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Published on Mar 13, 2017

Below is Jesse’s two page handwritten letter in which he spells out the truth behind the making of the 2012 DVD “Elvis Found Alive“.  Please do read his own words about this movie.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2017

A good friend Emailed to me the link to the following interview on http://www.classicbands.com which I really enjoyed so much. I wrote to Gary James, who conducted and published this interview, and asked his permission to use some of the interview in my own article here on my site.  Gary so graciously said that I may use whatever I wish from the interview.   I thank Gary so much for his generosity and kindness.  Gary did such a good job on his interview with me several years ago and I appreciate him very much.

First of all, I will share the link to the entire interview so that everyone may read it in full:

http://www.classicbands.com/RobertCCantwellInterview.html

Robert C. Cantwell was a Golden Gloves competitor. His chosen profession was law enforcement. Joining the Denver Police Department, he would climb through every rank in the Department. He became the Director of Prisons for the Colorado Department Of Correction and the Director of the Colorado Bureau Of Investigation. From 1970 to 1977 Mr. Cantwell provided security for Elvis Presley. He wrote a book about his time with Elvis titled The Elvis Presley I Knew: Beyond The Headlines And Scandal To The Heart Of The Superstar 1970 – 1977. (5 Prince Publishing. http://www.5PrinceBooks.com. Mr. Cantwell spoke with us about his time with Elvis and the Elvis Presley he knew.

A – When Elvis was ready go on the stage we’d be standing right by him just chatting. Joe would say, “When Elvis gets over there by the steps leading up to the stage, you guys stop talking to him.” We always small talked to him. Never, did I ever ask him about what it was like to be a singer or popular. I just figured he gets those questions from everybody else. We talked mostly about his mother, dad and his growing up. He had a lot of similar background as I did. His dad was in jail. My dad was in and out of jail. We moved all the time. Anyway, we’d back off and go stand over with Sonny and Red. I didn’t like the other guy, Grob. That’s why I don’t mention his name much. I always felt that he thought we were trying to push him out of his job.

Q – Did you ever read Gail Brewer Giorgio’s book?

A – I’ve read so many books on Elvis most after I had published my book but don’t remember her. The only book I really took offense to was Sonny and Red West’s book. As I said in my book, I’m not going to debate ’em. They were around him all the time for years. But I can tell you the time I was around him personally, and I have a lot of experience recognizing drug users including my dad and having worked drug cases, in my job, I know Elvis never, and that’s an absolute, used any drugs around us nor did I ever detect any usage on his behalf.

Q – That’s probably because you were looking for hard drugs like heroin, cocaine, meth. If we are to believe the reports out there, Elvis was abusing prescription drugs. And that’s awfully hard to accept.

A – I worked so many cases where persons forged scripts and were “high” when we arrested them. These were their drugs of choice as well as my dads’. They were always easy to spot through their eyes and slurred speech. I never detected any of these symptoms with Elvis. He always had Dr. Nick with him all the time. I know Dr. Nick always carried a doctor bag. I never saw him open the bag or hand anything to Elvis. I didn’t hear Elvis even talk about it in Vail when we were around him day and night; Jerry and Ron more than me. Maybe he wouldn’t do it in front of us. I would hope he wouldn’t. I don’t know what type of drugs Elvis was allegedly using. I know what I’ve read; Barbiturates and amphetamines, which you can spot right away. His eyes were never dilated or constricted. He never talked with a slur. I never saw him drink any alcoholic beverages. The only thing he drank, and he’d sometimes run out of, was Mountain Valley Spring Water. He carried cases of it with him. We didn’t have that particular spring water in Denver so I’d bring him a case of Perrier Water when I came back up to Vail from Denver.

Q – You saw the change in Elvis’ physical appearance over the years. What did you think was going on? What did everybody else around him say?

A – We would talk to Elvis. We called him E.P. “Hey E.P., you’re putting on some weight buddy.” That’s what I would say to him. He’d say, “Oh, yeah Bob. I’m drinking too much water.”

Q – That’s what he would say?

A – To me, yeah. I can tell you from experience, if you’re taking any amphetamine it work the opposite. You’re going to be skinny. Plus your teeth are going to start looking rotten. Even if he was taking a barbiturate, a sedative, he would be sleepy, Jerry, Ron and I talked about him when he was really getting huge and his face was swollen up. It was almost like people I’ve seen that have too much water. But he still talked good and everything. He’d say, “I know man. I’ve got to get back to exercising.” When we’d go to Memphis, that’s what we would do. We’d play a lot of racquetball. I don’t know what caused it. I don’t understand how anybody could say it was because he was on drugs. If it were anything else, you’d think they’d be giving him water pills.

Q – I was told Elvis wanted to be in law enforcement. He wanted to be a cop.

A – That’s true.

Q – He had that badge from the DEA. No President has ever given an American entertainer a badge like that. John Wayne didn’t get one. Frank Sinatra didn’t get one. Elvis got one.

A – Now, wait a minute. We can compare John Wayne to Elvis, but couldn’t compare Frank Sinatra. I know a lot about Sinatra. When he came to Denver he wouldn’t let police around him.

Q – Was that an honorary badge that Elvis had or could he really arrest a person?

A – It was a real one. I don’t think it was DEA though. It was Bureau Of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Everybody calls it DEA today ’cause that’s what they are, Drug Enforcement Administration.

Q – But could Elvis arrest you if he flashed that badge?

A – I suppose. Elvis always looked like Elvis though. Unless somebody thought he was working undercover. I’d never seen him flash a badge. He’d put a bunch of different badges on his jacket. He was with Ron and I and rode in the police car with us. When we’d make a stop, Elvis would get out of the back seat and he just stood by the car. He didn’t approach the people that we went up to the car on.

Q – You wrote everything about Elvis you wanted to write, correct? There’s not going to be a follow-up book, is there?

A – No, no.

….Q – You didn’t like that book. At the time it came out, Sonny was hoping it would encourage Elvis to take different path. I was reading the book a couple of days before August 16th, 1977. So, if that was the intended purpose, the book should have come out earlier.

A – You got it. I think that book had a lot to do with Elvis’ death. That’s my personal opinion. But knowing Elvis, if he was using as much drugs as they said, why didn’t I, or Jerry or Ron, and we talked about this a lot when that book came out, “Guys, am I losing it?” I would’ve noticed it right away. We weren’t always together with him at the same time. We were around, but not at the same time. Besides I had arrested other entertainers.

…Q – Back to Elvis, I don’t see how the man could function, rehearse, record and travel if he was on as many drugs as has been reported. It makes no sense to me.

A – I’m not going to refute what they said in that book Elvis: What Happened? I’m not saying he didn’t. I’m just saying I never saw it. We were up early in the morning to play racquetball. One time we were in Vegas and it was after the concert. In his suite he had some stairs that went down to like a dance floor. I was sitting up on the steps, watching people dance. Shortly thereafter Elvis comes and sits next to me. He wanted to know why wasn’t dancing. “Shit Elvis, I’m happy at home. I can’t even dance with my wife. I don’t know how.” We started laughing and talking. I never saw him dance either. He said, “I don’t know how either.” Then he wanted a bottle of water. It was a case of the Mountain Valley Spring Water they brought in. It was sitting on the side of the stairwell, the staircase. He said, “How about you getting me a glass of water?” I said, “Hey Elvis, when you get up in the morning do you have to take a piss?” He said, “Well, yeah.” “So do I. So if you want a bottle of water, go get it.” “Okay Bob.” So he went down and got a bottle. I hollered down to him, “Hey EP, how about bringing me up a bottle while you’re at it,” and he did. As we talked, the conversation centered mainly about his mom. He loved his mom. I’m not sure he really loved his dad that much, but he really loved his mom. Then I said, “Elvis, I don’t get it buddy. I’m falling asleep on the stairwell and you’re still alive.” He said, “Well, it’s hard to go to sleep after a concert. You have to work yourself up to go onto the stage,” which I saw him do before he’d go up the steps to the stage. He’d really get psyched up. After the concert he didn’t go to sleep ’cause he was wired. He said, “Sometimes if it’s really bad, I have to take a sleeping aid. I just can’t sleep.” I’ve heard other entertainers tell me that. What it was, he never went into it, nor did I probe.

Q – Did Elvis ever say “I’m tired of being Elvis”? Was he unhappy with his life?

A – No. He would say, “It’s nice to be around you guys because you’re down to earth. You’re not always asking me about this or can you give me this? Where all these other people around me are leeches.” He did like Sonny and Red West. I liked ’em. Of all the people, they were good people. They were down to earth. He never said a bad word about ’em. That’s why I believe when they wrote that book; I think that pushed him overboard. They were his friends. If anybody were going to turn on Elvis, why would they do it? If it weren’t for Elvis, they wouldn’t have been anything.

I sent Jesse a copy of Mr. Cantwell’s book at that time.

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Just to share with everyone that Jesse did call me this afternoon.  He is doing well and sounded great.  He said that he did get to go for the picnic last week and, though it was cool, he did have a nice time.  He took his guitar as did little Nick.  He is teaching little Nick to play a guitar and Jesse said he is doing good with it.  I told Jesse that Nick has the best teacher in the world.  Jesse laughed and said “I wish!”  Jesse likes coconut macaroons and so I baked a batch and sent to him to take along on his picnic and he said that everybody liked them.  We had a nice visit and, as always, it was the high point of my day.

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SENT TO JESSE THRU THIS POINT ON FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2017

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SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2017

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL VISITORS

I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE I SEE THAT VERY FEW VISITORS HAVE RESUMED POSTING THEIR MESSAGES TO JESSE NOW THAT THE MESSAGES FOR JESSE PAGE HAS BEEN RESTORED FOLLOWING MY WEBSITE CRASH BACK AT THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY.  

JESSE DOES ENJOY RECEIVING THE MESSAGES ONCE EACH MONTH (FOLLOWING THE END OF EACH MONTH). 

I DO HOPE THAT YOU WILL POST ON THAT MESSAGE BOARD VERY SOON AND PLEASE PASS THE WORD TO ANY OTHER FANS YOU MAY KNOW WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OPTION.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH,

LOVE, LIGHT AND PEACE TO ALL,

LINDA HOOD SIGMON

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TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017

While out shopping today, I caught sight of the small front page article in the upper right cover page of the National Examiner.  Normally I don’t waste my time or money on the rag mags.  But, this one did catch my eye and so I bought it to share the images below on here.

Sometimes even a blind hog finds an acorn…so the Examiner did have this one photo which I found of interest.  The article itself which accompanied this digitally created photo of Elvis at 82 is totally garbage and not worth the time it would take to read it, so please don’t rush out to buy this issue.

Below is the image which they say has been created by forensic experts of what Elvis would look like at 82.  I do like this image in that it is not too far removed from the way Jesse himself looked when he was 59 in the 1994 photo with Benjamin who was two at that time.

This is a “just for fun” article and not to be taken at all literally. 

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017

I was very excited to find the below item on the Facebook page of a very nice young man, Matt West Perreira, who is friends with, and operates a Facebook page about, Mr. Paul Lichter.  Mr. Lichter is well known in the Elvis world for his photographs of Elvis, his wonderful books about Elvis, etc.

The reason that the below letter is so exciting for me to see is because of the fact that Elvis, himself, received and signed the postal delivery receipt for this letter on the morning of August 16, 1977 around 9:30 AM.  The time of this signature has been of great interest to all of us involved in the quest for evidence that Elvis did not die on that day.  The time of his signature on this receipt conflicts with the reports regarding his whereabouts on that day.  This receipt, proves that he was not upstairs in the bathroom as has been reported.

The copy of the receipt itself has been included in many works in years past.  I have an article on this website which I published on January 17, 2010 as shown below:

#1.  The Dr’s. estimated that Elvis may have died as early as 9:00 that morning.  So, how do they explain all of the attempts of CPR at the house, in the ambulance, and in the emergency room…on a body which was already in rigor mortise when found in the bathroom?  You can see this statement below at the end of the first paragraph in the full page.

Elvis had left the bathroom.  We know this because he, himself, was downstairs and signed for a mail delivery sometime around 9:30 that morning…it was a letter from Paul Lichter.  Here is the copy of this signed and dated form.

Here is the link to my above page:  https://lindahoodsigmonstruth.com/the-medical-examiners-report-and-the-autopsy/

Below is a copy of the actual letter which Mr. Lichter sent to Elvis and which Elvis received himself according to the above postal receipt.  I have never seen a copy of the letter itself before until I came upon it on  Matt West Perreira‘s Facebook page this past weekend.  I wrote to Matt and obtained his permission to share a copy of the letter here for my visitors to enjoy.

Also, as we all know, Elvis was VERY busy on that day and I wonder if he had time to actually read the wonderful letter of encouragement which Mr. Lichter had written.  This letter was addressing the topic of the slanderous book which had just come out “Elvis, What Happened?“.  As you will see, Mr. Lichter was writing to reassure Elvis that none of us were going to fall away from loving him because of that nasty and hateful book.

If Elvis did not get to read the letter that day, then I know Jesse will be touched to read it now.

I thank Matt so very much for allowing me to share this on my site.