- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJames Robert Leavelle
- Jim Leavelle was born on August 23, 1920 in Red River County, Texas, USA. He was married to Taimi Sanelma Trast. He died on August 29, 2019 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- SpouseTaimi Sanelma Trast(October 1942 - October 1, 2014) (her death, 3 children)
- Detective with the Dallas, Texas police department when US president John Kennedy was assassinated.
- He was the detective handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby.
- He was also present at another unforgettable moment in 20th century history. He was at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii when the Japanese bombed it on December 7, 1941.
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