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this program is about unsolved mysteries
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whenever possible the actual family
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members and police officials have
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participated in recreating the events
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what you are about to see is not a news
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broadcast
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June 1968 a funeral train bearing the
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body of Senator Robert F Kennedy slowly
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made its way from New York to Washington
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DC long around fountains borne the loss
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of her favorite son
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[Music]
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three days over Robert Kennedy was
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killed by an assassin's bullet at the
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Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
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California for those who were there the
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agonizing moments which followed the
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shooting never be forgotten by that kind
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of pandemonium had broken loose I mean
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everybody was screaming
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there were people yelling Kennedy was
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shot Kennedy was shot getting in wounds
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get a doctor
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many people jumped on Seir hand and
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hitting him yelling and screaming
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somebody was trying to get the gun they
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couldn't get the gun out of his hand it
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was like frozen in his hand so I was
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afraid somebody was gonna snap his back
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because by that time the Greer and Rafer
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Johnson and sure enough yeah I thought
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they just snapping like a matchstick and
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Greer finally got possession of the gun
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and gave it to Rafer Johnson and it was
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agreed you know Johnson was to hold on
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to that gun not give it to anyone until
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the police arrived on April 17th 1969
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sir Han b cirhonk o adoring of Robert
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Kennedy
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sir hun never denied killing Kennedy but
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has claimed on several occasions that he
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cannot remember the period of time of
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the shooting
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the final report of the Los Angeles
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Police Department definitively states a
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sir Han acted alone and fired the fatal
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shot throughout history the shockwaves a
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political assassination have almost
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inevitably given rise to questions of
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conspiracy in that regard the murder of
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Robert Kennedy is no exception despite
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the fact is here hon Sirhan was
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apprehended at the scene after firing
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eight shots has denied that anyone else
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was involved but in this instance there
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are researchers and eyewitnesses who
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claimed to have evidence which suggests
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that his second gun was fired in the
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Ambassador Hotel and that it may not
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have been seer Hahn who fired the fatal
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shot I don't think it's even possible
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that seer hand could have shot
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senator Kennedy four times at
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point-blank range
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it's not even possible I at this point
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feel that there probably was a second
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gun there and that it was fired the
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chief of detectives who supervised the
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investigation disagrees there's no
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question in my mind that Sirhan had
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killed Kennedy and they acted alone was
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there more than one gun fired that night
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just this week the Washington Post
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published an article by dan moldea
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detailing new evidence which addresses
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this disturbing question we'll examine
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both sides of this most important and
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controversial case in one moment on
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unsolved mysteries
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under ordinary circumstances we would
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not film a recreation of the murder of a
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United States Senator but because some
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independent investigators claimed that
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eyewitness accounts and other evidence
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contradict the official police report we
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have carefully re-enacted the event
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based on both crime scene evidence and
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eyewitness testimony the evening of June
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4th 1968 began as a celebration the
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victory in the California primary
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Senator Robert F Kennedy became the
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favorite to win the Democratic
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presidential nomination
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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after concluding a speech senator
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Kennedy was scheduled to attend a press
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conference in the colonial room some 40
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yards away
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Kennedy exited from the rear of the
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stage turned right traveled down a
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hallway and entered the hotel's kitchen
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pantry
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Kennedy was escorting by a hotel Maitre
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D' and paused to shake hands with a
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kitchen staff contrary to popular belief
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there were no photographs film footage
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taken of the exact moment of the
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shooting
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[Music]
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sirhan sirhan fired a 22 caliber
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revolver with a cylinder capable of
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holding eight rounds
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despite being immediately restrained he
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continued to fire until the gun was
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empty Robert Kennedy was mortally
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wounded and would die twenty-six hours
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later five bystanders were also
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seriously injured all survived the
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attack Sirhan Sirhan was taken into
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custody by the Los Angeles Police
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Department five days later the LAPD
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organized a 40 member Task Force which
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was known as special unit senator or sus
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the LAPD declined interview requests for
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this broadcast a spokesman stated quote
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the reports speak for themselves the
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right person was arrested and prosecuted
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end quote however the former Chief of
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Detectives with overall responsibility
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for the investigation did agree to be
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interviewed the assess organization was
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created to not only to investigate the
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assassination but any ramification of
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that assassination that could possibly
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be a conspiracy we didn't know that it
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wasn't the time it occurred we had no
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idea what the exact facts were once the
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pantry area was secured the LAPD
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scientific investigation division began
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the crime-scene investigation the team
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was headed by Officer Dewayne Wolfer a
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forensics expert the morning after the
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shooting the police discovered sir Hans
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notebook at his apartment three weeks
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earlier he had written my determination
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to eliminate RFK is becoming more the
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more
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of an unshakable obsession Robert F
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Kennedy must be assassinated the case
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seemed open-and-shut
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the police had motive opportunity and
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The Smoking Gun the weapon taken from
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sir Hahn was a 22 caliber Iver Johnson
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revolver which held a maximum of eight
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rounds the LAPD determined that eight
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bullets were fired in the pantry and
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that all eight came from Sir Hans gun
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the official report concluded that the
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bullets which struck Kennedy were fired
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first from a distance of one to six
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inches however the exact sequence in
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which the shots were fired is unclear
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this is a schematic diagram drawn up by
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officer wolf er of the flight paths of
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the eight bullets fired by sir Han its
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accuracy is central to the question of
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whether or not a second gun was fired in
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the drawing sir Han has not shown this
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is a computer-generated simulation of
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the shooting based on the official
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diagram was sir Han included sir Han is
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depicted by the red figure and Robert
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Kennedy by the white the LAPD has
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positioned the senator with his right
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shoulder turned towards sir Han one
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bullet entered the back of senator
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Kennedy's head just behind his right ear
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this was the fatal shot and according to
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police was the first one fired another
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penetrated the Senators right rear
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shoulder and lodged near his spine a
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third bullet entered Kennedy's back at
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an upward angle it exited through his
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chest and was believed lost somewhere in
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the ceiling a fourth pass through the
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right shoulder pad of Senator Kennedy's
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suit jacket this bullet traveled at an
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upward angle and according to the LAPD
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then struck Paul Schrade in the forehead
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shrade was standing approximately four
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feet behind Kennedy at the time I talked
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to Paul Schrade Paul said that he had to
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be nine feet tall or have his head on
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Kennedy shorter in order to be hit with
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this bullet but this is key for the LAPD
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that this is believed that that that
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bullet hit Paul Schrade because if not
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then
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another bullet in that room which means
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there's a second gun so literally people
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have to be contortionists in order to
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make the bullet flight pass of the LAPD
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work according to the official version
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four other bullets struck bystanders one
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of these bullets ricocheted downward
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from the ceiling and hit campaign worker
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Elizabeth Evans in the head but medical
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records show that the bullet which
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struck Evans entered at an upward angle
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a bullet ricochets from the ceiling and
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comes down through another tile it's
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going in a downward direction you can't
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have a bullet going in a downward
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direction medically enter from any other
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direction than downward yet her bullet
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entered going upward the autopsy of
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Senator Kennedy concluded that the fatal
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shot
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as well as the two other bullets which
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injured Kennedy were fired at an upward
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angle from point-blank range an inch to
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an inch and a half away these findings
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have never been disputed
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however the eyewitnesses who testified
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at sir Hans trial place the gun muzzle
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of foot two three feet away from Kennedy
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if that guy bullet which killed Kennedy
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that was an inch away from from his head
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this bullet didn't come from him from
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Suzanne did not come from San because he
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never got that close eye witness Karl
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Uecker was standing next to Sirhan when
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the first shot was fired
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euchre was a Maitre D' who's leading
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senator Kennedy through the pantry at
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the time of the shooting
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mr. Kennedy was shaking hands and I was
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holding his hand his um was trying to
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pull him getting into the clorium
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but that time she harmed him behind me
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and he was trying to get for me but I
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was pushing into him back and then I saw
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the gun when he shot him twice kept him
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in a headlock and pushed the gun away
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and I was holding it ran over the over
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the steam table and he kept shooting and
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I said again and again and again that
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can never cut that close to mr.
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Kennedy's head
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at the trial euchre testified that sir
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Han fired only two shots before he was
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forced away from Kennedy however the
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official report stated that four shots
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were fired before sir Han was restrained
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the gun was I'd say approximately
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anywhere from one to two feet away from
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him at the time of the firing of the
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first two shots he was not an inch away
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from Kennedy's head because he was
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across the room on this ice thing and
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the room I don't know the dimensions of
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the room but he was not an inch away and
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I'm not a coroner but he was not an inch
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away it was more than inches it was feet
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none of the eyewitnesses who testified
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at the trial believed the gun could have
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been an inch and a half away from
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Kennedy the LAPD determined that all the
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eyewitnesses were mistaken about what
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they had seen
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due to the panic and chaos of the morgue
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there is always the need for careful
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examination of the eyewitness account of
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what happened these people are not in
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any sense
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making anything up this is what they
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believed they saw you put all these
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things together it's difficult to
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discern under any circumstances officer
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Han who is on top of a steam table at
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this point at least from three to six
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feet away from Kennedy could a shot
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senator Kennedy from behind it's an
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impossibility my opinion and being close
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to the investigation during its entire
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life was that the investigation was
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thorough that the men who did the
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investigation were dedicated and that
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the conclusions we drew from their
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investigations are accurate the only way
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that you can guide what the coroner said
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what the LAPD said and it's crime scene
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examination what the eyewitnesses say
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they saw the only way you can jibe all
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of that is that there was a second guy
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firing a gun in that pantry that night
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was there more than one gun in the
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pantry that night I witness Richard who
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claims of you saw a security - pulled
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his gun during the shooting and then
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leave the room I noticed that there is a
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gentleman in some type of a uniform and
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he has a gun that gun is in his hand but
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that gun was not aimed at Cyr Han who
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was just fired it was in his hand aimed
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down not at Kennedy but down toward the
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floor the security guard is acknowledged
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that he unholstered his weapon that
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night but denies that it was fired he
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cooperated with police and was cleared
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by the LAPD any involvement in the
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attack we could not make any connection
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between stearin and his guard prior to
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that evening none at all
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that meant that it would be a phenomenal
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leap of logic to think they would both
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be in the kitchen at the same time
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unless there was a connection so we did
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not and do not I do not in any way
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believe there's a second gun involved I
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can't get a match in 1975 a lawsuit
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filed by one of the surviving victims
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resulted in a reexamination of the
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firearms evidence a panel of experts
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compared the three intact bullets
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recovered from the victims as well as
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test bullets fired from sir Hans
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revolver their findings did not rule out
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the possibility of a second gunman the
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three victim bullets were identified as
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having come from the same gun the second
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gun has never been identified as firing
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those victim bullets and of itself is
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not conclusive that the sirhan gun
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didn't do the firing so we're left with
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the dilemma that we have three victims
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struck by bullets from the same gun but
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we don't know whose gun it was the LAPD
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says that there were there were six
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victims who were hit by eight bullets
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they say that sear hand made good on all
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eight shots they've accounted for
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all the bullets he proved one more
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bullet there's a second gun in that room
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according to dan moldea photographs
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taken of the pantry entrance add to the
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possibility that more than eight shots
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were fired this FBI photograph
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identifies two bullet holes in the left
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door jamb which are not accounted for in
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the official report this is the FBI's
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photograph from the scene and their
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accompanying caption from the June 8th
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1968 FBI report e 2 a close-up view of
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the two bullet holes of area described
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above here Z 2 and these are the two
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bullet holes as the FBI describes them
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not alleged bullet holes bullet holes
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III close-up view of two bullet holes
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which is located in Center door frame
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inside kitchen serving area in the
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direction of the backstage area
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this is photograph three again FBI the
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bullet holes themselves not reported
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bullet holes bullet holes that's not
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terribly unusual that anything that
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looks suspicious at that time would be
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recorded that's not unusual at all the
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fact that it turned not to be bullets it
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was it's just the way it turned out I
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saw two bullet holes in a center divider
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I saw two bullets in the holes I know
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what I saw and the issue obviously is
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that others say that they weren't there
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it's a supposition in my part that at
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the door jambs whatever was in there
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that was looked like bullets were
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extracted and found not to be bullets I
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presume that was done but I don't have
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personal knowledge of that I have
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serious reservations whether or not any
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of Bobby's wounds were inflicted by sear
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Hans gun I at this point feel that there
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probably was a second gun there and that
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it was fired
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portions of wooden door frames were
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removed from the pantry and booked into
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evidence police records state that they
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were destroyed on June 27th 1969 two
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months after Sirhan's conviction they
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were bulky and they asked me if they
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could destroy that and I said yes
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well somebody at one time asked me if I
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had everything anything to do over again
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would I change anything and I said sure
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I would not release those panels door
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jams or whatever you call them because
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of the problems that have come out of
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that I think that the LAPD you thought
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they had an open-and-shut case
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and when extra bullets showed up and
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when other crime-scene evidence didn't
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jibe with the official version I think
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the question became one of nothing's
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gonna bring it back so why confuse all
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of this with the facts and I think that
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the case just rested there and it's been
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resting there for the past 22 years if
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there was someone who has additional
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information that would indicate
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conspiracy of any kind or that Sirhan
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did not shoot Kennedy I want to know
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about it and if there is that the case
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should be open immediately four days ago
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the Washington Post published an article
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by dan moldea
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containing additional information which
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supports a second gun hypothesis we
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interviewed modei a second time about
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this new evidence since last December
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moldea has conducted over 100 separate
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interviews with LAPD officers and
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officials LA County sheriff's deputies
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and city fire marshals some of them are
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now retired and many were present at the
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crime scene investigation these
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interviews are authentic they are on the
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record and many of them are on tape and
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what I did was I basically asked these
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officers to questions what did you do
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that night and what did you see these
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officers had no idea of the significance
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of what they were telling me they were
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giving me direct responses to my direct
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questions
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and about 20 of the people I talked to
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had clearly identified bullets bullet
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fragments or bullet holes at the crime
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scene itself in the kitchen pantry
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according to mull dia the bullet holes
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and fragments that were described by
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some interview subjects correspond with
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the FBI photographs taken at the crime
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scene during his interview moldea
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referred to transcripts of his
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conversations with officials I have a
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sheriff's deputy who says quote I
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remember one person trying to take a
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bullet out of the wall with a knife a
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silver knife for a souvenir and quote I
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have one of the photographers saying
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quote I remember taking lots of pictures
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of bullet holes six or seven in quote
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and when I asked him how sure he was
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that these were bullet holes
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he was defiant with me and he said quote
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a bullet hole looks like a bullet hole
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if you photographed enough of them end
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quote a detective who was there told me
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that he had seen quote quite a few
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bullet holes and actually identified the
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location of one bullet in the wall which
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corresponded with an FBI photograph
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another detective who was there that
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night told me about a bullet hole he had
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seen in the center divider at the crime
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scene between two swinging doors another
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LAPD sergeant told me quote as I was
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making my rounds some bullet holes were
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pointed out to me in a doorframe end
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quote and then he added that during a
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subsequent tour through the pantry quote
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one of the investigators pointed to a
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hole in a doorframe and said quote we
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just pulled a bullet out of here and
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quote and then one crime-scene
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investigator told me that he'd observed
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one of his supervisors removed two 22
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caliber bullets from the center divider
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itself now according to the Los Angeles
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Police Department's official reports
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there should have been no bullet damage
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in the walls and the door frames at the
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crime scene that night all of Seir hands
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bullets have been accounted for now what
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we have is a situation where the Los
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Angeles Police Department officers and
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top officials are now corroborating with
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the FBI indicated in its photographs and
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accompanied captions back in 1968 that
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there were additional bullets and bullet
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holes at the crime scene itself
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now if they are right then there is a
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second gun in that room that was fired
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and I think the only rate to resolve
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these questions is to simply reopen the
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case after publication of The Washington
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Post article we contacted the Los
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Angeles Police Department for their
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response whatever that reporter says is
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irrelevant as far as we are concerned we
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won't debate it we won't discuss it the
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investigation and its results reflect
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what our official position is and that
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is that the murderer of Senator Kennedy
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was arrested and successfully prosecuted
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and continues to serve time final
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services for robert Francis Kennedy were
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held on June 8 1968 at st. Patrick's
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Cathedral in New York City and were
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televised live to the nation
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my brother need not be idealized or
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enlarged and death beyond but he wasn't
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life to be remembered simply as a good
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and decent man
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[Music]
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we saw wrong and tried to write it saw
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suffering and tried to heal it saw a war
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and tried to stop it those of us who
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loved him and who take him to his rest
00:24:43
today pray that what he was to us and
00:24:48
what he wished for others was someday
00:24:50
come to pass for all the world 22 years
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of pasts and Senator Robert Kennedy was
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laid to rest but the events surrounding
00:24:58
his death are still at issue was there a
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second gun in the Ambassador Hotel that
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night did the authorities overlook
00:25:07
crucial evidence in the understandable
00:25:09
rush to convict sirhan sirhan and
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finally if a second gun was fired who
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pulled the trigger
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[Music]
00:25:33
February 21st 1977 at approximately 9:00
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p.m. on a cold winter night Chicago
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firefighters responded to a call from a
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lakefront residential building when the
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firemen arrived they found that the
00:25:46
blaze was confined to an upper floor
00:25:48
apartment
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[Music]
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inside the mattress in the middle of the
00:26:02
living room floor was engulfed in flame
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[Music]
00:26:12
and initially the apartment seemed
00:26:14
unoccupied but soon the firemen made a
00:26:17
grim discovery
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beneath a mattress they found the body
00:26:23
of a woman named Teresita basu she had
00:26:26
been stabbed in the chest it also
00:26:28
appeared that she had been raped and the
00:26:31
fire set in an attempt to cover up the
00:26:33
murder the police were bewildered by
00:26:38
this brutal crime the official autopsy
00:26:41
revealed the Teresita basa had not been
00:26:43
raped there was no apparent motive and
00:26:46
little physical evidence the
00:26:47
investigation quickly reached a dead end
00:26:49
the nearly six months later police were
00:26:52
startled by a lead as mystifying as a
00:26:54
crime itself a Chicago couple claimed
00:26:57
the victim Teresita basa had named her
00:27:00
own killer after she was murdered
00:27:02
speaking to them from beyond the grave
00:27:07
Teresita basser had moved to the United
00:27:10
States from the Philippines in the 1960s
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she worked as a respiratory therapist at
00:27:16
a Chicago hospital
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[Music]
00:27:22
coworkers describe Teresita as a
00:27:24
dedicated professional who gave all her
00:27:26
time and energy to her patients she
00:27:29
seemed to have absolutely no enemies
00:27:30
until the night of February 21st
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[Music]
00:27:40
smoke and fire damage had destroyed all
00:27:42
fingerprints and nothing seemed to be
00:27:44
missing from teresita's apartment better
00:27:47
in Chicago detective Joseph dahulu was
00:27:49
totally baffled the only real piece of
00:27:56
evidence we found was a memo indicating
00:27:59
that she was expecting to obtain some
00:28:01
theater tickets for a subject by name of
00:28:04
a s who might have been expected at the
00:28:08
apartment on that night
00:28:10
Jose tahula desperately grasped at any
00:28:13
straw that held out hope of solving the
00:28:15
case five and a half months after the
00:28:17
murder he responded to a strange call
00:28:20
that would take his investigation into
00:28:21
the realm of the paranormal dr. mortis a
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Filipino physician had heard about
00:28:31
Teresita basa through his wife the two
00:28:34
women had worked together at the
00:28:35
hospital the doctor and his wife have
00:28:38
requested anonymity we will call them
00:28:41
Enrico and Alicia border they would tell
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Stella an unbelievable but compelling
00:28:47
story have you ever had any dealings
00:28:50
with possession or the occult being a
00:28:54
police officer I've run into a lot of
00:28:56
strange things I've always tried to keep
00:28:58
an open mind about it it was a funny
00:29:00
situation being a policeman you can tell
00:29:03
when somebody sincere and when they
00:29:05
firmly believe they're giving you good
00:29:07
information I could tell it that he
00:29:10
believed what he was telling me was the
00:29:12
truth what I'm about to tell you may
00:29:14
sound bizarre
00:29:16
you see I worked with the Lake Teresita
00:29:19
we were both respiratory therapists at
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the hospital Alicia told detectives to
00:29:24
hula of a strange series of events that
00:29:26
took place after teresita's death late
00:29:29
one night after working a long shift
00:29:31
Alicia had gone to a hospital lounge for
00:29:34
a short nap she said that seconds after
00:29:37
she closed her eyes she felt a ghostly
00:29:39
presence in the room
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it was Teresita pasa
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[Music]
00:29:45
at first I thought I was dreaming I
00:29:48
could not believe my eyes but she is
00:29:52
looking at me
00:29:53
staring at me I did not know what to do
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I was so frightened I pray a couple of
00:30:03
weeks after Alicia had seen Teresita the
00:30:06
boarders went out to tell of a second
00:30:08
experience two weeks later this time at
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their home purchase
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that night Alicia had gone to bed early
00:30:16
complaining of extreme fatigue her
00:30:19
husband had gone into the bedroom to
00:30:20
check on her
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dr. Bordeaux said he asked her if she
00:30:24
was alright and he says her voice was
00:30:27
different and attempting to get his wife
00:30:31
to talk more he asked who are you he was
00:30:38
confused cuz he did not know Teresita
00:30:40
pasa at the time you must go to the
00:30:44
police
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the police cannot find my killer
00:30:51
Jotham his name is Alan showery tell
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them
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upon listening dis I really picked up
00:30:59
now yes finally no hue yes and I asked
00:31:03
them who'd did he know who L and showery
00:31:05
was and he indicated from the from the
00:31:08
voice I'm Teresita pasa that Ellen Shari
00:31:11
was an orderly that worked at the
00:31:12
hospital with both his wife and Teresita
00:31:15
bossom he said the first session only
00:31:19
lasted about 30 minutes and then at the
00:31:21
end his wife woke up he asked her if she
00:31:24
knew what happened she said she didn't
00:31:26
and then he sort of put it in the back
00:31:28
of his mind and didn't act on it he said
00:31:33
then there was a second session where
00:31:37
the voice again possessed his wife and
00:31:40
at this time the voice became more
00:31:42
insistent he said he could not do
00:31:53
anything to really help her and the
00:31:54
police couldn't do anything that they
00:31:56
would need evidence and at this point
00:32:01
the voice indicated that she had some
00:32:04
evidence form that it was her jury
00:32:08
[Music]
00:32:15
first thought that came into - how can I
00:32:18
put this on an official police report
00:32:19
but at this point we began a background
00:32:23
check on Allen showery besides knowing
00:32:26
Teresita basa at the hospital he lived a
00:32:29
short distance from her if either of you
00:32:32
recall
00:32:33
Teresita bas i ever mentioned that allen
00:32:35
showery was going to go over to her
00:32:36
apartment we've also learned from
00:32:38
co-workers at the hospital that Allen
00:32:41
showery was expected over an teresita's
00:32:44
apartment that night to repair her
00:32:46
television this was probably the best
00:32:52
clue that we had putting him on the
00:32:54
scene at the approximate time of the
00:32:56
murder detectives tahula brought allen
00:33:01
showery in for questioning showery
00:33:08
admitted he had gone to teresita's
00:33:10
apartment that night to repair her
00:33:11
television I was there but I was just
00:33:15
there to fix the television and I had my
00:33:17
tools that I had the right claimed he
00:33:18
was unable to fix the set and returned
00:33:20
to the apartment he shared with his
00:33:22
girlfriend we decided to contact the
00:33:28
girlfriend and ask her if Allen had
00:33:30
given her any jewelry recently within
00:33:32
the last several months or weeks so when
00:33:36
we contacted her she indicated yes he
00:33:39
had Allen Sherry's girlfriend agreed to
00:33:44
let Teresita boss's relatives and
00:33:46
friends
00:33:46
inspect the jewelry Allen had given work
00:33:48
see if there's anything you can
00:33:50
recognize her looks familiar to you the
00:33:53
family members immediately recognized a
00:33:56
large green piece of jade and several
00:33:59
other distinctive pieces of jewelry is
00:34:01
there any other piece here look familiar
00:34:04
the ring that's teresita's ring ring on
00:34:08
her finger
00:34:09
yeah she was wearing it the last time I
00:34:10
saw Helen give you their ring yesterday
00:34:14
how long ago did he give it to you I
00:34:18
don't know it was about three months ago
00:34:28
it's all over Ellen Teresita boss's
00:34:33
family just identified the jury now I
00:34:35
want to know what happened
00:34:37
confronted with this evidence shall we
00:34:39
made a full confession their name would
00:34:41
have left for our apartment
00:34:43
Alan said that yes he had gone over
00:34:45
there to work on Teresita boss's
00:34:48
television set however he returned home
00:34:51
and on the way back formulated this plan
00:34:55
to murder and Rob Teresita
00:34:59
[Music]
00:35:00
[Applause]
00:35:00
[Music]
00:35:03
Allen returned to the apartment and went
00:35:07
Teresita let him in and she turned her
00:35:09
back to block the door
00:35:11
he said he quickly moved up behind her
00:35:13
and placed a chokehold on her neck
00:35:15
holding it until she stopped struggling
00:35:18
he then dragged her body into the living
00:35:21
room where he disrobed her to make it
00:35:24
look like it was a rape robbery type of
00:35:28
scene and then went into the bedroom and
00:35:34
obtained the mattress off her bed
00:35:36
placing it over the body and setting the
00:35:40
top of the mattress on fire
00:35:41
[Music]
00:35:52
planted defies belief is as somehow
00:35:55
possible the Teresita basa could have
00:35:57
spoken through Alicia border to catch
00:35:59
her own killer one thing is certain
00:36:02
without the information Alicia provided
00:36:04
police would never have known the
00:36:06
jewelry was missing an Allen showery
00:36:08
would never have been arrested to this
00:36:12
day and not quite sure if Teresita came
00:36:15
back it's one of those bizarre incidents
00:36:21
that you don't know was true or not true
00:36:28
despite his confession Allen sherry pled
00:36:31
not guilty to a charge of murder but
00:36:33
when a mistrial was declared because of
00:36:34
a hung jury showery suddenly reversed
00:36:37
himself and admitted his guilt he was
00:36:39
sentenced to 14 years in prison
00:36:42
[Music]
00:36:57
in the summer of 1967 Jim Bukowski
00:37:01
married his high school sweetheart
00:37:02
Dolores
00:37:04
a week later he would ship to Vietnam on
00:37:08
August 29th 1968 four months into his
00:37:11
tour of duty
00:37:12
Jim's platoon was overrun by a large
00:37:15
contingent of North Vietnamese troops
00:37:17
they blew us to smithereens I went
00:37:20
flying through the air I landed 30 feet
00:37:23
down the hill I picked up my leg that
00:37:27
was blown off and I crawled back up to
00:37:29
you my first conscious memory was
00:37:36
looking up and seeing this blonde lady
00:37:40
helping me captain Lin sharp
00:37:47
hi Jim how you doing with captain sharps
00:37:50
help Jim began to recover from his
00:37:52
physical wounds but the emotional trauma
00:37:54
still tormented so you're gonna write
00:37:59
your wife by your leg know how you were
00:38:03
not allowed to leave the mass unit until
00:38:06
you wrote a letter to your wife I didn't
00:38:10
have the courage to write it she forced
00:38:15
me to do it and then I didn't know she
00:38:22
had sent a letter and a picture to my
00:38:25
wife with it I don't think that I would
00:38:30
have came back to my wife without
00:38:33
captain sharp I would very much like to
00:38:37
thank her for what she did for me
00:38:40
[Music]
00:38:45
and all the other guys before this
00:38:50
segment even aired
00:38:51
Linda sharp saw a promotional
00:38:53
announcement for Jim story on unsolved
00:38:55
mysteries she immediately called our
00:38:57
telecentre two weeks later she and Jim
00:39:00
were reunited
00:39:02
[Music]
00:39:12
you might open that door I was elated
00:39:15
all I want to do is give her a great big
00:39:17
hug and just hug her and thank her and
00:39:21
kiss her on the cheek and just uh just
00:39:25
try to show my appreciation I feel very
00:39:27
blessed to be here to actually see him
00:39:31
and talk with him and and hear his
00:39:35
versions of what went on because
00:39:37
sometimes what-what nurses don't even
00:39:41
don't realize that we have an impact on
00:39:43
patients lives and I certainly didn't
00:39:45
realize the impact I had on his life at
00:39:48
all over the years I've thought about
00:39:53
about Jim and Dolores and wondered how
00:39:56
they were doing and if they were still
00:39:58
together and seeing this show on TV and
00:40:01
seeing them in this segment was just the
00:40:03
best news that just made it all
00:40:06
worthwhile it really pulled things
00:40:07
together for me and it it reinforced
00:40:09
that that what I did over there was
00:40:11
important when Cory moments after
00:40:17
arriving Linda received an unexpected
00:40:19
gift a portrait of a vietnam nurse jim
00:40:23
had framed for her
00:40:25
think I had just made up for you then I
00:40:27
[ __ ] you like this
00:40:29
[Music]
00:40:32
when he gave me the the plaque it was
00:40:34
just such a special moment it made this
00:40:38
day very very special something that is
00:40:42
likely the culmination of a nursing
00:40:44
career to be to be thanked in such a
00:40:50
special way is very memorable something
00:40:52
I'll never forget this meeting with
00:40:57
Linda represents in my healing the final
00:41:03
step knowing tonight in my own mind
00:41:07
mentally physically and the way I feel
00:41:09
right now
00:41:10
I'm alright I finally beat battle we
00:41:14
lost a few battles but I've won the war
00:41:17
let me rephrase that
00:41:18
I have won the war
00:41:20
[Music]
00:41:34
February 10th 1990 Las Cruces New Mexico
00:41:38
8 a.m. an hour before opening time and
00:41:41
local bowling alley either the cook was
00:41:44
in the kitchen preparing for the lunch
00:41:45
hour rush the day manager Stephanie was
00:41:50
in the office adding up the previous
00:41:52
night's receipts with Stephanie were her
00:41:55
12 year old daughter Melissa and Amy a
00:41:58
friend of Melissa's
00:42:02
[Music]
00:42:07
at approximately 820 Ida was surprised
00:42:10
in the kitchen by a stranger wielding a
00:42:12
pistol he forced her at gunpoint towards
00:42:16
the office where Stephanie of the young
00:42:18
girls were being held by a second gunman
00:42:21
once I went in the office I saw
00:42:25
Stephanie analyst I'm Amy was the rest
00:42:29
of the money
00:42:32
I just thought they're gonna get money
00:42:34
you take off especially when they told
00:42:38
us all of you put your heads down the
00:42:42
second gunman took four thousand dollars
00:42:44
from the safe and he said that I thought
00:42:49
you know these guys are leaving you know
00:42:51
so we did and that's when when I felt
00:42:55
they had shot me in the head get inside
00:42:59
second swing Steve Tehran is two and a
00:43:03
half year old daughter Valerie and his
00:43:05
stepdaughter party at age seven stumbled
00:43:07
onto the scene
00:43:08
[Music]
00:43:22
[Applause]
00:43:27
all seven witnesses had been shot in the
00:43:30
head
00:43:30
Stephen Turan his stepdaughter Paula and
00:43:33
Melissa's friend Amy were dead at the
00:43:35
scene
00:43:36
Valerie tulle Anne died at the hospital
00:43:38
that day
00:43:39
incredibly Stephanie Melissa and Ida's
00:43:42
survived the vicious attack we assess
00:43:47
the scene immediately we canvass the
00:43:49
neighborhood and thank God that we were
00:43:52
able to come up with a couple of
00:43:53
witnesses that were able to give us some
00:43:55
pretty decent composites at around 8:15
00:44:00
that morning Stephanie's brother Steve
00:44:03
had stopped by the bowling alley for a
00:44:05
few minutes on his way to school I saw
00:44:08
to his back gentleman walking from the
00:44:10
back of the building towards the front
00:44:12
the older gentleman handed the younger
00:44:14
gentleman a small case the older
00:44:17
gentleman squats down and looks right at
00:44:20
me as I'm driving towards them I took
00:44:22
notice of what they were wearing their
00:44:24
descriptions hair color skin eyes
00:44:29
based on Steve's testimony and that of
00:44:32
other witnesses the police drew up these
00:44:34
composites of The Killers suspect number
00:44:38
one is approximately 29 to 30 years old
00:44:41
5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 170
00:44:44
pounds he has dark wavy hair and a dark
00:44:47
complexion with light-colored eyes
00:44:49
he speaks excellent English with no
00:44:51
Spanish accent
00:44:54
the second suspect is 40 to 50 years old
00:44:57
five feet seven inches tall and weighs
00:44:59
approximately 140 pounds he has thinning
00:45:02
salt-and-pepper hair brown eyes and a
00:45:04
dark complexion he speaks with a slight
00:45:07
Spanish accent
00:45:08
[Music]
00:45:18
for every mystery there is someone
00:45:20
somewhere who knows the truth perhaps
00:45:23
that someone was watching perhaps
00:45:25
[Music]
