitzimmons, Frank, 248
Fonzi, Gaeton, 230, 236, 301
Forgive My Grief (Jones), 104
Fort Worth Star Telegram, 237
Frates, William, 66
Free Cuba Committee, 168, 169
Fruge, Francis, 48–49, 50
Furiati, Claudia, 210
G2 Cuban Intelligence, 210, 297
Garrison, Jim. see also Jim Garrison investigation
Garrison, Jim, words of, 303–304
Gary Mack “documentary,” 39
Gatlin, Maurice Sr.
Banister’s attorney, 122–123, 125, 309
and de Gaulle, 123, 126
death of, heart attack and fall, 123, 125, 126, 309
as “transporter” for CIA, 126, 309
untimely death of, 117
Giacalone, Anthony “Tony Jack,” 244, 248–249, 250
Giancana, Antoinette, 215–216
Giancana, Sam “The Man”
Cain, associate of, 209–211
connection to Jack Ruby, 38, 216
connection to Nicoletti, 217, 227–228, 315
connection to Richard Cain, 314
death of, prior to testimony of, 202, 213,
219, 314
deaths of associates close to, 217
immunity laws and testimony of, 213, 214
Kennedy election, involvement in, 215, 216
link between Marcello and Trafficante, 216
link to JFK assassination, 216
mob boss, 213p, 314
and Roselli, xviii, 217, 222
shooting death of, as a message, 215, 216, 218, 220, 314
surveillance of home of, 216, 218
Goldberg, Jeff, 206
Good, Charles, 138–139