Buddy Walthers worked as a taxi driver before joining the Sheriff's Department in 1955 and over years worked his way in to more responsible positions.

On this matter, Roger Craig worked with Buddy Walthers and said he had absolutely no ability as a law enforcement officer. However, he was fast climbing the ladder of success by lying to [Sheriff] Decker and squealing on his fellow officers." In his book When They Kill A President he added,"Buddy had a powerful hold on Decker. I base this on the fact that Buddy's popularity with Decker greatly increased after the assassination."

Walthers thought the shots came from the triple underpass and immediately ran toward it. He was the first officer to question James Tague as he saw a cut on his face from the chip the stray bullet made in the curb. He also was with two other men across the street from the book depository and picked something out of the grass. His initial reaction was that it was a .45 bullet, later changed his story and it was a piece of the President's skull.

Later when searching the Paine residence he found several filing cabinets full of pro-Castro literature. Author James DiEugenio suggests this "cinches the case that the Paines were domestic surveillance agents in the Cold War against communism."

Buddy Walthers had interesting friends including Joe Campisi who ran the Egyptian Restaurant (Italian food) and was Carlos Marcello's man in Dallas. Campisi was also the first one to visit Jack Rub in prison after his arrest. When he was arrested, Jack Ruby, was carrying Walthers permanent pass to the Carousel Club.

On January 10, 1969 Walthers and another officer were sent to a motel where an escaped convict, who was also accused of a double murder. When they entered the room, Walters was fatally wounded.

Buddy Walthers: A Bullet Found, A House in Town
by Jeffrey L. Meek

In this book JFK assassination researcher Jeffrey L. Meek describes in detail his investigation into whether or not Dallas Deputy Sheriff Buddy Walthers actually found a .45 caliber bullet in Dealey Plaza within minutes after the shooting and also covers where Meek believes Lee Harvey Oswald was going after leaving the Texas School Book Depository. His research includes an interview with Walthers' daughter about these two highly important matters. The book also contains a last-minute bit of information Meek received near press time about a certain type of rifle that was capable of firing .45 caliber bullets.

Other books by Jeffrey Meek.

When They Kill a President: Special Edition
by Roger Craig

When They Kill a President was originally written in 1971 as an unpublished manuscript by Roger Dean Craig, a decorated Dallas Deputy Sheriff who won 'Officer of the Year' for Dallas County in 1960 for outstanding performance in the line of duty. This new 2021 Special Edition of Craig's manuscript documents his eyewitness account of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his investigation in Dealey Plaza after it occurred, and the massive cover up that followed. This first-hand account of what took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963, proves not only that there was a vast conspiracy to kill John F. Kennedy, but it also examines how costly telling the truth could be for an eyewitness like Roger Craig, who threatened to expose the lies of the official narrative surrounding the assassination of the 35th President of the United States.

Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba, and the Garrison Case
by James DiEugenio

Twenty years ago, before the ages of Obama and Trump, James DiEugenio wrote the first edition of Destiny Betrayed. In this second edition of Destiny Betrayed, he returns to familiar topics and introduces new information. What was the truth, and what were the lies? What were the inside politics of Kennedy’s America? This book is an investigative look at these questions and more. The author focuses equally on Kennedy and Garrison, providing a unique insight into the Garrison inquiry. 

DiEugenio updates all of the topics that he introduced in 1992 with the first edition of Destiny Betrayed. He has used the declassification process of the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB) to gain the most current and accurate information on subjects including Clay Shaw and the Garrison investigation; US-Cuban policy from 1957 to 1963; the newly exposed mistaken beliefs of the Warren Commission; Kennedy’s challenge to the Cold War consensus in 1961 and where he came up with that challenge; and more. The author primarily emphasizes the New Orleans aspects of the Kennedy murder investigation, the Garrison inquiry, and the new and secret data that strengthens Garrison’s case.