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John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, Sharif B. Sirhan

June 1-5, 1968 (Los Angeles, California), May and June 1968 (California)

Shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California on June 4-5, 1968; Investigation into the assassination attempt of Senator Robert F. Kennedy

Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was identified as the assassin of Senator Robert F. Kennedy; The investigation into the assassination attempt of Senator Robert F. Kennedy is ongoing.

Theresa K. Walton advised that she was present at the Ambassador Hotel on June 4, 1968 when Senator Kennedy was shot.
Paul Aimeyer stated that he was in charge of a group furnishing his television show with coverage of the victory celebration held in honor of Senator Robert Kennedy at the Embassy Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
Victor "Vici" Blondi advised that he was a guest at the Ambassador Hotel on June 4, 1968 and was in the Embassy Room lobby when Senator Kennedy addressed his campaign workers.
Michael M. Boyd stated that he was present at the Ambassador Hotel on June 4, 1968 and was covering the victory celebration held in honor of Senator Robert Kennedy.

Witnesses reported hearing shots and seeing people in shock, while others claimed to have seen a person resembling Sirhan Sirhan.
However, no conspiracy was found by the investigation.

A refuse and rubbish collector met with Sirhan in 1967-68 while collecting trash in the Howard Street area of Pasadena.
They would occasionally talk about topical events, including the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and Sirhan allegedly made a statement wishing harm on white people.

A photograph taken by a New York photographer in May 1968 at the Los Angeles International Airport shows Senator Robert P. Kennedy shaking hands with an airport employee and two youths, one of whom resembles Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.
Mrs. Emma Weller advised that she had been in charge of the San Fernando Valley headquarters of Senator Kennedy's campaign and was familiar with a number of people who frequently visited the campaign headquarters, but did not recognize the two youths in the photograph.

Mrs. Stella R. Leach identified Senator Robert F. Kennedy and herself in a group photograph taken at the American Indian Center in San Francisco on January 5, 1968.
A portion of an unidentified individual's face appears between Senator Kennedy and Mrs. Leach.

Patrick McKay, a janitor, attended the same hearing and also identified Senator Kennedy and Mrs. Leach in the group photograph.
He stated that a portion of an unknown individual's face appears between Senator Kennedy and Mrs. Leach.

Irene Brown, an employee at the American Indian Center, recalled attending a U.S. Senate Sub-Committee hearing on January 5, 1968, but did not attend this particular meeting.
She identified Senator Kennedy and Mrs. Leach in the group photograph and stated that a portion of an unidentified individual's face appears between them.

Harold Redbird, an employee at the American Indian Center, stated that he did not personally attend the hearing but was aware of it.
He identified Senator Kennedy and Mrs. Leach in the group photograph and stated that a portion of an unidentified individual's face appears between them.

William H. Bear, a former director of the Indian Center, viewed the same group photograph and stated that he could not identify the unknown individual but felt certain that it was not Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.

Fallah Ben-Jabr, a witness, identified photographs of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan and his brothers as being different from the man who drove a white Chevrolet in Los Angeles on June 1, 1968.
He stated that he saw this individual driving in 1959 but could not describe him.

Phillip Butler, a congressman, was present at the California Hall in San Francisco on June 4, 1968, where Senator Kennedy spoke before a large gathering.
He heard what sounded like small firecrackers or shots coming from television sets and later learned that Senator Kennedy had been shot.

Richard Daugherty, a reporter, stated that he was with the Kennedy campaign in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968 but left for Portland, Oregon, several days prior to the assassination.
He felt certain that he did not see Sirhan Bishara Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel.

John Digman, a resident of California, stated that he was not working at the Central Receiving Hospital on June 5, 1968 and had no information concerning the events surrounding Senator Kennedy's assassination.

Grant Holcomb, an employee at the Ambassador Hotel, advised that three employees, Elizabeth Herman, Joe Dyer, and Jim Brown, were reportedly present at the hotel.

The Jackson, Mississippi Office of the FBI received a call from a young female on October 10, 1968 who claimed to have important information about the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.
The caller, identified as Subrina Dubble, stated that she had knowledge of Senator Robert P. Kennedy but declined to report this information due to threatening phone calls and letters.

The FBI attempted to contact Subrina Dubble multiple times but she failed to appear at a scheduled meeting on October 20, 1968.

A photo copy of a handwritten letter in Serbo-Croatian language was forwarded to the FBI Laboratory for examination purposes.
The results of the laboratory examination indicated that the purported writing of the letter may have been written by the same individual.

A two-page letter allegedly signed by Sharif B. Sirhan, postmarked Pasadena, California, October 22, 1968, was also examined by the FBI Laboratory.
The signature on the letter is entirely too indistinct to permit a suitable comparison with known handwriting samples.

RFK Declassified Files

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