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Martin Luther King Jr. death cause

The claim that Martin Luther King Jr. was smothered to death rather than killed by a gunshot is not supported by official investigations and mainstream reporting.

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Jan 19, 2026
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What specific FBI files and tapes concerning Martin Luther King Jr. remain sealed or under restricted access?

A long-standing judicial order sealed a body of FBI audio tapes and related materials about Martin Luther King Jr. for 50 years and placed them in the National Archives, but recent executive actions a...

Jan 21, 2026

What forensic evidence supports or refutes the claim that MLK was smothered rather than shot?

The preponderance of forensic evidence — contemporaneous autopsy findings, recovered bullet fragments, radiographs and later specialist review — supports that died of a single, fatal gunshot wound tha...

Jan 19, 2026

Was the US government confirmed to have involvement with the murder of MLK?

No definitive government culpability has been legally confirmed: multiple official U.S. investigations concluded there is no reliable evidence that federal, state, or local government agencies orchest...

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