James Arthur Ray, the self-help guru convicted of negligent homicide after three people died in a sweat lodge at a retreat he organized near Sedona in 2009, has died. He was 67 years old. The ...

James Earl Ray, who entered a guilty plea in March, 1969, in the killing of Martin Luther King, says he spends much of his time researching legal papers on his case.

Ray’s younger brother Jon, meanwhile, wrote in the death announcement that James’ “passion in life was always to make others’ lives better and more fulfilled. I’m happy to say he ...

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tenn. For the next two months, the man who shot him, James Earl Ray, was able to evade the FBI ...

Ray fit right in. Looking back on Ray’s time in Los Angeles shows a region where, 50 years ago, he could blend in — politically, demographically, culturally.

James Earl Ray FILE PHOTO: Nashville, TN.: James Earl Ray, who entered a guilty plea in March, 1969, in the killing of Martin Luther King, says he spends much of his time researching legal papers ...

James Earl Ray FILE PHOTO: Nashville, TN.: James Earl Ray, who entered a guilty plea in March, 1969, in the killing of Martin Luther King, says he spends much of his time researching legal papers ...

James Earl Ray FILE PHOTO: Nashville, TN.: James Earl Ray, who entered a guilty plea in March, 1969, in the killing of Martin Luther King, says he spends much of his time researching legal papers ...

James Earl Ray FILE PHOTO: Nashville, TN.: James Earl Ray, who entered a guilty plea in March, 1969, in the killing of Martin Luther King, says he spends much of his time researching legal papers ...

It is not known what Ray did in the two hours in between, but at about 5:55 p.m., using the binoculars he had just purchased, Ray spotted King on the balcony of the Lorraine.