Crime writer Moldea (Interference, 1986, etc.) attempts to write
the last chapter in the debate over who killed Robert F. Kennedy.
Everyone knows that Sirhan Bishara Sirhan shot Sen. Robert F.
Kennedy in the early morning hours of June 5, 1968, moments after
he had declared victory in the California presidential primary.
There were a dozen eyewitnesses, and Sirhan confessed to the crime
at his 1969 trial. But a dogged group of investigators, writers,
and conspiracy theorists have focused on two major discrepancies in
the evidence to suggest there was a second assassin: first, the
difference between the autopsy report and the reports of witnesses
as to how far Sirhan and the gun were from Kennedy's head; and
second, crime scene photographs showing apparent bullet holes that
could not have come from Sirhan's pistol. Moldea has reexamined
every piece of available evidence and, in an example of
indefatigable journalism, tracked down virtually every policeman
and FBI agent who worked on the case, is still alive, and would
agree to talk to him. He also interviewed Sirhan and Thane Eugene
Cesar, a security guard the night of the shooting often named as
the second assassin. Moldea can be criticized for the deceptive way
he presents evidence as credible and then, Sherlock Holmes - like,
explains only at the end why it is tainted. But this infuriating
device works, holding the reader riveted as he reconstructs the
crime scene and reviews the investigation. The book's more serious
flaws are matters over which Moldea had no control: the refusal of
DeWayne Wolfer, the police investigator in charge of the crime
scene, to be interviewed; and the destruction of crucial pieces of
evidence by the police. These omissions will probably keep some
people from accepting Moldea's version of events as the final word.
Moldea has left no stones unturned in his examination of the Robert
Kennedy assassination, uncovering many worms and perhaps, finally,
the true smoking gun. (Kirkus Reviews)
"Carefully reasoned . . . dramatic. . . . [Moldeas] book should be read, not so much for the irrefutability of its conclusions as for the way the author has brought order out of a chaotic tale and turned an appalling tatter of history into an emblem of our misshapen times."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times
On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; his death the following day stunned a nation still recovering from John F. Kennedys assassination five years earlier. Officials insisted, however, that this was not "another Dallas": this was an open-and-shut case--Sirhan Sirhan acted alone.
Yet behind the official version of the RFK assassination lies a story of shadows, controversies, conflicting testimony, and missing evidence. Investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea set out to discover the truth; what he found suggested a botched investigation, and perhaps something worse. Was there strong evidence, as certain police officers and the FBI alleged, that too many bullets were fired to have come from Sirhans gun? Could the LAPD have suppressed vital evidence in their rush to judgment? Could Sirhan have had an accomplice?
In a fascinating book full of plot twists and intrigue, Moldea turns the case inside out, tracking down witnesses and police officers (many of whom had never before been interviewed), scrutinizing testimony and official files, questioning Sirhan in jail, and polygraphing security guard Thane Eugene Cesar, accused by many of being the real gunman. New evidence mounts and theories fly until Moldea reveals what he believes happened that fateful night. Exhaustively researched, brilliantly analyzed, this book definitively slams the door shut on the mystery of the Robert Kennedy assassination.
"Mr. Moldea's journalistic instincts have never looked sharper. . . . [Presents] what is likely to be the best understanding of what actually happened on June 5, 1968."—Gerald Posner, New York Times Book Review
"[Moldea's] book will serve future historians well."—Bill Wallace, San Francisco Chronicle
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