CORRUPTION
AND SILENCE AND POLITICS (the Sirhan
case)
(click here for exhibit pages 1-8)
(click here for exhibit pages 9-16)
This
Report contains behind the scenes information surrounding the amazing record of
the switching and the hiding of the Kennedy neck bullet, Peo. 47. It is an
example of bold, brazen and arrogant
fraud.
Reader,
the following unbelievable events actually did take place behind the scenes in
the process of falsifying the ballistics evidence in the Robert F. Kennedy
assassination investigation. And I present the official exhibits to prove my
charges.
Let
us begin with the Robert F. Kennedy Autopsy Report brilliantly performed by Dr.
Thomas Noguchi.
On
page 24 of Dr. Noguchi’s highly detailed Autopsy Report, under the heading “Bullet Recovery” he wrote the following:
“A
deformed bullet (later identified as
.22 caliber) is recovered at the terminus of the wound path just described at
8:40 A.M., June 6, 1968. There is a unilateral, transverse deformation, the
contour of which is indicated on an accompanying diagram. The initials, TN, and
the numbers 31 are placed on the base of the bullet for future identification.
The usual evidence envelope is prepared. The bullet, so ,marked and so enclosed
as evidence, is given to Sergeant W. Jordan, No. 7167, Ramparts Detectives, Los
Angeles Police Department, at 8:49 A.M. this date for further studies.”
Chain
of custody
At
once we see a red flag. The legal/official chain of custody began in the
autopsy room when Dr. Noguchi turned over the recovered bullet with the
inscribed marking TN31 on the bullet base to Sergeant W. Jordan, No. 7167 at
8:49 A.M.
Break in the chain of custody (Jordan should
have held on for dear life to the Kennedy neck
bullet – but he didn’t)
Change
of custody (WHY?)
Not
only did LAPD Officer Leroy M. Orozco,
No. 11072 somehow get custody of
the alleged Kennedy neck bullet AWAY from the hands of Sergeant Jordan – who by
law had legal custody of the Kennedy neck bullet – Officer Orozco then
proceeded to write a totally illegal LAPD Property Report.
On
the right side of the LAPD Property Report there is a column that reads “SERIAL
NUMBER (s) AND ENGRAVING”. This column is left blank. (PLEASE examine)
Let
us examine what Orozco did that was so egregious. He extended his writing OVER the provided reporting space and ran
into the special column space that was designated solely for recording the
serial number and engraving. Thus no
one would notice that the serial number was NOT logged in. No one would see the gaping blank space
where the serial number should legally have been recorded.
But
that was not the end of Orozco’s work – instead of writing the bullet engraving
identification in the appropriate column he wrote the coroner’s case
number IN THE TEXT area of his report!
But
the information that was required of the reporting officer is very clear. The
form specifically calls for the identification of the bullet (engraving) and
not the coroner’s case number.
And
you don’t have to go to law school or be a crime lab expert to tell you
Orozco’s LAPD Property Report for the Kennedy neck bullet (Item # 53 and at
trial it became Peo. 47) is an outrageously brazen fraud. There is no excuse
for it.
Read
it for yourself in above exhibits. I’m
talking about the People’s business
Bullet
shape
Let
us now take a close look at Dr. Noguchi’s Autopsy Report for this Kennedy neck
bullet and you will see he wrote “…the
contour of which is indicated on an accompanying diagram.” That diagram has
vanished. It is not in the Autopsy Report.
A
hidden problem with the Kennedy neck bullet.
During
my numerous trips to the California State Archives in Sacramento, Ca. I took a
number of photographs of the Coroner’s Evidence Envelope written by Dr. Thomas
Noguchi and what I noticed is that Dr. Noguchi drew a little diagram of the
damaged bullet on the left of this envelope. Ah – but he also wrote that the
bullet is a .22 cal. Bullet, Luballoy coating, that it has 5 grooves, R
(twist direction), .22 cal long, recovered from 6th cervical
vertebrae (area).
Dr.
Noguchi’s 5 groove count MUST GO
The
big cheese at the top told Dr. Noguchi that he was not a ballistics expert and
therefore his groove count was not accurate. Poor Noguchi backed down, true, he
was not a ballistics expert and so he conceded his bullet groove count could be
mistaken.
But,
wait – Noguchi was not alone in the 5 groove count
No
one paid attention to D.D.A. John Minor’s standing alongside Dr. Noguchi in the
Autopsy Examining Room and that he too counted 5 grooves!!!!!
How
do I know this?
Harper
told me that John Minor also counted 5 grooves, but I could not write about
this stunning information without the necessary documentation – until now
because I had to have the documentation.
Here
it is
This
corroboration is found in one of Harper’s official interviews in the time frame
of the Judge Wenke Hearing. Harper
stated under oath that Dr. Noguchi and Mr. John Minor found 5 grooves on the
bullet following the removal of the bullet from the Senator’s body.
More
importantly, the coroner’s envelope reports five grooves on 6-6-68 but, Patrick
Garland records 6 grooves in his
official 1975 Evidence Inventory on the Kennedy neck bullet.
Clearly,
this is a serious conflict that deserves some explanation. Because, as Harper
said bullets don’t grow grooves.(read
Harper’s testimony for yourself in above Exhibits)
The
point I make is this. SUS needed and did break Dr. Noguchi’s resolve about the
Kennedy neck bullet having 5 grooves. And as for John Minor - he wasn’t even notified about the
discrepancy. (I think it’s called
containment)
Mysteriously,
the records are silent about John Minor also having examined the Kennedy neck
bullet and that he too counted 5 grooves.
Immediately,
I look to common sense that this was not Dr. Noguchi’s first autopsy
report. His job training would have
included the need for complete thoroughness and accuracy in reporting the
condition of extracted crime scene bullets - especially in a high profile case.
And
so we see Dr. Noguchi wasn’t alone in counting 5 grooves on the Kennedy neck
bullet. Not to forget, Dr. Noguchi wrote down his finding of 5 grooves on the
Coroner’s Evidence Envelope for the Kennedy neck bullet.
More
bad acts
And
then we see the Kennedy neck bullet was switched in 1975 (Patrick Garland’s Evidence Inventory
incorrectly records “D”W”T”N” on Peo. 47 bullet base instead of the correct
“TN31” engraving by Dr. Noguchi.)
Another
rat
Then,
in March of 1994 I examined the Kennedy neck bullet in the company of
criminalist Allen Gilmore at the California State Archives and I observed a
well- shaped Kennedy neck bullet that did not have the unilateral transverse
deformation that Dr. Noguchi described in the autopsy Report – and – also, Dr.
Noguchi’s bullet deformity is seen on his drawing on the coroner’s envelope.
So,
what to do about the well shaped Kennedy neck bullet I observed at CSA in
March, 1994?
I
pleaded and cajoled and stood on my head until Lowell Bradford who was one
of the
1975 examiners to please come with me to the California State Archives
and examine and photograph the Kennedy neck bullet. Was that well-shaped bullet
I saw in March ‘94 the same Kennedy neck bullet Bradford examined in 1975?
So
what happened? Bradford relented and
accompanied me a few months later to CSA
(August, 1994) with his bullet comparison microscope and proceeded to
examine the Kennedy neck bullet.
Then
all hell broke loose.
Bradford
suddenly declared the bullets were “un-examinable” and on the spot abruptly
terminated the bullet examination because someone – we do not know who - had smeared the bullets with a generous
grease-like coating. I kid you not.
(note,
the well- shaped Kennedy neck bullet did not have the grease coating three
months earlier when criminalist Allen Gilmore and I examined this bullet)
Bradford’s
Report of this unbelievable incident is on this web site. Read it for yourself.
But
wait, there’s more to this twisted Peo. 47 story
It
will be remembered that I made the shocking discovery in the summer of 1994
that Peo. 47 and Peo. 52 were in fact
switched bullets and I completed my report of this bullet switching for
attorney Lawrence Teeter to include in his court filing (1996).
Here
is a story for the ages
While
the Sirhan trial was underway in downtown Los Angeles in February, 1969, Dr. Noguchi was in Chicago, Ill. to attend a
conference.
He
met with Robert Joling at the Drake Hotel in Chicago and handed Joling a little
coin envelope containing a photomicrograph negative depicting two unidentified
comparison bullets. Dr. Noguchi told
Joling to “Hold onto this for safekeeping. We may need it some day.”
It
is important to emphasize that Dr. Noguchi did not identify the two bullets
depicted in that extremely important photomicrograph negative (measuring
approximately 1”x 1”).
Remember
the time of this momentous event took place in February, 1969.
Then,
the next month, on March 18, 1969 fireworks went off
Dr.
Noguchi was FIRED from his job as L.A. County Coroner for supposed gallows
humor comments he made. And that he might be mentally unbalanced.
Then,
on July 31, 1969 Dr. Noguchi got his job back. (I have always attributed
that oddly coincidental time-line connection of the photomicrograph in
Joling’s hands to be at the bottom of this about face firing-hiring affair)
What
next?
There
actually exists an in house document wherein two D.D.A.s (Mr. John Minor and
Mr. Fukuto) asked Dr. Noguchi to RECONSIDER his report of the near contact
entry shots and would he change his Report? (this unbelievable arm twisting
conversation took place on 6-7-68 right after Grand Jury proceedings).
Because
it is so hard to believe that amazing request actually did take place I took
the time to locate that RARE stunning document – note the quality of the
printing is poor - but it is un
mistakable. This sort of thing is bad.
Dr.
Noguchi backed down about the groove count but he stood his ground about the
near contact shots and the next thing he knew he was fired in the cheap shot
attempt to thoroughly discredit him with his job firing.
But,
as providence would have it that little sucker – the photomicrograph - was
safely in the hands of Joling for safekeeping and it was one giant Ace in the
hole.
And,
not to forget, Wolfer was ORDERED – NO PICTURES OF THE BULLETS. But, he couldn’t resist and at 9:00 P.M. on 6-6-68 Wolfer took his very own souvenir
photos!
And
why was that photomicrograph so important? Well, it was none other than
Wolfer’s Special Exhibit 10 photomicrograph !!!! And that photomicrograph was reported by the seven
examiners to have the ID engraving
“D””W””T”N” on Peo. 47 bullet base and the P.I.D. # 6 engraving on Peo. 52 bullet base.
Special
Exhibit 10 was a witness ready to
pounce (and it did)
It
will be recalled I made the discovery in 1994 that in fact those were the wrong
ID markings on both bullet bases - Peo. 47 and Peo. 52 but I did not make that
information public for about another two years (1996). First of all, I knew no
one would listen and I knew my standing was zero in the scientific community.
Who
is going to listen to a housewife?
And
I was right. Three well known experts decided they would not lend their names
to my Report. But, one of those experts who shut me out was Robert Joling and
then, years later, he violated my copyright protection rights by literally
using my very specific “A, B, C “
research report in his book “Open and Shut Case”!
As
soon as I discovered the “A,B,C” copyright infringement I notified both Joling
and my attorney. And then, no reason
was publicly given, Joling stopped offering “Open and Shut Case” for sale. That
is a true story.
I
should point out that the co-author of “Open and Shut Case” is Phillip van Praag
– and that he was not involved in any
way in that copyright violation business.
Those
three important men shut my research out on the grounds that my Reports were
not written in a “scientific format”. What insufferable snobbery! Maybe they
were a little jealous of my discoveries
and that I thought out of the box. And I’m an outsider. Needless to say they
behaved badly.
Note
this correction: In an earlier writing I incorrectly attributed the initials
“WEP” on the note attached to the Baggett Memo . It should read “MCA” for McCallister and the initials
“MAC” refers to J.R. MacArthur.
Another
fire to put out
Although
Harper’s Balliscan Camera photograph of Peo. 47 and Peo. 54 depicted 6 grooves
on both those bullets, there was a bigger problem. A careful examination of
Peo. 47 and Peo. 54 revealed those bullets were fired from two different guns
and different bullet manufacture.
Harper’s
findings were secretly examined and fully
validated by Long Beach criminalist Larry Baggett in the Baggett Memo (more
about the Baggett Memo in a later Report)
There
is yet another problem I have and that has to do with Dr. Noguchi’s
identification of Peo. 47 before Baxter Ward Hearing and the Baxter Ward
Balliscan Camera photograph of Peo. 47 in 1974.
I
smell a rat
A
while back I stumbled across an investigator’s notes (in SUS files) about Peo.
47 having been photographed in 1974 with the Balliscan Camera. (see this
investigator’s notes in above exhibits)
This
investigator’s notes reveal that the Balliscan Camera was not set up properly
and would take more time. So as not to bore the witnesses present with that
time delay it was decided to take them on a tour of the facility.
My
question: Shouldn’t Dr. Noguchi and entourage have remained IN ATTENDANCE
AND MAINTAIN ACTUAL LEGAL CUSTODY AT ALL TIMES of Peo. 47 from the time of Dr.
Noguchi’s identification to the actual photographing of Peo. 47 with the
Balliscan Camera?
The
latest
The
recent Pepper/Dusek filing of the Writ of Certiorari with SCOTUS continues to
include some very strong charges, but, unfortunately, it also includes the same
carry-over ballistics errors that plagued their prior court filings.
It
is my strong opinion that none of Sirhan attorneys had the necessary knowledge
of the many proofs of actual evidence tampering and ballistics fraud that
exists with the evidence in this case. (nor does the prosecution have
sufficient knowledge of the Sirhan/RFK evidence)
Justice
in the courtroom
What
I discovered is that the justice system (about 99.99%) is overloaded,
overtaxed, over-rated, badly bloated and just plain no good. So,
What to do?
Never,
ever do something stupid. Never end up in court. (better to get run over by a bus or fall head first in a cement
mixer – or get lost on a California
freeway or any hard luck story - But
just don’t end up in court and have to
defend yourself).
But,
unfortunately you are a slow learner, ignore all warnings and now find yourself
in court. Let’s face it - it’s curtain
time. (a time to sit shiva for you)
Rose
Lynn Mangan
August 22, 2016