Testifies to the Warren Commission that after the assassination she watched a man running from near the Texas School Book Depository towards the picket fence area, Hill crossed the street and ran with many towards the grassy knoll after the shots ended
Historical person
Norma Jean Lollis Hill Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Norma Jean Lollis Hill, based on 16 World History Database records associated with United States of America.
Chronological biography
1963
A voice-over then says that "an actuary of the British newspaper The Sunday Times calculated the probability that all these people who witnessed the assassination would die within that period of time to be 100,000 trillion to one"
Hill apparently always thought of herself as a survivor after many of the other witnesses to the assassination died shortly after President Kennedys death under what some considered to be mysterious circumstances.
Hill stated that she received death threats and that the brake lines of her automobile were cut after the assassination.
The assertions of the mysterious deaths connected with the assassination became a much more well known part of the popular conspiracy debate after appearing in the epilogue of the film Executive Action, which purports to show how a conspiracy could have been carried out.
The films epilogue states that "of 18 witnesses: all but two of whom died from unnatural causes within three years of the assassination".
Testifies to the Warren Commission that after the assassination she watched a man running from near the Texas School Book Depository towards the picket fence area, Hill crossed the street and ran with many towards the grassy knoll after the shots ended
Testifies to the Warren Commission that after the assassination she watched a man running from near the Texas School Book Depository towards the picket fence area, Hill crossed the street and ran with many towards the grassy knoll after the shots ended
At Zapruder frame 313, when President Kennedy was shot in the head, Jean Hill was only 21 feet (6.4 m) away, leftward, and slightly behind President Kennedy.
Norma Jean Lollis Hill was present along with her friend Mary Moorman across from the grassy knoll, and was one of the very closest witnesses to President Kennedy when the shots were fired at him.
The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner.
The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner. Present along with her friend Mary Moorman across from the grassy knoll, and was one of the very closest witnesses to President Kennedy when the shots were fired at him
The "Lady in Red" in Zapruders film, claims smoke was lingering near the grassy knoll picket fence corner
1964
Jean Hill adamantly rejected the Warren Commissions single gunman findings and was sure, based on what she saw the day of the assassination and on her experience afterward, that there was a conspiracy
The testimony of Mrs. Jean Lollis Hill was taken at 2:30 p.m. on March 24, 1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office Building, Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Arlen Specter, assistant counsel of the President's Commission
1992
Hill co-writes a book entitled "The Last Dissenting Witness"
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