Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Ihe mere n'ụbọchị ahụ: Na March 5, 1968, Dọkịta Russell Hadley mere Ray ihe a na-akpọ rhinoplasty. Na Machị 18, 1968, Ray hapụrụ Los Angeles wee malite njem gafee mba ahụ gaa Atlanta, Georgia. Mgbe ọ bịarutere Atlanta na Machị 24, 1968, Ray debanyere aha n'ụlọ obibi. Ọ zụrụ map obodo ahụ. Ndị ọrụ FBI mesịrị chọta map a mgbe ha nyochara ọnụ ụlọ ebe o bi na Atlanta. Na map ahụ, a na-agba gburugburu ebe chọọchị na ebe obibi Martin Luther King Jr. dị. N'oge na-adịghị anya, Ray nọkwa n'okporo ụzọ ọzọ ma jiri ụgbọala Mustang ya gaa Birmingham, Alabama. N'ebe ahụ, na Machị 30, 1968, ọ zụtara egbe Remington Model 760 Gamemaster.30-06 caliber na igbe nke cartridges 20 site na Aeromarine Supply Company. Ọ zụtakwara Redfield 2x-7x, nke o tinyere na egbe. Ọ gwara ndị nwe ụlọ ahịa ahụ na ya na nwanne ya nwoke na-aga ịchụ nta. Ray gara n'ihu na-eji aha Galt eme ihe mgbe ọ gachara Mexico, mana mgbe ọ zụrụ ihe a, o nyere aha ya dị ka Harvey Lowmeyer.Mgbe ọ zụrụ egbe na ngwa, Ray laghachiri Atlanta. Dị ka onye na-anụ ọkụ n'obi n'ịgụ akwụkwọ akụkọ, Ray na-eji oge ya agụ Iwu Atlanta. Akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ kọrọ banyere njem King mere atụmatụ ịlaghachi na Memphis, Tennessee, bụ́ nke e mere ndokwa maka April 1, 1968. N'April 2, 1968, Ray kwakọtara akpa ya ma jiri ụgbọala gawa Memphis.  Ajụjụ: Olee obodo Ray bu n'obi ịlaghachi?
Memphis, Tennessee