Rose Cheramie
From The Kennedy Assassination Resource
AKA: Melba Christine Marcades, Patsy Sue Allen, Christine Youngblood, Melba Christine Youngblood, Melba Christine Youngblood Rodman, Mickey Rodman, Mrs. Albert Rodman, Melba Christina Youngblood, Melba Christina Nichols, Melba Charles Nichols, Rose Lea Stewart, Connie Mackey, Penny Sue Marcades, Melba Marcades, Rita Lane, Zada Marie Johnson, Zada Marie Gano, Zada Irene Scars, Zada Lynn Gano, Zada Garacino, Marie Stewart, Zada Marie Green, Rose Elaine Evans, Rose Elaine Edwards, Rose Elaine Cherami, Rose Marie Evans, Rosalee Cherami, Rose Cherami, Rose L. Cherami, Roselle Jeanne Crawford, Roselle Renee Cherami, Rozella Clinkscales.
We would have just included her for the number of aliases she had, but there is also an intresting story to go with it...!
The HSCA writes, "According to accounts of assassinations researchers, a woman known as Rose Cheramie, a heroin addict and prostitute with a long history of arrests, was found on November 20, 1963, lying on the road near Eunice, La., bruised and disoriented. She was taken to the Louisiana State Hospital in Jackson, La., to recover from her injuries and what appeared to be narcotics withdrawal.
Cheramie reportedly told the attending physician that President Kennedy was going to be killed during his forthcoming visit to Dallas. The doctor did not pay much attention to the ravings of a patient going "cold turkey" until after the President was assassinated 2 days later. State police were called in and Cheramie was questioned at length.
She reportedly told police officers she had been a stripper in Jack Ruby's night club and was transporting a quantity of heroin from Florida to Houston at Ruby's insistence when she quarreled with two men also participating in the dope run. Cheramie said the men pushed her out of a moving vehicle and left her for dead.
After the assassination, Cheramie maintained Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald had known each other well. She said she had seen Oswald at Ruby's night club and claimed Oswald and Ruby had been homosexual partners"
"Cheramie died of injuries received from an automobile accident on a strip of highway near Big Sandy, Tex., in the early morning of September 4, 1965. The driver stated Cheramie had been lying in the roadway and although he attempted to avoid hitting her, he ran over the top of her skull, causing fatal injuries. An investigation into the accident and the possibility of a relationship between the victim and the driver produced no evidence of foul play. The case was closed" - Louisiana State Police Memo
