Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald, why did he shoot JFK, where is he buried and did he know Jack Ruby?
Thousands of classified papers related to the John F Kennedy assassination were published under US law - but did they help solve the mystery of who pulled the trigger?
THE killing of Lee Harvey Oswald at the hands of Jack Ruby only served to muddy the waters into the truth behind President John F. Kenney's assassination.
With thousands of secret US Government files released, it was hoped that the missing pieces of the jigsaw would finally be found.
Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald?
Jack Ruby shot dead assassination suspect Lee Harvey Oswald, 24, in the abdomen at point blank range.
On November 24 1963, just two days after JFK's assassination and his arrest, Oswald was being escorted from Dallas Police Headquarters to county prison.
As he was taken out in front of the world’s media, Ruby stepped forward and shot him dead.
The event was witnessed by millions of Americans on live TV.
Ruby, a shadowy figure from Chicago, was convicted of murder in 1964.
Neither men knew each other.
Ruby claimed he had simply acted out of grief and denied any involvement in a conspiracy.
He was later found guilty of murder and sentenced to death.
He appealed but died of an illness in jail before his new trial could take place.
Who were Lee Harvey Oswald’s wife and children?
Lee Harvey Oswald’s wife was called Marina and was aged 22 when her husband was arrested for the assassination of JFK before being murdered himself.
She had married Oswald during his brief defection to the Soviet Union in 1961 and returned with him to the US.
There was nothing to suggest she had anything to do with any assassination plot.
They had two daughters June and Audrey.
During official inquiries into the assassination of JFK she said she believed her husband was guilty.
But in recent years she has protested his innocence.
Why did Lee Harvey Oswald shoot JFK?
One of the problems faced by the official investigation, the Warren Commision, was establishing what motivated Lee Harvey Oswald to kill the President.
Oswald denied being the assassin and claimed he had been framed.
And since he was killed just hours after being taken into custody, adequate interrogation and a trial had not taken place.
The Warren Commission could only suggest vague theories into why he shot JFK.
These mainly surrounded his communist sympathies and his attitude towards authorities.
But no concrete motives were ever found.
Thousands of books, articles, TV shows and films have explored the idea that Kennedy's assassination was the result of an elaborate conspiracy.
None have produced conclusive proof that Oswald worked with anyone else.
The newly released archive includes about 3,100 files that have never seen the light of day and another 30,000 so far only partially released.
Many are believed to involve a six-day trip that Oswald took to Mexico City that year.
Previously released FBI documents have suggested that Oswald spoke openly in Mexico about his intention to kill Kennedy.
Where is Lee Harvey Oswald buried?
Oswald was laid to rest in Fort Worth’s Shannon Rose Hill Burial Park.
There were no mourners at the funeral.
Reporters present were asked to act as pallbearers and out of decency obliged.
But the alleged assassin did not rest peacefully.
Back in 1981 forensic investigators exhumed his body as they probed a conspiracy suggesting a Russian body double had been buried rather than Oswald.
The body’s teeth were then compared with dental records but it was confirmed that it was indeed Lee Harvey Oswald in the ground.
Oswald’s original headstone was a simple granite slab bearing his full name, birthdate, and a cross.
But this was stolen from the cemetery four years after Kennedy’s death as a prank by Oklahoma teenagers.
It was found by police and returned to Oswald’s mother, Marguerite Oswald, who stashed it away in her Fort Worth home.
After her death in 1981, a family acquired the house ‘as is’ with whatever was left behind”.
They were unaware of the tombstone until an electrician discovered it while working on the home.
The family handed the tombstone off to other relatives to prevent the home from being targeted by thieves.
It ended up in the possession of a relative’s widow and then re-appeared in Wayne Lensing’s Roscoe museum of historic automobiles and memorabilia.
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What is the link between JFK's death, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz?
In 2016, Donald Trump suggested that Senator Cruz's dad was involved in the assassination effort of JFK.
The remark was among his more controversial statements regarding the Texas senator as they both vied for the GOP presidential nomination.
In May 2016, Trump said to Fox News: "[Cruz's] father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being — you know, shot.
"I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous.
"What is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. They don't even talk about that.
"That was reported, and nobody talks about it.
"I mean, what was he doing — what was he doing with Lee Harvey Oswald shortly before the death?
"Before the shooting?
"It’s horrible."