Hugh Aynesworth
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Hugh G. Aynesworth is an American journalist. He was the lead reporter for the Dallas Morning News at the time of the John F. Kennedy assassination
and was the first print reporter to interview Lee Harvey Oswald
's widow, Marina Oswald. Aynesworth was present during Kennedy's assassination, he was the first reporter to arrive at the scene of J.D. Tippit's murder in Oak Cliff
in Dallas, and he was present at Lee Harvey Oswald
's arrest at the Texas Theater in Dallas. He later became a true-crime author, co-writing the books The Only Living Witness and Conversations with a Killer about serial killer Ted Bundy
. He later was a staff correspondent for Newsweek magazine and then a reporter for The Washington Times.
John F. Kennedy assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...
and was the first print reporter to interview Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was, according to four government investigations,These were investigations by: the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the Warren Commission , the House Select Committee on Assassinations , and the Dallas Police Department. the sniper who assassinated John F...
's widow, Marina Oswald. Aynesworth was present during Kennedy's assassination, he was the first reporter to arrive at the scene of J.D. Tippit's murder in Oak Cliff
Oak Cliff
Oak Cliff is a community in Dallas, Texas, United States that was formerly a separate town located in Dallas County; Dallas annexed Oak Cliff in 1903...
in Dallas, and he was present at Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was, according to four government investigations,These were investigations by: the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the Warren Commission , the House Select Committee on Assassinations , and the Dallas Police Department. the sniper who assassinated John F...
's arrest at the Texas Theater in Dallas. He later became a true-crime author, co-writing the books The Only Living Witness and Conversations with a Killer about serial killer Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy
Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women during the 1970s, and possibly earlier...
. He later was a staff correspondent for Newsweek magazine and then a reporter for The Washington Times.