In retrospect, after having long researched these assassination cases, it

became apparent that an undefined, fictional undercurrent- a mystery

of sorts, a mysterious veil- is connected to these two murder cases that

also has not been addressed. This mystery continues to be enveloped in

the criminal reasoning of how and why these assassins arrived at a point

in their lives where they were driven to kill.

Certain aspects of these two assassinations spawned a mystifying

search for the real identities of Oswald and Sirhan which, in a comparative

way, seemed to mirror the structure of popular " whodunit" novels,

where the final chapter is usually devoted to unmasking and identifying

the perpetrator. Breakdown is instead a nonfictional portrayal " why-theydunit"

true crime investigation. The pervasive theme is more why Oswald

and Sirhan, as their last acts as free men, succumbed to criminal thoughts

that urged them to commit murder.