Post by Tom Sorensen on Oct 27, 2022 5:00:32 GMT -5
WILLIAM EVERT RANDLE (November 28, 1963, Secret Service report1) | Plus Assorted Info
In this post I'll list various info related to William E. Randle, Linnie Mae Randle's husband, commonly referred to as Bill Randle. The Secret Service agents did a short interview with Bill Randle on November 28, 1663, and basically concluded: Nothing to see, moving on. In my opinion, this was a BIG mistake!
I can understand why, at the time, he would seem to be of little interest although it was rumored that he had said something about an attempt to kill the President in Dallas. He denied any knowledge of this. However, as the involvement of Buell Frazier and his backstory was being documented, I find it highly suspicious that no background check was done on Bill Randle. I believed it was a deliberate attempt by the WC and FBI to protect Buell Frazier and I'll list a couple of reasons why an actual investigation would have looked closer at Bill Randle.
First, the whole Buell-on-couch back story sounds beyond fishy to me. As I've remarked in other threads, there exists nothing on record about Frazier whereabouts when he's not on the couch or at work or entertaining his little nieces! Even when interviewed by the WC in March of 1964 he's still on the couch in Irving. I'll bet the Randells must have been seriously tired of having Wes occupying their couch for half a year.
Second, sister Linnie supposedly assisted him in finding a job in Dallas. Now, who in the Randle household would be the most likely person to guide Buell Frazier? Homemaker with no job record2 or his brother-in-law Bill Randle, who was employed at his brother Marvin Randle's counter top company3 located in Irving? From what I read, his brother's company was a startup at the time, likely before "startups" was a concept. He would already have a small network of hardware suppliers and such, he might even thave a few subcontractors. Would you put your money on the housewife or the brother-in-law who was already connected business wise?
SUMMARY: Buell's BS back story makes no sense and it remains unverified that any job was facilitated by an employment company or sister Linnie Randle. Both the WC and the FBI failed to do any background check on the Randles. I'm 100% convinced that Linnie Randle was nominated as Frazier's "job coach" in order to screen Bill Randle from further scrutiny. The FBI actually did scratch the surface before bailing out, more on this in my next post.
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1 Commission Document 87 - Secret Service report of 08 Jan 1964 LINK
2 The Warren Commission forgot to ask her, mistake?
3 It appears that Marvin's company is still in business, pretty cool! Irving Countertop can be found here: LINK