TSBD Physical Evidence
TSBD physical evidence concerns the layout and condition of the Texas School Book Depository, the movements of personnel and visitors on November 22, 1963, and the physical objects and prints recovered from the building. Testimony comes from Wesley Frazier, Ruth Paine, Michael Paine, Linnie Mae Randle, Cortlandt Cunningham, J. W. Fritz, and supporting exhibits including CE 139, 144, 429, 430, 434, 446, 449, 1304, 1305, 2003, 2008, and 2009. The evidence covers the freight elevator route, the lunchroom arrangements, the sixth-floor stairway, and the cartons that provided concealment for the shooter.
TSBD Rifle Discovery Witness Accounts
TSBD rifle discovery witness accounts detail the finding of the rifle on the sixth floor of the Depository. Testimony comes from Roy Truly, J. C. Day, Luke Mooney, Eugene Boone, Sebastian Latona, Arthur Mandella, Ronald Wittmus, Paul Stombaugh, Robert Lee Studebaker, and Lyndal Shaneyfelt, with supporting exhibits CE 142, 2637, 508, 637–639, 654, 673–676, 723, 726, 733, 734, 1077, 1301, 1302, 1306, 1308, 1309, 1312, 1977, 1980, 2011, 3135, and 364. The evidence establishes the precise location of the rifle between boxes, the fingerprints and palmprint recovered, the partial palmprint on the rifle, and the chain of custody from discovery to the Dallas Police Department.
Howard Brennan Eyewitness Testimony
Howard Brennan eyewitness testimony is presented in detail, covering Brennan’s observation of a man on the sixth floor of the Depository, the description of the man’s clothing and rifle, the subsequent identification of Oswald in police lineups, and Brennan’s statements regarding the firing of the shots. Supporting testimony comes from Forrest Sorrels, J. Herbert Sawyer, Harold Norman, James Jarman, W. E. Barnett, and exhibits including CE 477–479, 481, 482, 485, 486, 494, 715, 1301, 1974, 1991, 2005, and 2006. The evidence establishes Brennan’s positive identification of Oswald as the person he observed on the sixth floor.
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