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NARRATOR: This program is
about unsolved mysteries.
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Whenever possible, the
actual family members
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and police officials
have participated
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in recreating the events.
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What you are about to see
is not a news broadcast.
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ROBERT STACK: June 1968, a
funeral train bearing the body
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of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
slowly made its way from New
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York to Washington, DC.
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Along the route,
thousands mourned
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the loss of a favorite son.
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Three days earlier,
Robert Kennedy
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was killed by an assassin's
bullet at the Ambassador Hotel
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in Los Angeles, California.
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For those who were there,
the agonizing moments
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which followed the shooting
will never be forgotten.
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Calm down!
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Move back, please!
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FRANK BURNS: By that time,
pandemonium had broken loose.
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I mean, everybody was screaming.
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MARTIN PATRUSKY: There
were people yelling,
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Kennedy was shot.
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Kennedy was shot.
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Get an ambulance.
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Get a doctor.
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RICHARD LUBIC: Many
people jumped on Sirhan,
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and hitting him,
yelling and screaming.
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MARTIN PATRUSKY: Somebody
was trying to get the gun.
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They couldn't get the
gun out of his hand.
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It was like frozen in his hand.
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FRANK BURNS: I was
afraid somebody
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was going to snap his back.
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Because by that time, Grier
and Rafer Johnson had show up.
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And I thought they'd just
snap him like a matchstick.
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And Grier finally got
possession of the gun
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and gave it to Rafer Johnson.
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And it was agreed,
you know, Johnson
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was to hold on to that
gun, not give it to anyone
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until the police arrived.
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ROBERT STACK: On
April 17th, 1969,
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Sirhan B. Sirhan was
convicted of a first degree
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murder of Robert Kennedy.
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Sirhan never denied
killing Kennedy,
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but has claimed on
several occasions
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that he cannot remember the
period of time of the shooting.
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The final report of the Los
Angeles Police Department
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definitively states
that Sirhan acted
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alone and fired the fatal shot.
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Throughout history,
the shock waves
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of political assassination have
almost inevitably given rise
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to questions of conspiracy.
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In that regard, the
murder of Robert Kennedy
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is no exception, despite the
fact that Sirhan Sirhan was
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apprehended at the scene
after firing eight shots,
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and has denied that
anyone else was involved.
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But in this instance, there are
researchers and eyewitnesses
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who claim to have evidence which
suggests that a second gun was
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fired in the Ambassador
Hotel, and that it
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may not have been Sirhan
who fired the fatal shot.
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I don't think it's
even possible that Sirhan
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could have shot
Senator Kennedy four
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times at point-blank range.
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It's not even possible.
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I, at this point, feel that
there probably was a second gun
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there, and that it was fired.
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ROBERT STACK: The Chief of
Detectives, who supervised
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the investigation, disagrees.
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There's no question in my
mind that Sirhan killed Kennedy,
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and that he acted alone.
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ROBERT STACK: Was there more
than one gun fired that night?
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Just this week, the Washington
Post published an article
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by Dan Moldea detailing new
evidence which addresses
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this disturbing question.
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We'll examine both
sides of this most
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important and controversial
case in one moment
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on "Unsolved Mysteries."
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Under ordinary
circumstances, we would
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not film a recreation
of the murder
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of a United States senator.
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But because some
independent investigators
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claim that eyewitness
accounts and other evidence
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contradict the
official police report,
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we have carefully
reenacted the event
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based on both crime
scene evidence
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and eyewitness testimony.
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[crowd cheering]
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The evening of June 4th,
1968 began as a celebration.
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I thank all of you who made
this possible this evening.
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ROBERT STACK: With a victory
in the California primary,
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Senator Robert F. Kennedy
became the favorite
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to win the Democratic
presidential nomination.
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My thanks to all of you.
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And now it's on to Chicago.
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And let's win there!
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[cheering]
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ROBERT STACK: After
concluding his speech,
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Senator Kennedy was
scheduled to attend
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a press conference
in the Colonial Room
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some 40 yards away.
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Kennedy exited from
the rear of the stage,
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turned right, traveled
down a hallway,
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and entered the
hotel's kitchen pantry.
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Kennedy was escorted
by a hotel maitre d',
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and paused to shake hands
with the kitchen staff.
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Contrary to popular
belief, there
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were no photographs
or film footage
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taken at the exact
moment of the shooting.
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You son of a bitch!
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[screaming]
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[gun shots]
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[empty gun clicking]
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ROBERT STACK:
Sirhan Sirhan fired
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a 22 caliber revolver with a
cylinder capable of holding
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eight rounds.
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Despite being
immediately restrained,
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he continued to fire
until the gun was empty.
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Robert Kennedy was
mortally wounded
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and would die 26 hours later.
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Five bystanders were
also seriously injured,
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but all survived the attack.
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Sirhan Sirhan was taken
into custody by the Los
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Angeles Police Department.
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Five days later,
the LAPD organized
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a 40-member task
force, which was known
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as Special Unit Senator or SUS.
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The LAPD declined interview
requests for this broadcast.
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A spokesman stated, quote, "the
reports speak for themselves.
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And the right person was
arrested and prosecuted,"
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end quote.
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However, the former
Chief of Detectives
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with overall responsibility
for the investigation
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did agree to be interviewed.
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So the SUS organization
was created to, not only
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to investigate
the assassination,
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but any ramification of
that assassination that
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could possibly be a conspiracy.
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We didn't know that it
wasn't the time it occurred.
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We had no idea what
the exact facts were.
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ROBERT STACK: Once the
pantry area was secured,
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the LAPD's scientific
Investigation Division began
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the crime scene investigation.
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The team was headed
by Officer DeWayne
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Wolfer, a forensics expert.
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The morning after the shooting,
the police discovered Sirhan's
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notebook at his apartment.
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Three weeks earlier,
he had written,
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"my determination
to eliminate RFK
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is becoming more the more
of an unshakable obsession.
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Robert F. Kennedy
must be assassinated."
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The case seemed open and shut.
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The police had
motive, opportunity,
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and the smoking gun.
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The weapon taken
from Sirhan was a 22
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caliber Iver Johnson
revolver, which
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held a maximum of eight rounds.
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The LAPD determined
that eight bullets
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were fired in the pantry,
and that all eight
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came from Sirhan's gun.
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The official report concluded
that the bullets which
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struck Kennedy were fired
first from a distance of one
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to six inches.
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However, the exact sequence
in which the shots were fired
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is unclear.
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This is a schematic
diagram drawn up
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by Officer Wolfer of the
flight paths of the eight
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bullets fired by Sirhan.
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Its accuracy is central
to the question of
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whether or not a
second gun was fired.
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In the drawing,
Sirhan is not shown.
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This is a computer
generated simulation
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of the shooting based on the
official diagram with Sirhan
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included.
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Sirhan as depicted
by the red figure,
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and Robert Kennedy by the white.
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The LAPD has positioned the
senator with his right shoulder
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turned toward Sirhan.
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One bullet entered the back
of Senator Kennedy's head
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just behind his right ear.
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This was the fatal shot,
and according to police,
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was the first one fired.
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Another penetrated the
Senator's right rear shoulder,
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and lodged near his spine.
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A third bullet entered Kennedy's
back at an upward angle.
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It exited through his
chest and was believed
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lost somewhere in the ceiling.
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A fourth passed through the
right shoulder pad of Senator
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Kennedy's suit jacket.
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This bullet traveled
at an upward angle,
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and according to the
LAPD, then struck
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Paul Schrade in the forehead.
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Schrade was standing
approximately four feet
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behind Kennedy at the time.
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I talked to Paul Schrade.
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Paul said that he had
to be nine feet tall,
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or have his head on
Kennedy's shoulder
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in order to be hit
with this bullet.
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But this is key for
the LAPD that this
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is believed that that
bullet hit Paul Schrade.
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Because if not, then
there's another bullet
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in that room, which means
there's a second gun.
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So literally people have
to be contortionists
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in order to make the bullet
flight paths of the LAPD work.
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ROBERT STACK: According
to the official version,
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four other bullets
struck bystanders.
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One of these bullets ricocheted
downward from the ceiling
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and hit campaign worker
Elizabeth Evans in the head.
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But medical records show that
the bullet which struck Evans
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entered at an upward angle.
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A bullet ricochets
from the ceiling,
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and comes down
through another tile,
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it's going in a
downward direction.
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You can't have a bullet
going in a downward direction
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medically enter from any
other direction than downward.
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Yet her bullet
entered going upward.
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ROBERT STACK: The autopsy
of Senator Kennedy
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concluded that the fatal
shot, as well as the two
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other bullets which
injured Kennedy,
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were fired at an upward angle
from point-blank range, an inch
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to an inch and a half away.
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These findings have
never been disputed.
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However, the eyewitnesses who
testified at Sirhan's trial
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placed the gun muzzle a foot to
three feet away from Kennedy.
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If that bullet which
killed Kennedy that
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was an inch away from
his head, this bullet
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didn't come from Sirhan.
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Did not to come from
Sirhan, because he
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never got that close.
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ROBERT STACK:
Eyewitness Karl Uecker
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was standing next to Sirhan
when the first shot was fired.
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[music playing]
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Uecker was the maitre
d' who was leading
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Senator Kennedy
through the pantry
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at the time of the shooting.
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KARL UEKER: Mr. Kennedy
was shaking hands.
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And I was holding
his hand, his arm.
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I was trying to pull him
getting into the Colonial Room.
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By that time, Sirhan
came behind me.
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And he was trying
to get through me.
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But I was pushing him back.
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And then I saw the
gun when he shot him
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twice, grabbed him,
got him in a headlock,
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and pushed the gun away.
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And I was holding Sirhan
over the steam table.
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And she kept shooting.
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And I say it again, and
again, and again, that gun
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never got that close
to Mr. Kennedy's head.
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ROBERT STACK: At
the trial, Uecker
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testified that Sirhan fired
only two shots before he
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was forced away from Kennedy.
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However, the official
report stated
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that four shots were fired
before Sirhan was restrained.
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The gun was, I'd say,
approximately anywhere from one
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to two feet away from him
at the time of the firing
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of the first two shots.
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He was not an inch
away from Kennedy's head.
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Because he was across the
room on this ice thing.
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And the room-- I don't know
the dimensions of the room--
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but he was not an inch away.
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And I'm not a coroner.
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But he was not an inch away.
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It was more than inches.
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It was feet.
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ROBERT STACK: None
of the eyewitnesses
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who testified at
the trial believe
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the gun could have been an inch
and a half away from Kennedy.
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The LAPD determined that all
the eyewitnesses were mistaken
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about what they had
seen due to the panic
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and chaos of the moment.
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There is always the need
for careful examination
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of the eyewitness
account of what happened.
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These people are not in any
sense making anything up.
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This is what they
believe they saw.
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You put all these
things together, it's
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difficult to discern
under any circumstances
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how Sirhan, who is on
top of a steam table,
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at this point at least
from three to six feet away
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from Kennedy, could have shot
Senator Kennedy from behind.
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It's an impossibility.
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My opinion, and being
close to the investigation
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during its entire life, was that
the investigation was thorough,
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that the men who did the
investigation were dedicated,
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and that the conclusions we
drew from their investigations
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are accurate.
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The only way that you can
jibe what the coroner said,
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what the LAPD said in its
crime scene examination,
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what the eyewitnesses
say they saw--
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the only way you
can jibe all of that
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is that there was a second
guy firing a gun in the pantry
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that night.
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[music playing]
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[crowd cheering]
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ROBERT STACK: Was
there more than one
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gun in the pantry that night?
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Eyewitness Richard
Lubic claims that he
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saw a security pull his
gun during the shooting
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and then leave the room.
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RICHARD LUBIC: I
noticed that there
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was a gentleman in
some type of a uniform,
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and he has a gun out.
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That gun is in his hand.
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But that gun was not aimed at
Sirhan, who had just fired.
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It was in his hand aimed down--
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not at Kennedy, but
down toward the floor.
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ROBERT STACK: The security
guard has acknowledged
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that he unholstered
his weapon that night,
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but denies that it was fired.
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He cooperated with
police and was
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cleared by the LAPD of any
involvement in the attack.
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ROBERT A. HOUGHTON: We could
not make any connection
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between Sirhan and this guard
prior to that evening, none
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at all.
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That meant that it would be
a phenomenal leap of logic
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to think they would both be in
the kitchen at the same time
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unless there was a connection.
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So we did not, and do not--
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I do not, in any
way, believe there
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was a second gun involved.
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I can't get a match.
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Here, take a look.
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ROBERT STACK: In
1975, a lawsuit filed
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by one of the surviving victims
resulted in a reexamination
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of the firearms evidence.
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A panel of experts compared the
three intact bullets recovered
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from the victims, as
well as test bullets
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fired from Sirhan's revolver.
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Their findings did not
rule out the possibility
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of a second gunman.
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LOWELL W. BRADFORD:
The three victim
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bullets were identified as
having come from the same gun.
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The Sirhan gun has
never been identified
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as firing those victim bullets.
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And that in and of itself is
not conclusive that Sirhan gun
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didn't do the firing.
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So we're left with the dilemma
that we have three victims
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struck by bullets
from the same gun,
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but we don't know
whose gun it was.
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The LAPD says that
there were six victims
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who were hit by eight bullets.
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They say that Sirhan made
good on all eight shots.
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They've accounted
for all the bullets.
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You prove one more
bullet, there's
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a second gun in that room.
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According to Dan Moldea,
photographs taken of the pantry
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entrance add to the
possibility that more
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than eight shots were fired.
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This FBI photograph
identifies two bullet holes
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in the left door jamb,
which are not accounted
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for in the official report.
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This is the FBI's
photograph from the scene
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and their accompanying
caption from the June 8th,
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1968 FBI report, E-2, a
close-up view of the two bullet
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holes of area described above.
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Here's E-2.
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And these are the
two bullet holes,
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as the FBI describes them--
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not alleged bullet
holes, bullet holes.
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E-3, close-up view of
two bullet holes, which
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is located in center
door frame inside kitchen
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serving area in the direction
of the backstage area.
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This is photograph 3,
again FBI, the bullet
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holes themselves-- not reported
bullet holes, bullet holes.
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That's not terribly
unusual that anything
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that looks suspicious at
that time would be recorded.
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That's not unusual at all.
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The fact that it turned
not to be bullets,
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it's just the way it turned out.
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I saw two bullet holes
in a center divider.
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I saw two bullets in the holes.
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I know what I saw.
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And the issue,
obviously, is that others
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say that they weren't there.
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It's a supposition on my part
that the door jamb's whatever
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was in there that looked
like bullets were extracted
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and found not to be bullets.
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I presume that was done.
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But I don't have personal
knowledge of that.
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I have serious
reservations whether or not
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any of Bobby's wounds were
inflicted by Sirhan's gun.
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I, at this point, feel that
there probably was a second gun
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there, and that it was fired.
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ROBERT STACK: Portions
of wooden door frames
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were removed from the pantry
and booked into evidence.
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Police records
state that they were
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destroyed on June
27, 1969, two months
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after Sirhan's conviction.
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ROBERT A. HOUGHTON:
They were bulky.
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And they asked me if
they could destroy that.
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And I said, yes.
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Somebody, at one time, asked
me if I had anything to do over
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again, would I change anything?
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And I said, sure, I would not
release those panels, door
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jambs, or whatever
you call them,
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because of the problems
that have come out of that.
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I think that the LAPD thought
they had an open and shut case.
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And when extra
bullets showed up,
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and when other crime
scene evidence didn't jibe
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with the official version, I
think the question became one
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of, nothing's going
to bring him back,
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so why confuse all of
this with the facts?
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And I think that the
case just rested there.
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And it's been resting there
for the past 22 years.
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If there was someone who has
additional information that
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would indicate
conspiracy of any kind,
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00:20:02,469 --> 00:20:04,704
or that Sirhan did
not shoot Kennedy,
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00:20:04,804 --> 00:20:06,038
I want to know about it.
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And if there is, the case
should be opened immediately.
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ROBERT STACK: Four days
ago, the Washington Post
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published an article
by Dan Moldea
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containing additional
information which supports
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a second gun hypothesis.
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We interviewed Moldea a second
time about this new evidence.
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Since last December,
Moldea has conducted
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over 100 separate interviews
with LAPD officers,
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and officials, LA County
Sheriff's deputies,
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and city fire marshals.
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Some of them are now retired.
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But many were present at that
crime scene investigation.
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DAN MOLDEA: These
interviews are authentic.
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They are on the record.
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And many of them are on tape.
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And what I did was
I basically asked
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these officers two questions.
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What did you do that night?
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And what did you see?
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These officers had no
idea of the significance
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of what they were telling me.
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They were giving
me direct responses
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to my direct questions.
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And about 20 of the
people I talked to
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had clearly identified
bullets, bullet fragments,
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or bullet holes at
the crime scene itself
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in the kitchen pantry.
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ROBERT STACK:
According to Moldea,
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the bullet holes and
fragments that were described
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by some interview
subjects correspond
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with the FBI photographs
taken at the crime scene.
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During his interview,
Moldea referred
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to transcripts of his
conversations with officials.
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I have a Sheriff's deputy
who says, quote, "I remember
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one person trying
to take a bullet out
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of the wall with a knife, a
silver knife for a souvenir,"
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end quote.
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I have one of the
photographers saying,
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quote, "I remember taking lots
of pictures of bullet holes,
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six or seven," end quote.
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And when I asked him how sure
he was that these were bullet
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holes, he was defiant with me.
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And he said, quote, "a bullet
hole looks like a bullet hole
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if you photographed enough
of them," end quote.
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A detective who was there
told me that he had seen,
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quote, "quite a few bullet
holes," and actually identified
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the location of one bullet in
the wall which corresponded
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with an FBI photograph.
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Another detective who was
there that night told me
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about a bullet hole he had
seen in the center divider
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at the crime scene between
two swinging doors.
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Another LAPD Sergeant
told me, quote,
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"as I was making my
rounds, some bullet
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holes were pointed out to me
in a door frame," end quote.
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And then he added that
during a subsequent tour
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through the pantry, quote,
one of the investigators
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pointed to a hole in
a door frame and said,
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quote, "we just pulled a
bullet out of here," end quote.
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And then one crime
scene investigator
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told me that he'd observed
one of his supervisors
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remove two 22 caliber bullets
from the center divider itself.
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Now according to the Los
Angeles Police Department's
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official reports, there
should have been no bullet
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damage in the walls and the
door frames at the crime scene
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that night.
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All of Sirhan's bullets
had been accounted for.
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Now what we have is a situation
where the Los Angeles Police
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Department officers
and top officials
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are now corroborating
what the FBI indicated
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in its photographs and
accompanying captions
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back in 1968 that there
were additional bullets
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and bullet holes at
the crime scene itself.
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Now if they are right,
then there is a second gun
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in that room that was fired.
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00:23:24,036 --> 00:23:27,339
And I think the only way
to resolve these questions
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is to simply reopen the case.
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ROBERT STACK: After publication
of the Washington Post article,
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we contacted the
Los Angeles Police
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Department for their response.
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CMDR.
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WILLIAM BOOTH: Whatever
that reporter says
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is irrelevant as far
as we're concerned.
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We won't debate it.
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We won't discuss it.
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The investigation
and its results
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reflect what our
official position is,
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00:23:54,066 --> 00:23:56,869
and that is that the
murder of Senator Kennedy
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was arrested and
successfully prosecuted
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and continues to serve time.
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ROBERT STACK: Final services
for Robert Francis Kennedy
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were held on June 8th,
1968 at st. Patrick's
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Cathedral in New
York City, and were
501
00:24:12,184 --> 00:24:15,087
televised live to the nation.
502
00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:16,455
[music playing]
503
00:24:16,556 --> 00:24:20,059
My brother need not
be idealized or enlarged
504
00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:24,897
in death beyond what he was in
life, to be remembered simply
505
00:24:24,997 --> 00:24:29,736
as a good and decent man who
saw wrong and tried to right
506
00:24:29,836 --> 00:24:34,907
it, saw suffering
and tried to heal it,
507
00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:39,245
saw war and tried to stop it.
508
00:24:39,345 --> 00:24:44,817
Those of us who loved him and
who take him to his rest today
509
00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:49,989
pray that what he was to us
and what he wished for others
510
00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:52,992
will someday come to
pass for all the world.
511
00:24:53,092 --> 00:24:55,361
ROBERT STACK: 22 years have
passed since Senator Robert
512
00:24:55,461 --> 00:24:57,463
Kennedy was laid to rest.
513
00:24:57,564 --> 00:25:01,668
But the events surrounding
his death are still at issue.
514
00:25:01,768 --> 00:25:06,438
Was there a second gunman in
the Ambassador Hotel that night?
515
00:25:06,539 --> 00:25:08,741
Did the authorities
overlook crucial evidence
516
00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:12,745
in the understandable rush
to convict Sirhan Sirhan?
517
00:25:12,845 --> 00:25:18,017
And finally, if a second gun was
fired, who pulled the trigger?
518
00:25:22,989 --> 00:25:25,825
[music playing]
519
00:25:32,264 --> 00:25:33,666
[sirens blaring]
520
00:25:33,766 --> 00:25:37,303
February 21st, 1977,
at approximately 9:00
521
00:25:37,403 --> 00:25:39,772
PM on a cold winter
night, Chicago
522
00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:41,774
firefighters'
responded to a call
523
00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:44,711
from lakefront
residential building.
524
00:25:44,811 --> 00:25:46,579
When the firemen
arrived, they found
525
00:25:46,679 --> 00:25:52,084
that the blaze was confined
to an upper-floor apartment.
526
00:25:52,184 --> 00:25:53,519
[music playing]
527
00:25:53,620 --> 00:25:54,954
[inaudible].
528
00:26:00,326 --> 00:26:02,228
ROBERT STACK: Inside, a
mattress in the middle
529
00:26:02,328 --> 00:26:04,731
of the living room floor
was engulfed in flames.
530
00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:15,708
Initially, the apartment
seemed unoccupied.
531
00:26:15,808 --> 00:26:20,246
But soon, the fireman
made a grim discovery.
532
00:26:20,346 --> 00:26:21,580
FIREMAN: Jack, we
got a body here.
533
00:26:21,681 --> 00:26:22,782
ROBERT STACK:
Beneath the mattress,
534
00:26:22,882 --> 00:26:25,985
they found the body of a
woman named Teresita Basa.
535
00:26:26,085 --> 00:26:28,154
She had been stabbed
in the chest.
536
00:26:28,254 --> 00:26:30,657
It also appeared that
she had been raped,
537
00:26:30,757 --> 00:26:34,126
and the fire set in an attempt
to cover up the murder.
538
00:26:34,226 --> 00:26:37,096
[inaudible].
539
00:26:37,196 --> 00:26:38,397
ROBERT STACK: The
police are bewildered
540
00:26:38,497 --> 00:26:40,399
by this brutal crime.
541
00:26:40,499 --> 00:26:42,401
The official autopsy
reveal that Teresita
542
00:26:42,501 --> 00:26:44,637
Basa had not been raped.
543
00:26:44,737 --> 00:26:47,173
There was no apparent motive,
and little physical evidence.
544
00:26:47,273 --> 00:26:49,876
The investigation quickly
reached a dead end.
545
00:26:49,976 --> 00:26:53,145
Then nearly six months later,
police were startled by a lead
546
00:26:53,245 --> 00:26:55,915
as mystifying as
the crime itself.
547
00:26:56,015 --> 00:26:59,351
A Chicago couple claimed that
the victim, Teresita Basa,
548
00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:02,521
had named her own killer
after she was murdered,
549
00:27:02,621 --> 00:27:04,657
speaking to them from
beyond the grave.
550
00:27:08,327 --> 00:27:10,863
Teresita Basa had moved
to the United States
551
00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:13,866
from the Philippines
in the 1960s.
552
00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:15,735
She worked as a
respiratory therapist
553
00:27:15,835 --> 00:27:18,437
at a Chicago hospital.
554
00:27:18,537 --> 00:27:20,740
Breathe in deeply and slowly.
555
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,474
And open your mouth.
556
00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:24,210
ROBERT STACK: Coworkers
describe Teresita
557
00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:26,879
as a dedicated professional
who gave all her time
558
00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:28,948
and energy to her patients.
559
00:27:29,048 --> 00:27:32,518
She seemed to have absolutely
no enemies until the night
560
00:27:32,618 --> 00:27:35,587
of February 21st.
561
00:27:35,688 --> 00:27:38,057
[music playing]
562
00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:43,529
Smoke and fire damage had
destroyed all fingerprints.
563
00:27:43,629 --> 00:27:47,199
And nothing seemed to be missing
from Teresita's apartment.
564
00:27:47,299 --> 00:27:52,504
Veteran Chicago detective, Joe
Stachula, was totally baffled.
565
00:27:52,604 --> 00:27:53,940
Well, we better get
the crime lab up here
566
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:54,907
and have them go through it.
567
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:56,408
JOE STACHULA: The
only real piece
568
00:27:56,508 --> 00:28:00,112
of evidence we found was a
memo indicating that she was
569
00:28:00,212 --> 00:28:03,382
expecting to obtain some
theater tickets for a subject
570
00:28:03,482 --> 00:28:07,820
by name of A.S, who
might have been expected
571
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,957
at the apartment on that night.
572
00:28:11,057 --> 00:28:12,591
ROBERT STACK: Joe's
Stachula desperately
573
00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:15,928
grasped at any straw that held
out hope of solving the case.
574
00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:18,264
Five and a half months
after the murder,
575
00:28:18,364 --> 00:28:20,266
he responded to a
strange call that
576
00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:22,434
would take his
investigation into the realm
577
00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:23,803
of the paranormal.
578
00:28:23,903 --> 00:28:24,703
Dr. Borda?
579
00:28:24,804 --> 00:28:26,072
Yes.
580
00:28:26,172 --> 00:28:29,742
I'm Detective Stachula from
the Chicago Police Department.
581
00:28:29,842 --> 00:28:31,110
ROBERT STACK: A
Filipino physician
582
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:34,213
had heard about Teresita
Basa through his wife.
583
00:28:34,313 --> 00:28:36,916
The two women had worked
together at the hospital.
584
00:28:37,016 --> 00:28:40,519
The doctor and his wife
have requested anonymity.
585
00:28:40,619 --> 00:28:43,555
We will call them
Enrico and Alicia Borda.
586
00:28:43,655 --> 00:28:45,992
They would tell Stachula
an unbelievable,
587
00:28:46,092 --> 00:28:49,428
but compelling, story.
588
00:28:49,528 --> 00:28:54,266
Have you ever had any dealings
with possession or the occult?
589
00:28:54,366 --> 00:28:55,802
Being a police
officer, I've run
590
00:28:55,902 --> 00:28:57,804
into a lot of strange things.
591
00:28:57,904 --> 00:29:00,172
I've always tried to keep
an open mind about it.
592
00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:02,308
JOE STACHULA: It was
a funny situation.
593
00:29:02,408 --> 00:29:04,811
Being a policeman, you can
tell when somebody's sincere,
594
00:29:04,911 --> 00:29:07,046
and when they firmly
believe they're
595
00:29:07,146 --> 00:29:08,480
giving you good information.
596
00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,983
I could tell that
he believed what he
597
00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:12,852
was telling me was the truth.
598
00:29:12,952 --> 00:29:16,588
What I'm about to tell
you may sound bizarre.
599
00:29:16,688 --> 00:29:19,725
You see, I worked
with the late Teresita.
600
00:29:19,826 --> 00:29:22,328
We were both respiratory
therapists at the hospital.
601
00:29:22,428 --> 00:29:23,963
ROBERT STACK: Alicia
told Detective Stachula
602
00:29:24,063 --> 00:29:26,398
of a strange series
of events that took
603
00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:29,201
place after Teresita's death.
604
00:29:29,301 --> 00:29:31,904
Late one night after
working a long shift,
605
00:29:32,004 --> 00:29:35,842
Alicia had gone to a hospital
lounge for a short nap.
606
00:29:35,942 --> 00:29:38,244
She said the seconds
after she closed her eyes,
607
00:29:38,344 --> 00:29:40,980
she felt a ghostly
presence in the room.
608
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,050
It was Teresita Basa.
609
00:29:44,150 --> 00:29:46,218
[gasps]
610
00:29:46,318 --> 00:29:48,988
ALICIA BORDA: At first,
I thought I was dreaming.
611
00:29:49,088 --> 00:29:51,123
I could not believe my eyes.
612
00:29:51,223 --> 00:29:56,996
But she is looking
at me, staring at me.
613
00:29:57,096 --> 00:29:58,464
I did not know what to do.
614
00:29:58,564 --> 00:30:01,067
I was so frightened.
615
00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:03,102
I pray.
616
00:30:03,202 --> 00:30:06,572
A couple of weeks after
Alicia has seen Teresita--
617
00:30:06,672 --> 00:30:09,141
ROBERT STACK: The Bordas went on
to tell of a second experience
618
00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:11,743
two weeks later, this
time at their home.
619
00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:16,648
That night, Alicia
had gone to bed early
620
00:30:16,748 --> 00:30:18,851
complaining of extreme fatigue.
621
00:30:18,951 --> 00:30:22,721
Her husband had gone into
the bedroom to check on her.
622
00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:25,824
JOE STACHULA: Dr. Borda said he
asked her if she was all right.
623
00:30:25,925 --> 00:30:28,494
And he said, her
voice was different.
624
00:30:28,594 --> 00:30:29,862
Help me.
625
00:30:29,962 --> 00:30:32,198
JOE STACHULA: And attempting
to get his wife to talk more,
626
00:30:32,298 --> 00:30:34,333
he asked her, who are you?
627
00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:35,868
What is your name?
628
00:30:35,968 --> 00:30:38,304
Teresita Basa.
629
00:30:38,404 --> 00:30:39,939
JOE STACHULA: He was
confused, because he did not
630
00:30:40,039 --> 00:30:43,109
know Teresita Basa at the time.
631
00:30:43,209 --> 00:30:47,113
You must go to the police.
632
00:30:47,213 --> 00:30:51,350
The police cannot
find my killer.
633
00:30:51,450 --> 00:30:55,054
Tell them his name
is Allan Showery.
634
00:30:55,154 --> 00:30:57,023
Tell them.
635
00:30:57,123 --> 00:30:58,257
JOE STACHULA: Upon
listening to this,
636
00:30:58,357 --> 00:31:02,294
I really picked up now,
A.S. I finally know who A.S.
637
00:31:02,394 --> 00:31:05,831
And I asked, did he knew
who Allan Showery was?
638
00:31:05,932 --> 00:31:10,036
And he indicated from the
voice, from Teresita Basa,
639
00:31:10,136 --> 00:31:13,539
that Allan Showery was a orderly
that worked at the hospital
640
00:31:13,639 --> 00:31:17,176
with both his wife
and Teresita Basa.
641
00:31:17,276 --> 00:31:20,913
He said the first session
only lasted about 30 minutes.
642
00:31:21,013 --> 00:31:23,215
And then at the end,
his wife woke up.
643
00:31:23,315 --> 00:31:25,117
He asked her if she
knew what happened.
644
00:31:25,217 --> 00:31:26,352
She said she didn't.
645
00:31:26,452 --> 00:31:29,521
And then he sort of put it
in the back of his mind,
646
00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:31,823
and didn't act on it.
647
00:31:31,924 --> 00:31:33,159
What's the matter?
648
00:31:33,259 --> 00:31:37,863
He said, then there was a
second session where the voice,
649
00:31:37,964 --> 00:31:40,532
again, possessed his wife.
650
00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:44,103
And at this time, the voice
became more insistent.
651
00:31:44,203 --> 00:31:47,773
Why did you not
go to the police?
652
00:31:50,709 --> 00:31:51,743
Why?
653
00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:52,878
JOE STACHULA: He
said he could not
654
00:31:52,979 --> 00:31:54,313
do anything to really help her.
655
00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:55,514
And the police
couldn't do anything,
656
00:31:55,614 --> 00:31:58,017
that they would need evidence.
657
00:31:58,117 --> 00:32:00,319
I will give you proof.
658
00:32:00,419 --> 00:32:02,654
JOE STACHULA: And at
this point, the voice
659
00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:04,756
indicated that she had
some evidence for him,
660
00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:06,325
that it was her jewelry.
661
00:32:06,425 --> 00:32:11,297
After her killed me,
he took my jewelry.
662
00:32:11,397 --> 00:32:15,801
he He gave it to his girlfriend.
663
00:32:15,901 --> 00:32:17,336
First thought
that came into mind
664
00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:20,973
is, how can I put this on
an official police report?
665
00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:23,842
But at this point, we
began a background check
666
00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:25,411
on Allan Showery.
667
00:32:25,511 --> 00:32:28,747
Besides knowing Teresita
Basa at the hospital,
668
00:32:28,847 --> 00:32:31,550
he lived a short
distance from her.
669
00:32:31,650 --> 00:32:33,719
Do either of you
recall Teresita Basa
670
00:32:33,819 --> 00:32:35,687
ever mentioning that
Allan Showery was
671
00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:37,223
going go over to her apartment?
672
00:32:37,323 --> 00:32:40,392
We also learned from
coworkers at the hospital
673
00:32:40,492 --> 00:32:44,063
that Allan Showery was
expected at Teresita's
674
00:32:44,163 --> 00:32:47,166
apartment that night to
repair her television set.
675
00:32:47,266 --> 00:32:49,101
So the last time Allan
was over at her place?
676
00:32:49,201 --> 00:32:53,472
This was probably the
best clue that we had,
677
00:32:53,572 --> 00:32:57,043
putting him on the scene at the
approximate time of the murder.
678
00:32:59,945 --> 00:33:02,081
ROBERT STACK: Detective
Stachula brought Allan Showery
679
00:33:02,181 --> 00:33:03,215
in for questioning.
680
00:33:03,315 --> 00:33:04,916
Allan, when was the
last time that you
681
00:33:05,017 --> 00:33:07,419
at Teresita Basa's apartment?
682
00:33:07,519 --> 00:33:08,587
ROBERT STACK:
Showery admitted he
683
00:33:08,687 --> 00:33:10,889
had gone to Teresita's
apartment that night
684
00:33:10,989 --> 00:33:13,092
to repair her television.
685
00:33:13,192 --> 00:33:14,193
I was there.
686
00:33:14,293 --> 00:33:16,428
But I was just there
to fix the television.
687
00:33:16,528 --> 00:33:17,329
And I didn't have my tools.
688
00:33:17,429 --> 00:33:18,630
I didn't have the right tools.
689
00:33:18,730 --> 00:33:20,266
ROBERT STACK: He claimed he
was unable to fix the set,
690
00:33:20,366 --> 00:33:23,402
and returned to the apartment
he shared with his girlfriend.
691
00:33:23,502 --> 00:33:24,636
Allan, that's not true.
692
00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:25,637
You went back.
693
00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:28,407
We decided to contact
the girlfriend
694
00:33:28,507 --> 00:33:30,676
and ask her if
Allan had given her
695
00:33:30,776 --> 00:33:36,014
any jewelry recently within the
last several months or weeks.
696
00:33:36,115 --> 00:33:41,853
So when we contacted her,
she indicated, yes, he had.
697
00:33:41,953 --> 00:33:43,522
ROBERT STACK: Allan
Showery's girlfriend
698
00:33:43,622 --> 00:33:45,824
agreed to let Teresita
Basa's relatives
699
00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:47,593
and friends inspect the
jewelry Allan had given her.
700
00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:48,927
JOE STACHULA: Take a
careful look at it.
701
00:33:49,027 --> 00:33:51,029
And see if there's
anything you can recognize
702
00:33:51,130 --> 00:33:53,199
or looks familiar to you.
703
00:33:53,299 --> 00:33:56,202
The family members
immediately recognized
704
00:33:56,302 --> 00:33:59,705
a large, green piece of
jade and several other
705
00:33:59,805 --> 00:34:01,673
distinctive pieces of jewelry.
706
00:34:01,773 --> 00:34:04,743
Was there any other
piece here look familiar?
707
00:34:04,843 --> 00:34:05,644
The ring.
708
00:34:05,744 --> 00:34:08,180
That's Teresita's ring.
709
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,381
The ring on her finger?
710
00:34:09,481 --> 00:34:11,683
Yeah, she was wearing it
the last time I saw her.
711
00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:14,086
JOE STACHULA: Did Allan
give you that ring?
712
00:34:14,186 --> 00:34:15,687
Yes, he did.
713
00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:18,157
JOE STACHULA: How long
ago did it give it to you?
714
00:34:18,257 --> 00:34:19,057
I don't know.
715
00:34:19,158 --> 00:34:20,259
It was about three months ago.
716
00:34:29,668 --> 00:34:31,703
It's all over, Allan.
717
00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:34,940
Teresita Basa's family just
identified the jewelry.
718
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,709
Now I want to know
what happened.
719
00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:39,245
ROBERT STACK: Confronted
with this evidence,
720
00:34:39,345 --> 00:34:41,079
Showery made a full confession.
721
00:34:41,180 --> 00:34:43,515
That night, when I
left for her apartment--
722
00:34:43,615 --> 00:34:44,983
JOE STACHULA: Allan
said that, yes,
723
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,719
he had gone over there
to work on Teresita
724
00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:49,788
Basa's television set.
725
00:34:49,888 --> 00:34:53,792
However, he returned
home, and on the way back,
726
00:34:53,892 --> 00:34:59,398
formulated this plan to
murder and rob Teresita.
727
00:34:59,498 --> 00:35:00,299
[knocking on door]
728
00:35:00,399 --> 00:35:01,767
Just a moment.
729
00:35:01,867 --> 00:35:04,203
I'm coming.
730
00:35:04,303 --> 00:35:06,405
JOE STACHULA: Allan
returned to the apartment.
731
00:35:06,505 --> 00:35:09,808
And when Teresita let him
in, and she turned her back,
732
00:35:09,908 --> 00:35:11,377
she locked the door.
733
00:35:11,477 --> 00:35:13,345
He said he quickly
moved up behind her
734
00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:16,448
and placed a choke hold
on her neck, holding it
735
00:35:16,548 --> 00:35:18,717
until she stopped struggling.
736
00:35:18,817 --> 00:35:22,288
He then dragged her body
into the living room
737
00:35:22,388 --> 00:35:25,424
where he disrobed her to
make it look like it was
738
00:35:25,524 --> 00:35:29,060
a rape, robbery type of scene.
739
00:35:32,030 --> 00:35:35,801
And then went into the bedroom
and obtained the mattress
740
00:35:35,901 --> 00:35:38,904
off her bed, placing
it over the body,
741
00:35:39,004 --> 00:35:43,041
and setting the top of
the mattress on fire.
742
00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:45,511
[music playing]
743
00:35:52,083 --> 00:35:53,051
[police radio chatter]
744
00:35:53,151 --> 00:35:54,520
ROBERT STACK: [inaudible]
defies belief.
745
00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:57,155
Is it somehow possible
that Teresita Basa
746
00:35:57,256 --> 00:36:01,026
could have spoken through Alicia
Borda to catch her own killer?
747
00:36:01,126 --> 00:36:04,029
One thing is certain, without
the information Alicia
748
00:36:04,129 --> 00:36:05,797
provided, police
would never have
749
00:36:05,897 --> 00:36:07,533
known that jewelry was missing.
750
00:36:07,633 --> 00:36:11,069
And Allan Showery would
never have been arrested.
751
00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:13,505
JOE STACHULA: To this
day, I'm not quite sure
752
00:36:13,605 --> 00:36:17,709
if Teresita came back.
753
00:36:17,809 --> 00:36:20,912
And it's one of those
bizarre incidents
754
00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:28,687
that you don't know
is true or not true.
755
00:36:28,787 --> 00:36:29,955
ROBERT STACK: Despite
his confession,
756
00:36:30,055 --> 00:36:33,024
Allan Showery plead not
guilty to a charge of murder.
757
00:36:33,124 --> 00:36:35,827
But when a mistrial was
declared because of a hung jury,
758
00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:38,997
Showery suddenly reversed
himself and admitted his guilt.
759
00:36:39,097 --> 00:36:42,534
He was sentenced to
14 years in prison.
760
00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:45,504
[music playing]
761
00:36:58,617 --> 00:37:01,620
In the summer of
1967, Jim Baczkowski
762
00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:04,290
married his high school
sweetheart, Dolores.
763
00:37:04,390 --> 00:37:07,158
A week later, he was
shipped to Vietnam.
764
00:37:07,259 --> 00:37:08,427
[bomb exploding]
765
00:37:08,527 --> 00:37:11,229
On August 29th,
1968, four months
766
00:37:11,330 --> 00:37:13,465
into his tour of
duty, Jim's platoon
767
00:37:13,565 --> 00:37:15,501
was overrun by a
large contingent
768
00:37:15,601 --> 00:37:18,203
of North Vietnamese troops.
769
00:37:18,304 --> 00:37:20,439
JIM BACZKOWSKI: They
blew us to smithereens.
770
00:37:20,539 --> 00:37:22,674
I went flying through the air.
771
00:37:22,774 --> 00:37:25,977
I landed 30 feet down the hill.
772
00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:28,280
I picked up my leg
that was blown off.
773
00:37:28,380 --> 00:37:30,916
And I crawled back up the hill.
774
00:37:31,016 --> 00:37:32,484
DOCTOR: Has he been
conscious at all?
775
00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:33,852
I don't know.
He keeps coming in and out.
776
00:37:33,952 --> 00:37:35,954
JIM BACZKOWSKI: My
first conscious memory
777
00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:42,227
was looking up and seeing
this blonde lady helping me.
778
00:37:42,328 --> 00:37:44,330
We need a doctor
back over here!
779
00:37:44,430 --> 00:37:45,531
JIM BACZKOWSKI:
Captain Linda Sharp.
780
00:37:47,866 --> 00:37:49,000
LINDA: Hi, Jim.
How you doing?
781
00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:50,569
ROBERT STACK: With
Captain Sharp's help,
782
00:37:50,669 --> 00:37:53,339
Jim began to recover
from his physical wounds.
783
00:37:53,439 --> 00:37:55,841
But the emotional trauma
still tormented him.
784
00:37:55,941 --> 00:37:58,109
We need to hurry up and
get your temperature down.
785
00:37:58,209 --> 00:38:01,146
So you going to write
your wife about your leg?
786
00:38:01,246 --> 00:38:02,514
I don't know how.
787
00:38:02,614 --> 00:38:03,882
JIM BACZKOWSKI: You
were not allowed
788
00:38:03,982 --> 00:38:09,821
to leave the mash unit until
you wrote a letter to your wife.
789
00:38:09,921 --> 00:38:14,292
I didn't have the
courage to write it.
790
00:38:14,393 --> 00:38:17,929
She forced me to do it.
791
00:38:18,029 --> 00:38:24,703
And then I didn't know she had
sent a letter and a picture
792
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:26,638
to my wife with it.
793
00:38:26,738 --> 00:38:28,740
[helicopter blades whirring]
794
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:33,479
I don't think that I would
have came back to my wife
795
00:38:33,579 --> 00:38:35,881
without Captain Sharp.
796
00:38:35,981 --> 00:38:39,284
I would very much like to
thank her for what she did
797
00:38:39,385 --> 00:38:46,892
for me and all the other guys.
798
00:38:49,495 --> 00:38:51,262
ROBERT STACK: Before
this segment even aired,
799
00:38:51,363 --> 00:38:54,265
Linda Sharp saw a promotional
announcement for Jim's story
800
00:38:54,366 --> 00:38:55,934
on "Unsolved Mysteries."
801
00:38:56,034 --> 00:38:58,169
She immediately called
our tele-center.
802
00:38:58,269 --> 00:39:01,206
Two weeks later, she
and Jim were reunited.
803
00:39:01,306 --> 00:39:02,107
Hi.
804
00:39:02,207 --> 00:39:03,442
LINDA SHARP: Hi!
- How are you?
805
00:39:03,542 --> 00:39:04,342
LINDA SHARP: Good.
806
00:39:04,443 --> 00:39:05,811
How are you?
807
00:39:05,911 --> 00:39:08,246
Come here.
808
00:39:08,346 --> 00:39:10,682
I can't believe it.
809
00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:11,650
You look so good.
810
00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:12,684
You really do.
811
00:39:12,784 --> 00:39:13,952
You too.
812
00:39:14,052 --> 00:39:16,488
JIM BACZKOWSKI: When I opened
the door, I was elated.
813
00:39:16,588 --> 00:39:19,057
All I wanted to do was
give her a great big hug,
814
00:39:19,157 --> 00:39:22,528
and just hug her, and thank
you, and kiss her on the cheek,
815
00:39:22,628 --> 00:39:27,032
and just try to show
my appreciation.
816
00:39:27,132 --> 00:39:29,735
I feel very
blessed to be here,
817
00:39:29,835 --> 00:39:32,971
to actually see him,
and talk with him,
818
00:39:33,071 --> 00:39:36,875
and hear his versions
of what went on.
819
00:39:36,975 --> 00:39:42,414
Because sometimes what nurses,
we don't realize that we have
820
00:39:42,514 --> 00:39:44,115
an impact on patients' lives.
821
00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:46,518
And I certainly didn't
realize the impact
822
00:39:46,618 --> 00:39:48,554
I had on his life at all.
823
00:39:48,654 --> 00:39:49,521
Hello.
824
00:39:49,621 --> 00:39:50,489
Hi, Linda.
825
00:39:50,589 --> 00:39:51,557
How are you?
826
00:39:51,657 --> 00:39:52,691
LINDA SHARP: Over
the years, I've
827
00:39:52,791 --> 00:39:56,094
thought about Jim and
Dolores, and wondered
828
00:39:56,194 --> 00:39:58,530
how they were doing, and if
they were still together.
829
00:39:58,630 --> 00:40:02,468
And seeing this show on TV,
and seeing them in the segment
830
00:40:02,568 --> 00:40:06,371
was just the best news that
just made it all worthwhile.
831
00:40:06,472 --> 00:40:08,273
It really pulled
things together for me.
832
00:40:08,373 --> 00:40:14,245
And it reinforced that what I
did over there was important.
833
00:40:14,345 --> 00:40:16,414
- Linda, this is my son, Cory.
- Hi, Cory.
834
00:40:16,515 --> 00:40:17,916
ROBERT STACK: Moments
after arriving,
835
00:40:18,016 --> 00:40:20,418
Linda received an
unexpected gift,
836
00:40:20,519 --> 00:40:22,588
a portrait of a
Vietnam nurse which
837
00:40:22,688 --> 00:40:24,089
Jim had it framed for her.
838
00:40:24,189 --> 00:40:25,356
This is how much
I think of you.
839
00:40:25,457 --> 00:40:27,292
I had this made up for you.
840
00:40:27,392 --> 00:40:30,529
And I thought you'd
like to have this.
841
00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:32,397
[linda gasps]
842
00:40:32,498 --> 00:40:34,265
LINDA SHARP: When he
gave me the plaque,
843
00:40:34,365 --> 00:40:37,569
it was just such
a special moment.
844
00:40:37,669 --> 00:40:40,005
It's made this day
very, very special,
845
00:40:40,105 --> 00:40:43,274
something that is
like the culmination
846
00:40:43,374 --> 00:40:46,411
of a nursing career.
847
00:40:46,512 --> 00:40:48,279
Thank you.
848
00:40:48,379 --> 00:40:51,016
To be thanked in
such a special way
849
00:40:51,116 --> 00:40:53,251
is very memorable,
something I'll never forget.
850
00:40:56,588 --> 00:40:58,690
JIM BACZKOWSKI: This
meeting with Linda
851
00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:05,864
represents in my healing the
final step knowing that I,
852
00:41:05,964 --> 00:41:09,434
in my own mind, mentally,
physically, and the way
853
00:41:09,535 --> 00:41:12,237
I feel right now, am all right.
854
00:41:12,337 --> 00:41:14,640
I have finally beat the battle.
855
00:41:14,740 --> 00:41:17,108
We lost a few battles,
but I've won the war.
856
00:41:17,208 --> 00:41:18,143
Let me rephrase that.
857
00:41:18,243 --> 00:41:19,177
I have won the war.
858
00:41:26,217 --> 00:41:29,087
[music playing]
859
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:38,764
ROBERT STACK: February 10th,
1990, Las Cruces, New Mexico,
860
00:41:38,864 --> 00:41:42,968
8:00 AM, an hour before opening
time at a local bowling alley,
861
00:41:43,068 --> 00:41:45,136
Ida the cook was in
the kitchen preparing
862
00:41:45,236 --> 00:41:48,707
for the lunch hour rush.
863
00:41:48,807 --> 00:41:51,577
The day manager, Stephanie,
was in the office adding up
864
00:41:51,677 --> 00:41:54,512
the previous night's receipts.
865
00:41:54,613 --> 00:41:57,583
With Stephanie were her
12-year-old daughter, Melissa,
866
00:41:57,683 --> 00:42:00,185
and Amy, a friend of Melissa's.
867
00:42:00,285 --> 00:42:02,120
Just hit code, then X5.
868
00:42:05,090 --> 00:42:06,424
This is [inaudible].
869
00:42:06,524 --> 00:42:07,859
Come with me.
870
00:42:07,959 --> 00:42:11,229
At approximately 8:20, Ida
was surprised in the kitchen
871
00:42:11,329 --> 00:42:14,633
by a stranger wielding a pistol.
872
00:42:14,733 --> 00:42:16,735
He forced her at gunpoint
towards the office,
873
00:42:16,835 --> 00:42:18,369
where Stephanie
and the young girls
874
00:42:18,469 --> 00:42:22,007
were being held by
a second gunman.
875
00:42:22,107 --> 00:42:23,675
IDA: Was I went to the office--
876
00:42:23,775 --> 00:42:25,443
Kneel down in the corner!
877
00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:28,513
IDA: I saw Stephanie,
and Melissa, and Amy.
878
00:42:28,614 --> 00:42:30,582
Where's the rest of the money?
879
00:42:30,682 --> 00:42:31,482
It's in there.
880
00:42:31,583 --> 00:42:32,517
Show me.
881
00:42:32,618 --> 00:42:33,685
IDA: I just thought,
they're going
882
00:42:33,785 --> 00:42:36,021
to get money and take off.
883
00:42:36,121 --> 00:42:37,122
Get back down there.
884
00:42:37,222 --> 00:42:38,824
IDA: Especially when
they told us, all of you
885
00:42:38,924 --> 00:42:42,093
put your heads down.
886
00:42:42,193 --> 00:42:45,797
ROBERT STACK: The second gunman
took $4,000 from the safe.
887
00:42:45,897 --> 00:42:46,698
Put your heads down.
888
00:42:46,798 --> 00:42:48,033
Put your heads down!
889
00:42:48,133 --> 00:42:50,535
IDA: When he said that, I
thought, you know, these guys
890
00:42:50,636 --> 00:42:51,837
are leaving, you know?
891
00:42:51,937 --> 00:42:53,438
So we did.
892
00:42:53,538 --> 00:42:57,809
And that's when I felt they
had shot me in the head.
893
00:42:57,909 --> 00:42:58,710
Get inside.
894
00:42:58,810 --> 00:43:00,311
Get in the corner!
895
00:43:00,411 --> 00:43:02,113
ROBERT STACK: Seconds
later, Steve Teran,
896
00:43:02,213 --> 00:43:03,882
his two-and-a-half-year-old
daughter,
897
00:43:03,982 --> 00:43:06,084
Valerie, and his
step-daughter, Paula,
898
00:43:06,184 --> 00:43:10,521
age 7, stumbled onto the scene.
899
00:43:10,622 --> 00:43:12,958
[gun shots]
900
00:43:14,525 --> 00:43:17,328
IDA: We were just both
shot in a hold-up.
901
00:43:17,428 --> 00:43:18,797
Please help me.
902
00:43:18,897 --> 00:43:19,731
911 OPERATOR: Slow down.
903
00:43:19,831 --> 00:43:20,699
IDA: All of us were hurt.
904
00:43:20,799 --> 00:43:22,467
I think I'm the
only one conscious.
905
00:43:22,567 --> 00:43:24,435
911 OPERATOR: OK, we'll
get an ambulance rolling.
906
00:43:24,535 --> 00:43:25,937
IDA: Please help me.
907
00:43:26,037 --> 00:43:27,673
[sirens blaring]
908
00:43:27,773 --> 00:43:29,007
ROBERT STACK: All
seven witnesses
909
00:43:29,107 --> 00:43:30,742
had been shot in the head.
910
00:43:30,842 --> 00:43:34,312
Steven Teran, his stepdaughter,
Paula, and Melissa's friend,
911
00:43:34,412 --> 00:43:36,682
Amy, were dead at the scene.
912
00:43:36,782 --> 00:43:40,085
Valerie Teran died at
the hospital that day.
913
00:43:40,185 --> 00:43:42,620
Incredibly, Stephanie,
Melissa, and Ida
914
00:43:42,721 --> 00:43:46,557
survived the vicious attack.
915
00:43:46,658 --> 00:43:48,359
CAPT. FRED RUBIO: We assessed
the scene immediately.
916
00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:50,128
We canvased the neighborhood.
917
00:43:50,228 --> 00:43:52,664
And thank god that we
were able to come up
918
00:43:52,764 --> 00:43:54,966
with a couple of witnesses
that were able to give us
919
00:43:55,066 --> 00:43:59,705
some pretty decent composites.
920
00:43:59,805 --> 00:44:01,606
ROBERT STACK: At around
8:15 that morning,
921
00:44:01,707 --> 00:44:03,675
Stephanie's brother,
Steve, had stopped
922
00:44:03,775 --> 00:44:07,578
by the bowling alley for a few
minutes on his way to school.
923
00:44:07,679 --> 00:44:09,514
STEVE: I saw two
Hispanic gentlemen
924
00:44:09,614 --> 00:44:12,617
walking from the back of the
building towards the front.
925
00:44:12,718 --> 00:44:16,621
The older gentleman handed the
younger gentleman a small case.
926
00:44:16,722 --> 00:44:20,025
The older gentleman squats
down, and looks right at me
927
00:44:20,125 --> 00:44:22,227
as I'm driving towards them.
928
00:44:22,327 --> 00:44:24,495
I took notice of what
they were wearing,
929
00:44:24,595 --> 00:44:30,068
their descriptions,
hair color, skin, eyes.
930
00:44:30,168 --> 00:44:32,003
ROBERT STACK: Based on
Steve's testimony, and that
931
00:44:32,103 --> 00:44:35,240
of other witnesses, the police
drew up these composites
932
00:44:35,340 --> 00:44:38,043
of the killers.
933
00:44:38,143 --> 00:44:39,845
Suspect number one
is approximately
934
00:44:39,945 --> 00:44:42,848
29 to 30 years old,
5 feet 10 inches
935
00:44:42,948 --> 00:44:45,483
tall, and weighs 170 pounds.
936
00:44:45,583 --> 00:44:48,119
He has dark wavy hair
and a dark complexion
937
00:44:48,219 --> 00:44:49,788
and light colored eyes.
938
00:44:49,888 --> 00:44:54,760
He speaks excellent English
with no Spanish accent.
939
00:44:54,860 --> 00:44:58,730
The second suspect is 40 to
50 years old, 5 feet 7 inches
940
00:44:58,830 --> 00:45:02,000
tall, and weighs
approximately 140 pounds.
941
00:45:02,100 --> 00:45:04,569
He has thinning salt and
pepper hair, brown eyes,
942
00:45:04,669 --> 00:45:06,237
and a dark complexion.
943
00:45:06,337 --> 00:45:08,173
He speaks with a
slight Spanish accent.
944
00:45:12,610 --> 00:45:15,413
[music playing]
945
00:45:19,050 --> 00:45:20,585
For every mystery,
there is someone,
946
00:45:20,685 --> 00:45:22,788
somewhere who knows the truth.
947
00:45:22,888 --> 00:45:24,389
Perhaps, that
someone was watching.
948
00:45:24,489 --> 00:45:26,792
Perhaps, it's you.
949
00:45:26,892 --> 00:45:29,527
[music playing]
74506
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