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from Mrs. Sylvia Odio.” 495 He did not think someone was trying to frame Oswald; rather
he thought it was more plausible that the testimony showed that Oswald was involved in
a conspiracy. A second Oswald resembling the real Oswald were both involved in the
plot. Popkin suggested that “the duplication played a crucial part in the events of
November 22. Second Oswald was an excellent shot, real Oswald was not. Real
Oswald’s role was to be the prime suspect chased by the police, while second Oswald,
one of the assassins, could vanish” 496
According to Popkin, the second Oswald fired from the School Book Depository
building, but all the evidence left at the scene implicated Oswald, including the rifle and
shell casings. In addition to the second Oswald assassin, Popkin theorized that another
gunman fired from the infamous grassy knoll. The final appearance of the second
Oswald occurred as he fled the building: a witness, J.R. Worrell, and Deputy Sheriff
Roger Craig, saw the real assassin flee the scene to make his successful get-away.
According to Popkin, the evidence implicated the real Oswald, but that he planned to
make his get-away like the real assassin. The only thing that went wrong was Tippit
stopped the real Oswald before he could escape. Oswald gunned down the officer and
was subsequently arrested at the movie theater.
Popkin concluded that the real Oswald “played his role well. The police chased
him and found him, and ignored all other clues, suspects, and possibilities.” He
continued that “the second Oswald data would probably have made all eyewitness
495 Popkin, 37.
496 Popkin, 59.
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