Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

Now, thanks to Larry Rivera, I know where this image came from. It's from the HSCA. It's part of Groden's work. And it has a number: 180-10114-10406. 

That was colorized, and they splattered some of the color on his neck, as you can see. And the shirt pattern is nothing like that of Lovelady's shirt when Groden photographed him.

So, why did Groden colorize Gorilla Man the way he did? I don't know. 

And here's what else I found out from Larry Rivera: HSCA Attorney Kenneth Brooten accompanied Robert Groden to Colorado to photograph Lovelady. What came of it is that Brooten "resigned" from the HSCA to become Lovelady's personal attorney, which he was until Lovelady's death three years later. 

So, what would possess Brooten to resign from being counsel to the HSCA just to represent Lovelady? Again, I don't know, but here's what I think: Surely, they must have talked: Brooten and Lovelady. And Lovelady must have told him that he was scared, that he was being contacted by reporters and researchers. He probably expressed his fear of being called in to testify and his disdain for doing so. He was probably a nervous wreck. Brooten could surely see that Lovelady would make terrible and non-credible witness. And that's why the HSCA never called him in. It explains why they settled for that brief signed statement from him. But, did Lovelady really even sign it? Larry Rivera has done some detailed handwriting analysis which raises serious questions about whether Lovelady's signature was forged. 

Larry Rivera: Below is a comprehensive analysis of "Lovelady's" signature, including overlays of each element. It just so happens that Lovelady signed TWO affidavits the day of 11/22/63 which
offer a perfect opportunity to scrutinize his signature in different documents found at the Dallas City JFK repository, numbers 0470-001 and 0471-001. After closely examining this with computer techniques we have discovered the following anomalies:
1. Letters "B" and "y" are not even close. Notice the pronounced loops in the letters "B".
2. The real Lovelady looped his letter "i" in "Billy"
3. There is a pause between the second "L" and "y" in "Billy" in the HSCA signature, as if this
had been traced over his real signature.
4. There is a pronounced separation in the HSCA, "Lovel ady", not seen in the Dallas
document.
5. If you extend a line across the top of each signature from the top of the "B" on, you will
notice that in the real BNL signatures the last two letters "L" and "d" all reached that height or
extended above, where the HSCA stayed well below that line.
6. The images at the very bottom are overlays where we matched the size of the "B"'s and let
the rest of the images fall as they were.

So, why did Brooten quit the HSCA just to represent Lovelady? I don't assume it was because of money. I don't assume that Lovelady could pay him better than the HSCA could.  And, Lovelady was a meek, mild guy. I'm sure it wasn't his idea for Brooten to quit his prestigious job just to represent him. Lovelady wouldn't have thought of that. It was Brooten's idea.

So, why did Brooten want to do it? It's because Brooten could see that Lovelady was a wreck; he was on the verge of a breakdown. And that made Lovelady the weakest and most dangerous link in the HSCA chain. Lovelady needed to be watched, controlled, monitored, and policed. And that's where Brooten came in.  He was in touch with him until the day Lovelady had his fatal "heart attack" at the age of 41. Was Brooten involved with that too? Did he pass it along that Lovelady was a danger to the cause and had to be permanently silenced? I don't know, but I have to wonder about it.