All we really know is what the witnesses tell us.
Witnesses told the police that the woman and her husband had been in line for about four hours.
All one can hope is that the stories the witnesses tell are the same.
"They were holding hands and looked very happy in love," a witness told Us at the time.
"Witnesses got on the stand and told what happened to them," he said.
Witnesses told the police they had stood apart in the car.
Witnesses told the truth commission he shot her in the head.
Witnesses told us he had been hit by a white car, but Thompson himself was saying nothing.
Witnesses would later tell the police that whatever happened was too fast to follow.
A witness in the store told investigators he saw nothing.