/internal/media/dispatcher/76051/fullJames Cron Oral History05/10/2007Duration: 58 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2007.001.00290Videotaped oral history interview with James Cron. A jail clerk at the Dallas Police Department at the time of the Kennedy assassination, Cron started the first Crime Scene Search Unit at the Dallas County Sheriff's Department in 1970. He later became a veteran crime scene investigator and law enforcement consultant.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 10, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.Oral Histories7258426290Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with James Cron. A jail clerk at the Dallas Police Department at the time of the Kennedy assassination, Cron started the first Crime Scene Search Unit at the Dallas County Sheriff's Department in 1970. He later became a veteran crime scene investigator and law enforcement consultant.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 10, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-eight minutes long.InvestigationsEvidencePoliceOral historiesKennedy, John F.Day, CarlDecker, BillCron, JamesDallas County JailDallas Police DepartmentDallas County Sheriff's DepartmentDallas Police Crime Scene Search UnitDallasDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Law Enforcement (OHC)Less than one week after this oral history, James Cron participated in a public program at The Sixth Floor Museum on May 16, 2007, entitled "CSI: Dallas." This panel discussion, moderated by Dr. Tim Sliter, chief of physical evidence at UT Southwestern Institute of Forensics, featured Cron along with forensic firearms examiner Charles Clow and Dr. Stacy McDonald, deputy chief of physical evidence at UT Southwestern Institute of Forensics. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorJames Gilbert Cron passed away on April 24, 2019 at the age of 79. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorThe Museum's James Cron Collection (2007.012), donated at the time of this oral history, is comprised of a series of Kennedy assassination-related photographs and documents, including images of the Identification Bureau at the Dallas County Sheriff's Department, Jack Ruby 1963 mugshots and images of the John F. Kennedy Memorial under construction. - Stephen Fagin, Curator