The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress

A Robert Kennedy assassination theory that goes beyond hypnosis and CIA involvement is one that includes the repeated appearance of this woman in a polka dot printed dress. She was never officially identified but witnesses testify that she was standing with Sirhan Sirhan a short while before Robert Kennedy was shot. The belief of the witnesses is that she too may have affected by the same hypnotic practice that Sirhan blames for his actions. Sirhan too cannot attest to the legitimacy of this woman as he told Law Enforcement he had no memory of talking to anyone at the Ambassador Hotel.

His statement was, “I just remember the bright lights in the big room. Then somebody referred me to the kitchen for coffee. I don’t remember any woman in a polka dot dress.”

But as he made his statement he did remember seeing a woman in a plain white dress by the coffee urn. If his memory is already mostly compromised could this be a possible confirmation of this mystery woman? Judging from the picture above, the white of the dress could very well be the most memorable part of it and in a high-stress situation like that, he may not have been paying attention to details or his surroundings as keenly as what was expected.

Other witnesses saw Sirhan again in the company of this same woman in the kitchen pantry. A man who was in the pantry when the event unraveled said he heard this woman say, “We shot him,” and ran away.

When the investigation of this woman came publically known everyone shared their story of a woman in a polka dot dress doing numerous things at different parts of the night. The description of this woman was quite unclear, and it makes you wonder how many women at this event may have fit a similar description.

What is the takeaway here then? Was this woman just in the wrong places at the wrong time, was there multiple possible women or is she one of the conspirators that got away with murdering a presidential candidate?

To find out the rest of the story and who this woman was, visit: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/38496

-Paige Siewert