Evidence Tampering in the JFKA, and the Walker Photograph

[Benjamin Cole]

One of the most difficult aspects of the JFKA is getting a grip on whether evidence tampering has occurred. 

Accusations can be made, and even reasonable deductions, but what exists in the way of solid fact? 

This brings up the ever strange, gloomy backyard photo of General Edwin Walker's home, alleged to have been in the possession of LHO, and found shortly after his arrest. 

https://imageupload.io/YY9adB89kmk6P4C

The backstory is that the Warren Commission deduced it was LHO who shot into Walker's home the night of April 10, 1963, based in part on this photograph in his possession. 

The first aspect of the Walker photograph that everyone notices is the 1957 Chevy parked at Walker's home appears to have part of rear trunk ripped out, or something to that effect. 

As it turns out, parties unknown cut out of the actual photograph the image of vehicle's license plate. 

Marina Oswald, whose testimony wandered all over the board, said the license plate image was in the photo, pre-JFKA.

It does not stand credulity that LHO would have cut out the license plate number from the Walker backyard photograph.

If, for some reason, LHO  wanted to track the plate back to the owner, likely by contacting the state's Department of Motor Vehicles or auto insurance company, surely a pencil and paper would have sufficed to record the number.

Which leaves the most likely option: Someone, after the arrest of LHO, removed the license plate image from the Walker photograph. That someone could have only been officials with possession of the photograph, which was held by the Dallas Police Department or the FBI.

Which sure looks a clear case of evidence tampering. 

If officials were willing to engage in evidence tampering, what does that mean about other aspects of the Walker shooting? 

Four Dallas Police Department officers, two patrolman and two detectives (one with 13 years on the force), visited the Walker home the night of the shooting, and in two separate and signed same-day reports, testified they had found a steel-jacketed bullet slug in the Walker, which had obviously been aimed at Walker.

Of course, the problem with this is that LHO (it is alleged) carried a Mannlicher Carcano rifle that used copper-jacketed Western Cartridge 6.5 ammo.  

Later, when the Walker slug arrived at the FBI lab (CE 573) in DC from Dallas, it was immediately identified as a copper-jacketed slug. 

The difference between steel- and copper-jacketed slugs is obvious, and easily noted by anyone in the guns-and-ammo crowd, from target shooters, to hunters, to game wardens, to target-range operators, military, police and especially city detectives. 

Of course, for city detectives at the scene of the attempted murder of a very high-profile public figure--that is, Walker--it stretches credulity that the most important piece of evidence would mis-identified, by all four officers. 

Was there evidence tampering in the Walker shooting case? 

Ponder the Walker backyard photograph. 

 

 

Edited November 10, 2023 by Benjamin Cole

[Bill Fite]

Back 10 years ago, when I started watching the 50 reasons for 50 years from Len O., watched some YouTube videos from 1 (or 2?) German? contributors (it was 10 years ago).

I remember being struck by the number of photos shown in those videos that were damaged just where the picture might reveal something interesting.  Windows in the TSBD, IIRC, for example.

[Benjamin Cole]

10 hours ago, Bill Fite said:

Back 10 years ago, when I started watching the 50 reasons for 50 years from Len O., watched some YouTube videos from 1 (or 2?) German? contributors (it was 10 years ago).

I remember being struck by the number of photos shown in those videos that were damaged just where the picture might reveal something interesting.  Windows in the TSBD, IIRC, for example.

BF-

Yes. For that matter, Zapruder himself says he filmed the JFK motorcade all the way from the corner of Houston and Elm until it disappeared under the underpass. 

As you know....