Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Pana March 5, 1968, Ray akaitwa kuvhiya kumeso (rhinoplasty), kwakaitwa naDr. Russell Hadley. Musi waMarch 18, 1968, Ray akabva kuLos Angeles ndokutanga rwendo rwekuyambuka nyika kuenda kuAtlanta, Georgia. Paakasvika muAtlanta musi waMarch 24, 1968, Ray akanyoresa muimba yekugara. Akatenga mepu yeguta. Vashandi veFBI vakazowana mepu iyi pavakatsvaka mukamuri raakanga achigara muAtlanta. Pamepu, nzvimbo dzechechi neimba yaMartin Luther King, Jr. dzakanga dzakatenderedzwa. Ray akakurumidza kutangazve kufamba mumugwagwa ndokutyaira Mustang yake kuenda kuBirmingham, Alabama. Ikoko, pana March 30, 1968, akatenga Remington Model 760 Gamemaster.30-06-caliber rifle nebhokisi rine 20 cartridges kubva kuAeromarine Supply Company. Akatengawo Redfield 2x-7x scope, iyo yaakanga akaisa pamudziyo. Iye akaudza varidzi vamashopu kuti akanga achienda parwendo rwokuvhima nomunun'una wake. Ray akanga aramba achishandisa zita remadunhurirwa rokuti Galt pashure pokunge ashanda kuMexico, asi paakatenga izvi, akapa zita rake rokuti Harvey Lowmeyer. Muverengi wepepanhau anodisa, Ray akapedza nguva yake achiverenga Bumbiro reMitemo reAtlanta. Pepanhau racho rakashuma rwendo rwokudzokera rwaKing rwakarongwa kuenda kuMemphis, Tennessee, urwo rwakarongwa nokuda kwaApril 1, 1968. Musi waApril 2, 1968, Ray akarongedza bhegi rake ndokutyaira kuenda kuMemphis.  Mubvunzo: Ray akaronga kudzokera kuguta ripi?
Memphis, Tennessee