Richard Cain

Richard Cain was born in Chicago on 5th October, 1931. Cain became involved in criminal activity and eventually began working for Mafia boss, Sam Giancana. In their book, Double Cross (1992), Charles and Sam Giancana (Sam's half-brother and nephew) claim that Cain, along with Charlie Nicoletti, were the two gunman who killed President John F. Kennedy. The authors claim that it was Cain, rather than Lee Harvey Oswald, who fired from the 6th Floor of the Texas Book Depository.

In 1996 Eric Hamburg claimed that Cain worked with Dave Yarras and Lenny Patrick in the assassination of Kennedy in Dallas. This statement was based on information obtained from Claudia Furiati, a Brazilian journalist. Later that year Peter Dale Scott suggested that Cain was implicated in the assassination as a result of his links with Johnny Roselli and John Martino.

Richard Cain was shot dead on 20th December, 1973, at Rose's Sandwich Shop in Chicago. Since then researchers such as Larry Hancock and Michael Cain (Richard's younger brother), have investigated the case and have been unable to find any evidence that shows Richard Cain was involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.