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Ni ( ' At this timé Sirhan was able to identify an absent officer to Sergeant Jordon by the officer's badge number, 3949. Sergeant Jordon formed the opinion at this time that Sirhan was not under the influence of either alcohol or’ drugs. Sirhan was not -given an intoxication test because Jordon conciuded there were no objective symptoms of intoxication and no reason to administer such a test. When Sergeant Jordon offered Sirhan a cup of coffee, Sirhan asked the officer to drink from the cup first, and the officer did so. For security reasons, Sirhan was transported to police "headquarters at Parker Center, arriving at the homicide squad room around 1:40 a.m. Sirhan requested some water and again, at his request, Sergeant Jordon tasted it before passing the cup to hin. Shortly before 2:00 a.m., a Doctor Lanz examined Sirhan in those areas where Sirhan complained of pain. Sirhan refused to tell the physician his name, and the physician told the officers present that Sirhan was not in need of any immediate medical treatment but that Sirhan should keep as much weight as possible off his left ankle as it was probably sprained. At this time Chief Deputy District Attorney Lynn Compton and Deputy District At torney John Howard arrived, as did members of the 8 ed fe we District Attorney's investigative staff. In an interrogation room, Howard asked Sirhan his name and Sirhan did not answer and at that time Sirhan was advised by Howard of his constitutional rights. Sirhan nodded in the direction of Sergeant Jordon and stated "I will stand by my original decision to remain silent." During Sergeant Jordon's various contacts with Sirhan, in- cluding the four to five hours he spent with Sirhan at the arraignment and immediately prior and subsequent thereto, Sirhan never appeared irrational. While refusing to identify himself by name or place of origin, Sirhan engaged in banter with Sergeant Jordon. Jordon formed the cpinion that Sirhan had a "very quick mind", and that Sirhan was "one of the most alert and intelligent persons" the officer had ever interrogated or attempted to interro- gate during his 15 years experience on the police force. About the same time that Sirhan was being taken to the police station, Senator Kennedy was taken to Gocd Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. Surgery was performed, but Senator Kennedy died at 1:44 a.m., on June 6, 1968. Dr. Thomas Noguchi, Coroner and Chief Medical Examiner of Los Angeles County and two deputy medical examiners, performed an autopsy on Senator Kennedy's body between 3:00 a.m. and 9:15 a.m., on June 6. It was disclosed that the gunshot wound to the head, in the right mastoid, had pene- treataad thea hrain and otusae tha aAaiea ‘of Aasth The hollet had eh Ok le he wehbe wh GE LEL ra wWwaw wilt wh wo wWeG wile ht A ee fractured the skull and had itself been shattered. According to Dr. Noguchi, powder burns on the right ear indicated that the muzzle distance between the weapon and the ear at the time of the firing was 1 to 1-1/2 inches. The only other two gunshot wounds were in the area of the right armpit and the right side. These shots were fired at very close range. The location, alignment, and direction of the three wounds, in conjunction with the clothing worn indicated to Dr. Noguchi that the three shots in question -L.A.P.D. criminalist. DeWayne Wolfer testified at trial (and. previously before the Grand Jury in 1968) that a bullet taken from the base of’ Senator Kennedy's neck (People's exhibit 47) and bullets taken from victims Goldstein and Weisel (People' s exnibit S52 and 54) were fired from Sirhan's gun and "no other gun in the world",