>"But one of Malcolm's top aides, Leon 4X Ameer, went to the
>FBI,
>about, I think it was ten days after Malcolm was killed, and
>indicated that he felt that there were elements not only
>within the
>Nation of Islam proper, but within the US government that
>were
>behind Malcolm's assassination. He then was found dead,
>himself,
>a few days later at the age of 32 in his apartment in Boston.
>Initially, they said it was suicide, then they changed that to
>a
>drug overdose, but the final disposition of the case was that
>he
>died of natural causes, despite the fact that he was in good
>health
>at the age of 32. It is worth noting that Ameer took his wife
>and
>child and relocated them from Boston prior to his death,
>because he
>felt that his life was in danger and he did not want his wife
>and
>child to die if and when the assassins came for him. That is
>still
>the official version of the death of Leon Ameer, namely,
>natural
>causes at the age of 32 within ten days of (actually it was
>about
>a week) having visited the FBI and voiced his suspicions about
>U.S.
>governmental involvement in the assassination of Malcolm X."
>
>I know a woman from the family who hid one of these men. I
>know that he was found dead, so perhaps it's the same person.


...He was in the documentary and it shows footage of Malcolm and him at a podium talking about how he was beaten up by the NOI. He had this huge scar or welt on his face from the beating he took in Boston (this was before he was killed after Malcolm's assasination. Malcolm in the clip said that they were still after him. They interviewed Leon as well. If you want, I can post a clip of the what they said later this evening. So, maybe she may recognize his face.

The clip is from the movie "Malcolm X" (1972) that came as a bonus DVD with the Malcolm X special collections DVD that was released a year ago.