Tippit Lineup Identification22 November 1963
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
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Helen Markham, based on 3 World History Database records associated with United States of America.
3 records1963–19643 events2 places
Chronological biography
1963
Assassination of Jefferson Davis Tippit23 November 1963
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 Commission1964
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
Titles and roles
Tippit Eyewitness
Record provenance
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