Ray made his money through a life of criminal activity.
His prints were on the binoculars and the murder weapon.
He of course initially confessed to the crime, later recanting to play the system, since the death penalty was off the table.
Originally Posted by friendly fred
Ray made his money through a life of criminal activity. So what! Ray was not a rich man. It is extremely likely that he was just not capable of following his victim to numerous locations and planning the execution; he certainly did not have the money to finance this type of operation, let alone the intelligence. Ray was not a rifle marksman: he was well known as a total fuckup both with his life and his relationships.
Just looking at it immediately after the event, there was no way then, and no way now that I believe that he acted alone. Maybe, just maybe, someone else withe the ability to trace the victim's movements and set up the target acted as a part of the execution. Kinda like the execution of John F. Kennedy. Several years after that event I was at the rifle range in Boot Camp for the USMC. We were all told that not only were getting the same training that Lee got, we were getting better training. In addition we had better weapons, and were trained to shoot further. Old Lee qualified as a marksman, which everyone in the corps referred to as "the toilet seat". You seldom see a Marine wearing "the toilet seat" because a Marine can do better than that. Old Lee barely qualified for "the toilet seat". We watched the DIs work hard to help a guy who was having trouble at the range qualify for "the toilet seat"; it is usually the scared guys who just can't calm down who barely qualify for "the toilet seat". Anyone without even a "the toilet seat" is viewed by everyone as a complete fuckup.
I can't prove anything about either Ray or Lee, but my gut belief is that neither of these guys were capable alone, of pulling off either of these executions.
For both executions, there are many who could have made the shots; but very few to none could have set up the time and place, and planned the shots alone. Even with the planning taken out of the deed, we still have the logistics of how to put the shooter at the right spot and the right time. It can't be done alone. Even in combat a snipper has a spotter with him.
After reading this: if anyone doesn't recognize that they really do not know the real situation, then they are stupid. If they say it they lie. Quit being a clown by trying to comment about thing that you don't truly know.