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Gaeton Fonzi Biography and Timeline

Follow Gaeton Fonzi through 5 dated historical records for United States of America.

Gaeton Fonzi, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

5Distinct records
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1963–1993Years on this page

1963

Central Intelligence Committe (CIA)

Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Congressional researcher Gaeton Fonzi noted that in late 1963 "several large deposits popped up in de Mohrenschildts Haitian bank account including one for two hundred thousand dollars from a Bahamian bank. This occurred when de Mohrenschildt and Charles were supposedly running a sisal plantation, a derelict operation they never went near"

1977

House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

Manalapan · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Mohrenschildt received a business card from Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, telling him that he would like to see him. The HSCA considered him a "crucial witness".

House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)

Manalapan · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

That afternoon, Mohrenschildt was found dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head in a house where he was staying in Manalapan Florida. The coroner's verdict was suicide

HSCA Investigation

Investigator · Florida · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Works as a committee investigator on Kennedy assassination leads.

Role range: 1977-1979

1993

The Last Investigation

Author · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Fonzi published The Last Investigation, recounting his congressional investigative work and arguing that leads involving Cuban exile groups and intelligence-linked figures had not been adequately pursued.

Records, sources and methodology

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