The erroneous FBI report that launched scores of conspiracy theories in the RFK murder case

In anticipation of the upcoming release of long-hidden files, what did FBI officials know and when did they know it?

In the above June 1968 photographs, Los Angeles County Coroner Thomas Noguchi was misled by the appearance of what the FBI falsely identified in photograph E2 of its official crime-scene report as two of four circled bullet holes in Sirhan Sirhan’s line of fire. (Photos: California State Archives)

The shooting

At 12:15 A.M. on June 5, 1968, an assassin …