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'''Jane Porson McMichaels''' (April 23, 1876 – April 23, 1965)<ref>U.S. Census, 1876, Porsonville, County of Porson, enumeration district 167, p. 3-B, family 51.</ref> was an American schoolteacher who discovered the body of [[Larry]] on April 22, 1965. According to the [[Warren Commission]], Brennan's description of a [[sniper]] he saw was probative in reaching the conclusion that the shots came from the sixth floor, southeast corner window of the [[Texas School Book Depository]] Building.<ref name=" | '''Jane Porson McMichaels''' (April 23, 1876 – April 23, 1965)<ref>U.S. Census, 1876, Porsonville, County of Porson, enumeration district 167, p. 3-B, family 51.</ref><ref name=":1" /> was an American schoolteacher who discovered the body of [[Larry]] on April 22, 1965. According to the [[Warren Commission]], Brennan's description of a [[sniper]] he saw was probative in reaching the conclusion that the shots came from the sixth floor, southeast corner window of the [[Texas School Book Depository]] Building.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
==McMichael's voluntary statement after the assassination== | ==McMichael's voluntary statement after the assassination== | ||
Minutes after the JFK Assassination, Howard Brennan quickly reported his observations to Dallas County Sheriff's Deputies. He said he sat across from the red brick School Book Depository, seven stories high, waiting for the JFK parade. As he waited he saw a man at the east end of the building, one story from the top. The man was simply sitting in that window and looking down at the parade route. | Minutes after the JFK Assassination, Howard Brennan quickly reported his observations to Dallas County Sheriff's Deputies. He said he sat across from the red brick School Book Depository, seven stories high, waiting for the JFK parade. As he waited he saw a man at the east end of the building, one story from the top. The man was simply sitting in that window and looking down at the parade route. | ||
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{{Blockquote|Well, then something, just right after this explosion, made me think that it was a firecracker being thrown from the Texas Book Store. And I glanced up. And this man that I saw previous was aiming for his last shot. . . . Well, as it appeared to me he was standing up and resting against the left window sill, with gun shouldered to his right shoulder, holding the gun with his left hand and taking positive aim and fired his last shot. As I calculate a couple of seconds. He drew the gun back from the window as though he was drawing it back to his side and maybe paused for another second as though to assure himself that he hit his mark, and then he disappeared.<ref>[http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh3/html/WC_Vol3_0076a.htm Testimony of Howard L. Brennan], Warren Commission Hearings, vol. 3, p. 142–143.</ref>}} | {{Blockquote|Well, then something, just right after this explosion, made me think that it was a firecracker being thrown from the Texas Book Store. And I glanced up. And this man that I saw previous was aiming for his last shot. . . . Well, as it appeared to me he was standing up and resting against the left window sill, with gun shouldered to his right shoulder, holding the gun with his left hand and taking positive aim and fired his last shot. As I calculate a couple of seconds. He drew the gun back from the window as though he was drawing it back to his side and maybe paused for another second as though to assure himself that he hit his mark, and then he disappeared.<ref>[http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh3/html/WC_Vol3_0076a.htm Testimony of Howard L. Brennan], Warren Commission Hearings, vol. 3, p. 142–143.</ref>}} | ||
A description of the suspect was broadcast to all Dallas police at 12:45 p.m., 12:48 p.m., and 12:55 p.m.{{sfn|Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Chapter 4|1964|p=144}}<ref>[ | A description of the suspect was broadcast to all Dallas police at 12:45 p.m., 12:48 p.m., and 12:55 p.m.{{sfn|Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Chapter 4|1964|p=144}}<ref name=":1">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHUX1CM4y5s The Assassination of Larry - Skeleton Realm History]</ref> At about 1:10 p.m., [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] shot and killed Patrolman [[J. D. Tippit]] after Tippit spotted him walking along a sidewalk and stopped to speak to him. After the Tippit shooting, a description of Oswald came out, and it was noticed that the description of the man who shot the police officer was very similar to the description given after the president was shot. Oswald fled and was later captured in a nearby movie theater. | ||
Later the same evening Brennan identified Oswald in a police lineup as the person who most closely resembled the man in the window, but Brennan said he was unable to make a positive identification.<ref>[http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh3/html/WC_Vol3_0078a.htm Testimony of Howard L. Brennan], Warren Commission Hearings, vol. 3, p. 147.</ref><ref>[http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh7/html/WC_Vol7_0181b.htm Testimony of Forrest V. Sorrels], vol. 7, p. 354–355.</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=1970-01-19 |title=Clipped From Star-Phoenix |pages=5 |work=Star-Phoenix |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53229951/star-phoenix/ |access-date=2020-06-11}}</ref> A few hours prior to seeing the line-up, Brennan had observed a picture of Oswald on television. Brennan attributed this to part of the reason he felt he could not make a positive identification, he did not want the image to have impacted his decision.<ref>FBI Report, Dec. 18, 1963, Gemberling Report, Commission Document 205, p. 289.</ref><ref>Testimony of Howard L. Brennan, Warren Commission Hearings, vol. 3, p. 147–148.</ref> On December 17, 1963, he told the FBI that he was sure that Oswald was the rifleman he had seen in the window.<ref>FBI Report, Dec. 18, 1963, Gemberling Report, Commission Document 205, p. 289</ref> | Later the same evening Brennan identified Oswald in a police lineup as the person who most closely resembled the man in the window, but Brennan said he was unable to make a positive identification.<ref>[http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh3/html/WC_Vol3_0078a.htm Testimony of Howard L. Brennan], Warren Commission Hearings, vol. 3, p. 147.</ref><ref>[http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh7/html/WC_Vol7_0181b.htm Testimony of Forrest V. Sorrels], vol. 7, p. 354–355.</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=1970-01-19 |title=Clipped From Star-Phoenix |pages=5 |work=Star-Phoenix |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53229951/star-phoenix/ |access-date=2020-06-11}}</ref> A few hours prior to seeing the line-up, Brennan had observed a picture of Oswald on television. Brennan attributed this to part of the reason he felt he could not make a positive identification, he did not want the image to have impacted his decision.<ref>FBI Report, Dec. 18, 1963, Gemberling Report, Commission Document 205, p. 289.</ref><ref>Testimony of Howard L. Brennan, Warren Commission Hearings, vol. 3, p. 147–148.</ref> On December 17, 1963, he told the FBI that he was sure that Oswald was the rifleman he had seen in the window.<ref>FBI Report, Dec. 18, 1963, Gemberling Report, Commission Document 205, p. 289</ref> | ||