Roger D. Craig

Roger Dean Craig (May 12, 1936 – May 15, 1975) was a Dallas deputy sheriff who was known for his testimony regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Named the Dallas Sheriff's Department "Officer of the Year" in 1960, Craig gave a deposition in 1964 to a Warren Commission attorney that contradicted the official account of the JFK assassination. Craig testified that he saw Lee Harvey Oswald flee the Texas School Book Depository and enter a waiting Nash Rambler station wagon. He also said he had a brief conversation about it with Oswald in the police captain's office. In 1967, Craig was fired from the sheriff's department. He claimed he subsequently faced a series of life-threatening incidents. In 1975 he died from a gunshot wound in what was deemed a suicide. Craig's testimony has been challenged by Warren Report supporters, while assassination conspiracy theorists have taken it seriously.