Most Famous Manhunts - Escaped Pennsylvania Murderer Captured

Ray confessed to the April 4, 1968 killing of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, but not before he led the FBI on what was then considered its biggest investigation in history.

According to the BBC, Ray fled the rooming house from which he shot King and went by train to Toronto, Canada, where he obtained a passport using an alias. He flew to London, then Lisbon, Portugal, before returning to the United Kingdom. Ray was captured in London on July 19 and extradited to the U.S. He pleaded guilty to the murder in March 1969, although he would later insist he was not responsible.

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