On his website, Pat Speer relates an anecdotal story about a Parkland nurse who complains about the amount of people leaving bullets lying around. No way CE 399 had anything to do with the shooting IMO.
The twofer shatters on JBC's wrist.
No way CE 399 had anything to do with the shooting IMO.Agreed, but I would take it a step further, by saying that I am not convinced that the bullet now in evidence as CE 399 ever was at Parkland Hospital.
There is no chain of custody, until the bullet arrives at the FBI lab in Washington. When the WC asked the FBI for witness identification of the bullet, in April 1964, SAC Shanklin reported that SSA Odum had shown the bullet to Tomlinson and Wright and neither could positively identify the bullet. The only problem was that Odum denied having ever had the bullet or showing it to anyone. In addition, Tomlinson (they only introduced the bullet into evidence after his testimony, and thus he never saw it), testified that he had been shown a bullet for identification only once, in December 1963, by SAC Shanklin. Tomlinson is also on record saying that he received a phonecall in which he was told to keep his mouth shut. And then there is Wright, who - if I remember correctly - used to be a police officer, who told Joshua Thompson that the bullet he received from Tomlinson was sharp nosed, which the current CE 399 isn't. Do the math...
