RFK files reveal shocking, 'strangest' details - threat of killing Kennedy's family, 'unwavering obsession' | Today news

About 10,000 pages of records related to the assassination of former senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 revealed that a man who threatened to kill the rest of the Kennedy family after the assassination almost on the plane that houses the body of the murdered politician. In an initial report, the suspect was just 100 meters from the plane, although it later emerged that he was arrested at a bar near the airport, New York Post reports while quoting the newly released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The suspect was later identified as William Frederick Crosson. “He made death threats against the FBI, the secret service and the Kennedy family at the airport and on the bar in which he was arrested,” the FBI report read on June 6, 1968. It was noted that the suspect was taken up by the Los Angeles police department. Kennedy’s assassination | In short, Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968 after delivering a speech in celebration of his victory in the California Presidential Primary School. He died of his injuries early on June 6, two days after winning the Democratic California. His assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, was convicted of murdering the first grade and serving lives in prison. Sirhan Sirhan was 24 years old when he fired the shots that killed Robert Kennedy. Now 81, he has been in prison for over 50 years. Sirhan Sirhan, left, who is accused of sen. Robert F. Kennedy killed, was seen in June 1968 with his lawyer Russell E. Parsons in Los Angeles. (R) Sirhan Sirhan responds during a parole hearing on February 10, 2016 in the Richard J. Donovan Corrective Facility in San Diego. The documents setting out Kennedy’s assassination were released by Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence. The files revealed “the panic of the FBI field office across the country when agents processed numerous tips and reports of suspicious individuals in the hours after Kennedy was shot,” reports The New York Post. Born in Jerusalem and grew up in Jordan. According to the documents, on January 12, 1957, he came to the US with his father, mother and four brothers and a sister. He also became a militant supporter of Palestinian rights. Gun man’s remark: ‘Unwilling Obsession’ The RFK files contain photos of handwritten notes by Sirhan, the armed man, who says that the democratic presidential candidate must be ‘disposed of’ and admit an obsession with killing him. According to the report, a search of Sirhan’s bedroom in Pasadena revealed numerous handwritten notes, including one written on May 18, 1968. ‘My determination to remove RFK becomes more than an unwavering obsession. RFK must be disposed of like his brother, ‘one note read in the file. This note referred to Kennedy’s older brother, former US President John F. Kennedy, who was killed in 1963. In addition, the authorities have found notes saying: “Ambassador Goldberg must have the The The The The The United Nations Ambassador for the US since 1965. Goldberg found FBI agents scribbled others, including “Sirhan is an Arab.” ‘Oddest Bits of Information’ One of the ‘strangest pieces of information’ in the RFK files, as the New York Post reports, contains evidence of members of a tour group that visited Israel in May, a month before the assassination. said a tour guide told them Kennedy was shot. Published: 19 Apr 2025, 07:16 AM IST