Tippit Lineup Identification
Markham viewed a Dallas Police lineup and identified Oswald as the man she had seen shoot Patrolman Tippit.
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Helen Markham Biography and Timeline
Follow Helen Markham through 3 dated historical records for United States of America.
Helen Markham, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1963–1964Years on this page
1963
Assassination of Jefferson Davis Tippit
Markham identifies Lee Harvey Oswald as Tippits killer in a police lineup. Helen Markham at first describes Tippits killer as being short and somewhat on the heavy side, with slightly bushy hair". Although considered the star witness, her testimony was full of mistakes, she said Tippit was alive when the ambulance arrived, but the other witnesses say he died immediately
1964
Warren Commission
The official version accepts her as "reliable" and credited her with watching the initial confrontation between Tippit and his murderer peeping fearfully through her fingers as the murderer loped away and thus being able to identify Oswald
Records, sources and methodology
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