No one knows for sure who killed JFK - here are the top theories

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No one knows for sure who killed JFK - here are the top theories

The Kennedys and the Connallys in the presidential limousine moments before the assassination in Dallas.

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The fateful day that President John F. Kennedy was murdered.

Just under 54 years ago, two years into his presidency, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on a visit to Dallas, Texas.

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An investigation by the Warren Commission determined a former US Marine named Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from a nearby book depository, but the murky facts of the case have led to a number of alternate theories.

They include a CIA conspiracy, a mafia hit job, a covert operation by Lyndon B. Johnson, and more.

In anticipation of the National Archives releasing 3,100 documents related to the assassination on October 26, here are the top theories that have swirled ever since.