The Murder of Marilyn Monroe (14 page)

September 9, 1964—Peter Lawford “representing the family” at the opening of the John F. Kennedy library exhibit in Miami, Florida. (
Miami Herald
staff photographer Albert Coya)

October 5, 1964—Peter Lawford arrives for work at Paramount Studios after taking an eight-minute helicopter flight from his LA home. Pilot Hal Conners, seated inside, used this same helicopter to transport Robert Kennedy from Lawford’s beach house to Los Angeles International Airport during the early morning hours of August 5, 1962. (Associated Press)

Confidential
magazine, October 1967. (Steven Williams and George Ramos)

June 5, 1968—Sen. Robert F. Kennedy arrives at Central Receiving Hospital shortly after being shot three times at the Ambassador Hotel while talking to campaign workers. He was taken immediately to surgery, where a team of neurosurgeons began efforts to remove the bullet from his brain. (Associated Press)

June 5, 1968—Photo diagram locates the spot behind Sen. Robert Kennedy’s ear where the fatal bullet of the third shooter entered the Senator’s head, as well as the approximate area of the head where a large part of the bullet was lodged after fragmenting. (Associated Press)

June 5, 1968—Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot at the near end of the steel counter being inspected by police officers in a kitchen corridor of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He staggered backwards and fell at a spot where an “X” is chalked on the floor. Ceiling tiles were removed by LAPD to inspect for bullet holes. (Associated Press)

1970s—Schaefer Ambulance driver Edgardo Villalobos with attendant Gilbert Venagas standing in front of a Schaefer Ambulance VIP car known as “The Diplomat.” (Edgardo Villalobos)

1970s—“The Diplomat.” (Edgardo Villalobos)

(From the collection of Edgardo Villalobos)

1970s—Edgardo Villalobos inside his Schaefer Ambulance vehicle. (Edgardo Villalobos)

1970s—Schaefer Ambulance vehicle. (Edgardo Villalobos)

Schaefer Ambulance attendant James Edwin Hall’s 1992 polygraph results, conducted by Donald E. Fraser, a state-licensed polygraphist and graduate of the University of Southern California. (© 2014 Michelle Justice. Reprinted with permission from fan newspaper
Runnin’ Wild: All About Marilyn
, October 1993.)