4. THE MYSTERIOUS "RAOUL": James Earl Ray, King's killer, implicated a man named "Raoul" in the assassination, claiming to have been framed by him. "Raoul" was never found.
5. THE FUNERALS: On April 9th, thousands of mourners followed a mule-drawn wooden wagon carrying King's coffin through the streets of Atlanta after the first funeral, at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King was once minister.
The second service was a public one at Morehouse College, King's alma mater.
6. THE RECORD-SETTING INVESTIGATION: The investigation that led to James Earl Ray's arrest was the largest at the time in FBI history. Agents and Memphis police found that Ray, a 40-year-old escaped convict, had registered April 4th at a boarding house with a view of the Lorraine Motel.
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