Sirhan Sirhan in the RFK Assassination Records Collection
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Investigative files on Sirhan sit at the center of the RFK Assassination Records Collection. BlackVaultDocs’ figure hub matches the name Sirhan Sirhan in document titles from public NARA releases. The hub is a title index, not a retrial and not a file count. PDFs remain on the originating archive.
Key figures
- Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968.
- The assassination named in the blurb took place at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Investigative files on Sirhan sit at the center of the RFK Assassination Records Collection.
- The figure hub matches that name in indexed titles; this packet supplies no document count.
- This page does not treat title hits as a retrial or as a conspiracy finding.
What the Sirhan figure hub lists
The figure slug sirhan-sirhan groups indexed titles that name Sirhan Sirhan. The packet supplies no document count, so this page does not invent one. The public-record identity in the blurb is: convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, with investigative files on Sirhan sitting at the center of the RFK Assassination Records Collection.
“At the center” is the blurb’s description of where those investigative files sit in the collection. It is not a percentage of the collection and not a count of folders. This overlay does not convert that phrase into a number. A title match is a catalog hit, not a finding that every page of the file is about Sirhan.
The related topic link on this packet is the JFK assassination collection, which is the href supplied in the packet’s internal links. The blurb itself names the RFK Assassination Records Collection as the home of the investigative files. This page keeps those two labels distinct: the blurb’s collection name, and the packet’s internal-link target.
June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel
June 5, 1968 is the date in the packet for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The blurb states that Sirhan was convicted of that assassination. This page restates the conviction as a matter of public record in the blurb. It does not retry the case, and it does not add a sentence date, because none is in the facts.
Los Angeles and the Ambassador Hotel are the place names the packet gives. Researchers who need the investigative scans should open the originating archive from the figure hub. BlackVaultDocs matches names in titles from public NARA releases; it does not re-host the PDFs.
How name matching works for Sirhan
Figure hubs match names in document titles from public NARA releases indexed on BlackVaultDocs. The Sirhan hub is that match, not a complete investigative dump and not a complete FOIA log. A missing title hit means the indexed title in this ingest did not match the name as implemented.
The all-figures directory lists other people in the same name index. Use the Sirhan hub for titles that name him. Use the packet’s JFK assassination collection link only as the supplied internal href, not as a claim that Sirhan’s files are a JFK posting.
What this page does not claim
This overlay does not argue that Sirhan acted alone or that others were involved. It restates the packet: convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; investigative files on Sirhan sit at the center of the RFK Assassination Records Collection. Conspiracy commentary is outside the index.
No NARA ID is in the facts. No document total is in the facts. Cite the June 5, 1968 date, the Ambassador Hotel, the conviction, and the RFK Assassination Records Collection as named. Do not attach an invented file count to Sirhan’s name.
Where to read Sirhan-titled files
The Sirhan Sirhan figure hub is the live title list. All figures shows the rest of the name index. The JFK assassination collection href is the related topic link on this packet. Open the originating archive for scans. A later ingest can retag titles; this prose still will not invent a document count.
The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles is the place the blurb gives. June 5, 1968 is the date. The conviction is the legal fact the packet records. This hub does not add a sentence length or a later parole filing, because those are not in the facts.
How to cite Sirhan Sirhan on this site
Cite Sirhan Sirhan as convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, with investigative files on Sirhan sitting at the center of the RFK Assassination Records Collection, as matched by name in indexed titles on BlackVaultDocs. Do not cite a document count from this guide. Do not treat the figure hub as a retrial. The source note is that figure hubs match names in document titles from public NARA releases indexed on BlackVaultDocs.
Investigative files “at the center” of the RFK Assassination Records Collection is a placement phrase, not a percentage. Cite that collection name as the blurb cites it. Cite the packet’s JFK assassination collection href only as the supplied internal link, not as a claim that Sirhan’s files are a JFK posting year.
Questions
- Who was Sirhan Sirhan in the declassified record?
- The packet identifies Sirhan Sirhan as convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Investigative files on Sirhan sit at the center of the RFK Assassination Records Collection. BlackVaultDocs matches the name in indexed titles. This page does not assign a file count.
- When and where was Senator Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in this blurb?
- The blurb dates the assassination to June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of that assassination. The packet does not give a document count for that date. Titles that name Sirhan appear on the figure hub; PDFs remain on the originating archive.
- Which collection holds investigative files on Sirhan Sirhan?
- The blurb places investigative files on Sirhan at the center of the RFK Assassination Records Collection. “At the center” is not a file count. The packet’s internal topic link is the JFK assassination collection href supplied on the packet. This page does not invent a document total for either collection.
- Does the Sirhan figure hub prove a conspiracy in the RFK case?
- No. The hub matches the name Sirhan Sirhan in document titles from public NARA releases indexed on BlackVaultDocs. It restates the June 5, 1968 conviction at the Ambassador Hotel and the place of the files in the RFK Assassination Records Collection. It does not interpret those files as proof of a plot.
Figure hubs match names in document titles from public NARA releases indexed on BlackVaultDocs.