Marina Oswald's Affidavit

On the 22nd of November, 1963, Marina Oswald (who did not speak English well) signed an affidavit. In it, among other things, she said:

"This morning Lee was gone before I got up. When the Officers came to my house they asked me if Lee had a rifle. I told them he used to have a rifle to hunt with in Russia. I knew there was a rifle in Mrs. Paine's garage. Two weeks ago I was in the garage and saw the same blanket that the police got. I opened the blanket and saw a rifle in it. This blanket is the same one that I saw today in the same place. Today is the first time I saw the blanket empty. Today at Police station they showed me a rifle. This was like the rifle my husband had. It was a dark gun. But I don't remember the sight on it. It could be the same rifle but I'm not sure."