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The discussion points towards the possibility that Ray was motivated by financial gain. The alleged offer of a $50,000 bounty—a substantial sum at the time—by a racist lawyer in St. Louis is highlighted. Ray and his brothers, also ex-convicts, might have viewed this bounty as a kind of lottery ticket, an opportunity for money and safety in foreign countries like Rhodesia or South Africa.
This framing shifts the narrative from conspiracy theories involving powerful institutions to a more grounded, albeit still mysterious, motive: greed. The implication is that Ray's actions could have been a personal, profit-driven act rather than the result of a vast conspiracy involving government agencies.