The last surviving Dallas police homicide detective who investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has died.
On May 22, 2023, retired detective Elmer Boyd donated artifacts such as his firearms, cowboy hat, and the handcuffs used to restrain Lee Harvey Oswald .
Elmer Boyd was deeply involved in the investigation and eventually took gunman Lee Harvey Oswald into custody, according to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza., as he rode through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas in a motorcade. Shots were fired as the motorcade passed the Texas School Book Depository. President Kennedy hit in the neck and head. Texas Gov. John Connally was also wounded.a final sweep at the Trade MartBoyd and his partner were ordered to the school book depository where casings were found on the sixth floor, near the window.
Boyd and his partner escorted Oswald to the police station, and Boyd took part in the interrogations. “There is no doubt in my mind that Lee Harvey Oswald killed our president and J.D. Tippit,” the detectiveLast year, Boyd donated his firearms, cowboy hat, and the handcuffs used to restrain Oswald after his arrest toBoyd also took part in the museum's Living History series in 2015 where he recounted everything from the political atmosphere in Dallas during the 1960s, to the interrogation and deadly shooting of Oswald.
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