A renowned journalist's mysterious death in 1965 has resurfaced amid calls for President Donald Trump's assassination task force to investigate potential links to John F. Kennedy's murder.
According to Daily Mail, lawyer Mark Shaw is urging the House of Representatives Task Force on Declassification and Transparency to investigate Dorothy Kilgallen's death, believing she was murdered to prevent her from exposing the truth about JFK's assassination.
Kilgallen, an acclaimed investigative journalist and media personality, was found dead in her Manhattan home on November 8, 1965, shortly after announcing she would reveal groundbreaking evidence about President Kennedy's assassination. Her death was officially ruled as "circumstances undetermined" due to a combination of sleeping pills and alcohol, but numerous suspicious elements surrounding the case have led many to question the official narrative.
The celebrated journalist had spent two years investigating JFK's assassination, developing evidence that Mafia boss Carlos Marcello orchestrated both Kennedy's murder and Lee Harvey Oswald's subsequent killing by Jack Ruby. She conducted exclusive interviews with Ruby and traveled to New Orleans to investigate Marcello's potential involvement.
Shaw believes Kilgallen discovered that Marcello had ordered Kennedy's assassination after the Kennedys broke a deal to leave the Mafia alone in exchange for helping win the election. Her investigation challenged the Warren Commission's conclusion that Oswald acted alone, suggesting both he and Ruby were connected to Marcello's criminal organization.
The night before her death, Kilgallen shared portions of her explosive manuscript with Random House publisher Bennett Cerf. She reportedly told friends, as Shaw recounts: "I'm going to break the real story and have the biggest scoop of the century."
Several elements about Kilgallen's death raised red flags among investigators. Her body was found in an unusual position, fully made up with fake eyelashes and hair accessories from the previous night, in a room she never used for sleeping.
Most notably, her extensive dossier of evidence about the JFK assassination vanished without a trace the night of her death. The FBI, under J. Edgar Hoover's leadership, had placed Kilgallen under surveillance, and she had reported receiving death threats before her sudden passing.
Shaw and New York Council Member Bob Holden have repeatedly requested that the NYPD and Manhattan DA's office investigate Kilgallen's death. While both agencies initially promised to look into the case, they later declined without conducting any investigation or witness interviews.
The newly formed congressional task force, led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, has already challenged the government's long-held position that Oswald acted alone. At a February press conference, Luna suggested there were "two shooters" in Dallas and criticized the Warren Commission hearings as "faulty."
Shaw warns that focusing solely on existing government records and Warren Commission testimony could limit the investigation's effectiveness. He argues that examining Kilgallen's investigation could provide crucial new insights into both JFK's assassination and her own suspicious death.
The task force plans to hold its first hearing on JFK's assassination on March 26, where they will interview surviving witnesses and Warren Commission members. Shaw emphasizes that including Kilgallen's investigation in their scope could finally reveal the truth about both deaths.
Mark Shaw's appeal to Trump's assassination task force represents a new chapter in the decades-long quest to uncover the truth about Dorothy Kilgallen's death and its connection to the JFK assassination. The acclaimed journalist was found dead in her Manhattan home just as she prepared to release explosive evidence suggesting Mafia boss Carlos Marcello orchestrated both Kennedy's assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald's murder. The congressional task force's upcoming investigation could finally shed light on these interconnected mysteries that have puzzled Americans for over half a century.
