Editing Jack Gilbert Graham (section)

== Background ==
John Gilbert Graham was born on January 23, 1932, in [[Denver, Colorado]], the child of Daisie ([[née]] Walker) Graham and her second husband, William Graham.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jack Gilbert Graham |url=https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/jack-gilbert-graham |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220805000746/https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/jack-gilbert-graham |archive-date=2022-08-05 |website=[[FBI]]}}</ref> Nicknamed "Jack," Graham was Daisie's second child, as she already had a daughter from her first marriage. Graham was born during the height of the [[Great Depression]], and, in 1937, his father died from [[pneumonia]], causing Daisie to send the young Jack to an [[orphanage]] due to their poverty. In 1941, Daisie was married for the third time to Earl King, who died shortly after their marriage. Using her inheritance from King's death, Daisie became a successful businesswoman, but despite her newfound wealth, Daisie did not collect Graham from the orphanage. The two remained [[family estrangement|estranged]] until 1954, when Graham was 22 years old, and Daisie King was running a successful restaurant. After their reunion, King and Graham had a poor relationship, and often argued.

In 1955, shortly before the aircraft bombing, King's restaurant was destroyed in a suspicious gas explosion, believed to have been deliberately caused by Graham. Graham had insured the restaurant and collected on the [[property insurance]] following the explosion.

Graham married Gloria A. Elson, with whom he had two children, Allen and Suzanne, who were infants at the time of the notable events. After Graham's execution, Gloria and the two children began using her maiden name. Allen Earl Elson married Denise Marie in 1976. Both went missing on October 16, 1981, in [[Curry County, Oregon]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Missing Persons |url=https://www.oregon.gov/osp/missing/pages/missingpersons.aspx?wp1936=se:%22Elson%22 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=State of Oregon}}</ref> and are presumed dead. Gloria died in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-10-30 |title=Family moved on, but tragedy struck again |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2005/10/30/family-moved-on-but-tragedy-struck-again/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref>