Richard Case Nagell

Richard Case Nagell (August 5, 1930 – November 1, 1995) was a United States Army veteran and former CIA double agent.[1] Nagell was arrested on September 20, 1963 after he entered the State National Bank in El Paso, Texas and fired two shots into the ceiling of the bank. Nagel walked out of the bank after firing his weapon and sat down and waited for the police to arrive. [2] Dick Russell's biography of Nagell claims that Nagell had foreknowledge of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.[3] According to Russell, Nagell also claimed to have gotten himself arrested in the El Paso bank shooting in late September 1963 to avoid becoming a patsy.[4] Nagell met with New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, who at the time was investigating Clay Shaw's possible complicity in the assassination.[5]

Richard Case Nagell
Born(1930-08-05)August 5, 1930
DiedNovember 1, 1995(1995-11-01) (aged 65)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationCIA agent
EmployerCentral Intelligence Agency
Known forForeknowledge of John F. Kennedy Assassination.

Death

Nagell died from a heart attack on November 1, 1995, in Los Angeles, California, despite no history of heart problems. His death occurred one day after the Assassination Records Review Board had sent him a letter for information.[3][1] He was 65 years old at the time of his death and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[1][6]

Publications

References
  1. Staff writer (Nov. 12, 1995). "Passages." Seattle Times. Accessed Oct. 23, 2008.
  2. "The Strange Story of Richard Nagell, John F. Kennedy and the State National Bank of el Paso". 16 April 2021.
  3. Assassination Records Review Board (Sept. 30, 1998). "Chapter 7: Pursuit of Records and Information from Non-Federal Sources." In: Final Report of the Assassination Records Review Board. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. pp. 133–134.
  4. Staff writer (Nov. 30, 1992). "The Man Who Knew Too Much: Hired to Kill Oswald and Prevent the Assassination of JFK: Richard Case Nagell." Publishers Weekly. Accessed Jun. 23, 2014.
  5. Garrison, Jim (1988). On the Trail of the Assassins. New York: Sheridan Square Press, pp. 183–6. ISBN 0446362778.
  6. "Burial detail: Nagell, Richard C". ANC Explorer. Accessed Feb. 12, 2023.

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