Who was Mary Jo Kopechne, forever linked to Ted Kennedy because of Chappaquiddick? Read her biography below, read about the incident itself, see photos and a video.
Mary Jo Kopechne
It was the summer of 1969 on Chappaquiddick, a small island connected by ferry to Martha’s Vineyard. Mary Jo Kopechne, age 28, was attending a party – a reunion of girl friends called “the Boiler Girls” and others – who had worked on Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign. At 11:15 she left with Ted Kennedy who had offered her a ride to catch the last ferry to Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard, where she was staying. It was that very incident that forever links Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick.
Taking the keys of his 1967 Oldsmobile Delmont 88 from his chauffeur, Ted Kennedy and Mary Jo Kopechne left the party. There are many details you can read about the Chappaquiddick incident here from the FBI, but in brief Ted Kennedy made a wrong turn onto an unlit dirt road that led to Dike Bridge. Dike Bridge was a wooden bridge with no guardrails that ran parallel to the road. Kennedy drove over the side of the bridge with the car landing upside down and underwater. Kennedy supposedly was able to swim free of the vehicle, but Mary Jo Kopechne was not. Kennedy claimed at the inquest that he called Kopechne’s name several times from the shore, then tried to swim down to reach her seven or eight times to no avail.
Ted Kennedy contacted several aides that night for help, but failed to report the incident to the authorities until the car and Kopechne’s body were discovered the next morning. Ted Kennedy himself, after leaving Mary Jo to die, spent the night in his hotel room in Edgartown and didn’t even report the accident to police until 10:00 am the next morning when he went to the police station with several aides.
It was fishermen who found the submerged car and Mary Jo Kopechne’s dead body the next morning, a little bit after 8:00 am where it was pressed up in the car in the spot where an air bubble would have formed. If divers had known, had been able to get to her, some say she would be alive today.
After the incident, Ted Kennedy entered a plea of guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident after causing injury. He was sentence to 2 months in jail but that was suspended. We know what happened then. Ted Kennedy went on to live a long and prosperous life and became the liberal ‘Lion of the Senate’.
Questions still remain, 40 years later, about Ted Kennedy’s timeline of events of the Chappaquiddick incident, about his actions after the accident, and the quality of the investigation and whether official deference was given to a powerful politician and family. The events surrounding Mary Jo Kopechne’s death damaged Ted Kennedy’s reputation so much that he was never able to mount a successful campaign for President of the United States thankfully.
Mary Jo Kopechne was born on July 26,1940 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She was the only child of Joseph and Gwen Kopechne. She attended parochial schools in New Jersey where she grew up and graduated with a degree in business administration from Caldwell College for Women in 1962. She moved to Montgomery, Alabama, to teach for a year at the Mission of St. Jude as part of the Civil Rights Movement. And then in ‘63, she moved to Washington, D.C., to work as secretary to Florida Senator George Smathers. Mary Jo Kopechne joined New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s secretarial staff, following his election in 1964 where shw worked as a secretary to one of RFK’s speechwriters.
By all accounts, Mary Jo Kopechne was a loyal and tireless worker for Robert Kennedy. During his campaign, she worked as one of the “Boiler Room Girls”, an affectionate name given to six young women who worked from a central, windowless location in Kennedy’s Washington campaign headquarters.
After Robert Kennedy was assassinated in June of 1968, Mary Jo was devastated and felt she could not return to work on Capitol Hill. She eventually went to work for Matt Reese Associates, a Washington, D.C., firm that helped establish campaign headquarters and field offices for politicians and was one of the first political consulting firms.
Mary Jo Kopechne lived in a Georgetown neighborhood with three other women. She was a devout Roman Catholic with a demure, serious personality, rarely drank much, and had no reputation for extramarital activities with men.
On July 18, 1969, Mary Jo Kopechne attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, held in honor of the Boiler Room Girls – her old friends and fellow Robert Kennedy campaign workers.
Reportedly, Mary Jo Kopechne left the party at 11:15 p.m. with Ted Kennedy, after he offered to drive her to catch the last ferry back to Edgartown, where she was staying. That ride cost Mary Jo Kopechne her life. After supposedly making a wrong turn, Kennedy drove his car off a bridge, freeing himself from the submerged car and leaving Mary Jo to die. Mary Jo Kopechne was 28 years old.
A funeral for Kopechne was held on July 22, 1969, at St. Vincent’s Roman Catholic Church in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Ted Kennedy attended. She is buried in the parish cemetery on the side of Larksville Mountain. You can see photos and a video below of the Mary Jo Kopechne: Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick Incident.
Mary Jo Kopechne: Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick Incident Photos
Mary Jo Kopechne: Ted Kennedy Chappaquiddick Incident Video
August 26th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
http://fatboy.cc/index.htm
August 26th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Lisab, talk about a quick way to make a buck for whoever set up that site. They worked pretty fast I guess. I’d never heard of Ted being called “Fatboy” before.
August 26th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
that site has been up for years
ted kennedy’s nickname in massachusetts is fatboy
or rather his nickname was fatboy
August 26th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
there is a site for kerry there too, in one of the links
August 26th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
That’s a great site, Iisab. Thanks for confirming what we already know, that the Right Wing is a bunch of scum.
August 26th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
lisa i am wondering if any scottish people have anything to say about this?
August 26th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
http://fatboy.cc/images/vw.jpg
August 26th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
thus the nickname fatboy
http://fatboy.cc/images/Ted%204.jpg
August 26th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
“i am wondering if any scottish people have anything to say about this?”
they think we are boycotting them …
actually, the reason scotch sales are down is that teddy died
August 26th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
It takes scum to know it Klo, don’t tell me you wouldn’t be just as giddy if it was Cheney or W. The only difference is we hate Kennedy because the guy was a disgusting human being who always took advantage of his position and wealth to get what he wanted, up to and including the death of a young girl. You guys hate Cheney and Bush for policy reasons and you guys will laugh they day they die and enjoy it. It’s hard to feel anything but schadenfreude
over the death of Teddy, it’s sure as hell not remorse that I’m feeling. Call me scum or whatever, but how you can defend Teddy is beyond me, but then again, he always knew the right people, so I guess all the crap he’s done over the years is okay. Hypocrisy, they name is Democrat.
August 26th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
In the Summer of 1989 Kennedy and fellow Senator Chris Dodd were having lunch at famous Washington D.C. restaurant La Brasserie. Kennedy requested the attendance of waitress Carla Gaviglio. According to the Washington Times “When she put in an appearance in their private retreat – ‘The Teddy Kennedy Fun Room’ – the Massachusetts senator picked her up and heaved her onto a table. The crystal candlesticks and champagne glasses shattered as he grabbed her again and flung her on top of Dodd.
“Then Kennedy threw himself on top of the woman. The waitress implored Mr. Kennedy to ‘Get off me!’
“Another waitress entered to find ‘things all tipped over and Kennedy was on top, [the waitress] was in the middle and Dodd was on the bottom.’ At that point the sandwich was disassembled.”
August 26th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Easy on us Scotts now, you already spent all last night blasting us, the American Scots are mostly good.
Speaking of the Kennedy’s and Scotch, old Joe Kennedy got a sweet deal right before the prohibition ended so that all scotch imported into the US the Kennedy business got a direct cut out of, thus why Scotch is expensive. It’s good to have connections eh?
August 26th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
i did not insult any scotts today … well .. not on this site.
geez, you simply point out they are english lapdogs one time … er … 20 times, and they get all upset.
like why is “their monarch” named queen elizabeth II? i do not recall any queen of scotts being called queen elizabeth I …
oh that is right … england told them that was the way it was going to be … “sit laddie sit …”
August 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
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August 26th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Mark,
Great video on Mary Jo and the story on the accident. Only in this country can someone walk away from a crime like this. Hopefully Ted took some swimming lessons for his next drive. The sins of the father (Joe) passed down to the kids and grand kids
August 26th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Maybe we can ask the Kopechne feels now that the person responsible for her death is dead.
Get ready for Wellstone, part II on steriods. The GOP should send GWB to the funeral.
August 26th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
i bet the teddy kennedy funeral will be a cross between coretta scott king’s ’shout down and revival’ funeral and wellstone’s ‘we’re mad’ funeral.
August 26th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
hey roland
you and i could never walk away from chappaquiddick. we’d still be in jail today.
August 26th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Ted Kennedy worked hard to serve his country, when we were watching. When he thought we weren’t watching his true character was revealed. He was undeserving of any admiration and used his family’s criminal wealth / power to cover his tracks.
August 26th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Thanks for filling me in on that site lisab, and for the fatboy explanation. The sandwich story was not a visual I needed at the end of the day.
August 26th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Ted made his mistakes and of course you focus on them. I hope when George Bush dies all they talk about is arrest for drunk driving and his drug use and failure to fullfill his obligations with the National Guard…as he went AWOL. you have no class.
August 26th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
rich mccrea
if you are going to spank us at least get your GWB facts right first. thanks.
and btw, do you libs ever consider mary jo and the fact that if teddy had had the moral stones to actually do the right thing 40 years ago, she might still be alive today? or do you pretend she just didn’t exist? or if she did exist to you all, was her life’s value simply far less then one of the kennedy’s?
just curious.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Advantage Kate.
August 27th, 2009 at 1:29 am
we hate Kennedy because the guy was a disgusting human being who always took advantage of his position and wealth to get what he wanted,
Yes.. oh yes, and he wanted such selfish things as gay rights, minimum wage increases to match inflation, employee safety, family leave, public financing for elections, the Voting Rights Act, funding for AIDS treatment, title 9 for equality in funding women’s sports, AmeriCorps, Pension protection, COBRA health insurance extension, and Children’s Health Insurance.
What a monster.
As for Wellstone Part II– of course the “fake outrage” in MN was an entirely manufactured distortion of what actually happened there, complements of right wing radio, but that’s pretty much to be expected. For a REAL smoke and mirror’s act, nothing beat Reagan’s funeral/hagiography in the rich tradition of Deaver and Ailes. Were you right wingers more shocked or awed when he didn’t show up three days later to usher in the rapture?
August 27th, 2009 at 1:31 am
I hope when George Bush dies all they talk about is arrest for drunk driving and his drug use and failure to fullfill his obligations with the National Guard…as he went AWOL…
That would be the kid gloves version…
August 27th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Name required.
Screw the gloves, thats for pu$$ies.
Did you know that not only did Bush fullfill his obliations to the NG he actually volunteerd for Nam contrary to the bullsh*t guys like you spread ?
http://www.bernardgoldberg.com/content/2009/08/25/a-lost-fact-in-the-rathergate-mess-part-1/
” This is it: Mary Mapes knew before she put the story on the air that George W. Bush, the alleged slacker, had in fact volunteered to go to Vietnam.
Who says? The outside panel CBS brought into to get to the bottom of the so-called “Rathergate” mess says. I recently re-examined the panel’s report after a source, Deep Throat style, told me to “Go to page 130.” When I did, here’s the startling piece of information I found:
Mapes had information prior to the airing of the September 8 [2004] Segment that President Bush, while in the TexANG [Texas Air National Guard] did volunteer for service in Vietnam but was turned down in favor of more experienced pilots. For example, a flight instructor who served in the TexANG with Lieutenant Bush advised Mapes in 1999 that Lieutenant Bush “did want to go to Vietnam but others went first.” Similarly, several others advised Mapes in 1999, and again in 2004 before September 8, that Lieutenant Bush had volunteered to go to Vietnam but did not have enough flight hours to qualify.”
In addition, he may of gotten drunk but at least he beat the problem before he ended up grabbing waitresses by the a$$, screwing around on his wife and leaving women to die under bridges.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:39 am
MONEY TALKS, AND KENNEDY’S WALK.
I can’t believe that was swept under the rug and basically been forgotten. He was a murderer, not a hero, and he shouldn’t be honored the way he is, althought look how the pervert Michael Jackson is being honored.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Well Kathryn.
I had some serious concerns about Jackson perversions also but we have to remember that as guilty as he looked and probably is it can only be left up to our own perception as to what he really was. In the case with with Kennedy there can be no doubt that he treated women like whores and left one for dead.
Okay, so he was only charged with leaving the scene. he still drove the damn car and was drunk, that much is fact.
Long story short he should of stayed at the scene and kept diving. Period. Had that been the case I would of believed him.
Jackson has spread a lot of happiness among children regardless of what we think. Whereas Kenndy was one of the strongest abortion supporters this country has ever seen. Hes not responsible for every abortion but hes going to have to take credit for some, I cant say that for Jackson.
August 27th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Is there ever gonna be a time when people dont bring up bush and the natl guard? I think he probably extablished his willingness to serve the nation by serving as tx governor and 8 pretty tumultuous years as president.
August 27th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Arriba, good luck. We’re still hearing about the 2000 election as well. We’re never going to hear the end of it.
August 27th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Bernard Goldberg, Micky? That hack?
A so-called reporter who even other right wingers accuse of lifting old stories and trying to present them on his own? A quick Googling reveals an Internet laughing at this guy…
Perhaps the best link though, is this one, which discusses the substance of the claim that- Bush wanted to go to ‘nam.
And I quote:
if Bush actually did volunteer for Vietnam duty, he did so secure in the knowledge there was no chance he’d actually be called upon. That is, he was talking big talk, once again, knowing full well he’d never have to back it up.
This is especially so considering what followed — namely, that Bush wound up failing to fulfill his obligations to the Texas Air National Guard, precisely because he failed to maintain even the most basic, fundamental components if his TANG pilot’s status beginning in the summer of 1972.
Indeed, there is a set of facts about Bush’s service that is irrefutable: Lt. Bush did refuse an order to take a required physical, and he was suspended for “failing to perform up to standards”. Moreover, the sequence of events that failure set in motion eventually ensured that Bush did not fulfill the entirety of his military obligation.”
August 27th, 2009 at 11:22 am
it is almost certain bush did want to go to vietnam in 1972. it would have guarenteed a promotion for him with fairly little risk. he flew f102’s, which was being retired by 1970. it is not like he flew phantoms.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Name required.
The only problem with your whole shpeel, links and all, is that its all a matter of one persons interpretation and bias.
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“Bush actually did volunteer for Vietnam duty, he did so secure in the knowledge there was no chance he’d actually be called upon. That is, he was talking big talk, once again, knowing full well he’d never have to back it up.”
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You can think whatever you want, and print it, right ?
It doesnt change the fact that Mapes and Rather werent exactly forthcoming with this info when they should of been. Why is that if what you say is so true ?
More, “fake but true” ?
Seems enough people surrounding the BS they propelled got sh*t canned to the point one can safely reason as to who the liars are.
Still, if you want to compare character between Bush and Kennedy you’re obviously so entrenched in ideological bigotry no amount moral or ethical championship on the part of Bush will ever convince you what a scumbag Kennedy was.
Any organization that finds Ted Kennedy better for feminism than Sarah Palin is phony. Sarah Palin did not kill a woman. Sarah Palin is faithful to her spouse. Sarah Palin is cursed because she did not drive her daughter Bristol over a bridge to prevent a child from being born. Perhaps if Senator Kennedy had let his lover and child survive, he would be pilloried today.
Bush used to drink. Unlike Kennedy and Dodd Bush didnt sexually assault his serving waitress. And if you’re going to rail on Bush as having succeeded because his family name you should look at Ted Kennedy with an honest lens. Bush attempted real jobs in the private sector, and returned to the private sector. Kennedy claimed to care so much about the working man, even though he never was one.
He claimed to care about people, but he as was phony on other policies as he was about women’s issues. He said he was all for renewable energy, but blocked a wind farm that screwed up his view from his home.
He raised taxes for average Americans who couldnt afford the expensive tax attorneys and tax shelters that he used to evade the very laws he put toether. He was phony to the fricken end.
Example
In 2004, he was concerned that if Kerry was elected president Romney would appoint a republican to the seat. He had the law changed to call for a special election in that scenario, removing the governor’s power.
This in itself wasnt bad, even if the motives were impure. BUT !, in 2009, he tried to change the law back because he wanted Deval Patrick, the moonbat governor of Massachusetts, to appoint another moonbat rather than risk a special election.
He treated Bork and Thomas like sh*t. In an office setting, his behavior could have even been actionable. He would take decent men and libeled them. McCain made the mistake of calling Kennedy his friend.Kennedy responded by lambasting him far beyond traditional politics during the 2008 election.
Bush on an education bill. The he turned around and called Bush a liar, which is like the pot calling the kettle an African-American.
He didnt just die of cancer, he was cancer. He was pure poison. He destroyed innocent lives while proping himself up as some gleaming knight of virtue. He ruined reputations, for no other reason than power.
He wrecked lives. I cant think of a better way to honor this nation than to sh*tcan this bill that was his awful life’s work.
August 27th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Yes Arriba, great point, thank you
August 27th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Lisab.
Mary Jo is still holding her breath
August 27th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Ooops, wrong blog
August 27th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
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August 28th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Did you all know that the great, dead Senatoe from MA actually wrote a children’s book called Me and My Senator. It is written from the perspective of his Portuguese Water Dog named “Splash”. I wonder if it was Teddy’s way of honoring Mary Jo.
August 28th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Tattered Legacy Of The Lion…
Deep condolences to the Kennedy family, who have endured yet another tragedy (as we all have); but theirs are played out on a public stage. Ted Kennedy, the Senator, the man has left an indelible legacy on this country. The ramifications of that legacy…
August 28th, 2009 at 9:51 am
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August 28th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Rich McCrea, the most apt comparison would be between Dick Chaney and Teddy Kennedy.
Both had accidents in their lives — Chaney with a gun, and Teddy with an automobile.
That said, I’d rather go hunting with Dick than driving with Teddy. At least if I get shot while hunting with Dick, Dick won’t be hidden for 10 hours by his friends while I bleed out my life at the spot where I was shot. He’ll get help for me right away.
The private man is the public man.
I’m sure you hope Teddy got past the phalanx of aborted babies at the Pearly Gates.
August 29th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Money walks and the poor in stocks, joe sr walked away after the falstaff act was overturned with all of the booze money. Then he went legit and unfortunatly he was succesful. If there were no corruption we would not have had to suffer the kennedy’s. The reality of it is though we have however, no longer may he soon be a bad memory. No kennedy deserves any respect, praise or kindness. They use there wealth and social position as a weapon of destruction if it serves their purpose. The swimmer showed us how they do it.
August 29th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Speaking of Mary Jo, I believe it truly was an accident, and Kennedy’s strange actions followed by the false testimony was meant to cover up his romantic escapade with another woman (possibly, Rosemary Koeugh whose purse was found in the car) form the “Broiler Room Girls” party.
The only logical explanation of Kennedy’s ridiculous behavior and unconvincing explanation is that at the time the accident happened, he had no idea that Mary Jo was sleeping on the back of his car while he and his female companion, both under the influence of alcohol, were rushing to the beach to satisfy their lust. They both managed to escape, leaving unknowingly Mary Jo to her slow and painful death in a sank car.
When Kennedy and his buddies realized that Mary Jo was in the car, it was too late to invent a completely new scenario, so they came up with a modified one that would minimize damage to Kennedy’s political career.
Kennedy’s reckless lifestyle was a disaster waithing to happen, and it did happen in the most tragic way. Should he report the accident right after it happened, as he was required by the law, Mary Jo would have been, most likely, spared from death.
So, was Kennedy a monster who knowingly left a human being to die in order to protect his own ass? I don’t think so. Was he a self-centered opportunist and cheater (like the one pictured in the movie “Emperor’s Club”) who thought that he was above the law as long as he could get away with what he’d done? You bet he was.
The “mainstream” media brouhaha of Kennedy’s “redemption” tacitly ignores one inconvenient fact: he never came clean and never revealed what really happened that tragic night. (Why am I not surprised?) Should he have done so, I would probably be among those calling for forgiveness and for giving him a chance to straighten his life.
August 29th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
8/29/09: Excellent Video, my dear Watson.
Justice MUST prevail. I intend to contact that Tv program about Cold Cases. This MUST be FINALLY RESOLVED FOR MARY JO’S SAKE. I do believe, altho. I have been a follower of EMK al this time (see my canvass “Press of Politics” in Gallery III on my website, THAT THIS CASE MUST FINALLY AND NOW-NOW-NOW BE BROUGHT TO CENTER STAGE-WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY-TO SHOW HOW A HEALTHY, ROBUST, 28 YR. OLD GIRL, WHO DID NOT DRINK, SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXTRICATE HERSELF FROM CAR UNDER ONLY A SHALLOW 8 FT. OF WATER AND SWIN TO THE SURFACE. I DO BELIEVE, AFTER SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT, WAY UP HERE IN MY MOUNTAIN RETREAT, THAT SHE MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEAD. HE KNEW THAT AREA VERY, VERY, VERY WELL. HE DID NOT ACCIDENTALLY DRIVE THE CAR OFF THE BRIDGE. IF HE DID, ANY HUMAN BEING WOULD HAVE GRAPPED THE GIRL, AND TEH, AND ONLY THEN, SWAM TO THE SURFACE. OR, OR, RAN TO THE NEAREST HOUSE, CALLED 911, STAYED NEAR THE CAR, AND GET HER OUT. HE EITHER WAITED UNTIL SHE WAS GOOD AND DEAD NEFORE CALLING POLICE (WAS SHE PREGNANT??) BELIEVE ME, I KNOW, I AM FEMALE, AND FROM THAT ERA. THIS GUY WAS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS TO WOMEN. AS THEY ALL ARE. AND YET, I DO FEEL HE HAS DONE WONDERFUL HINGS FOR MASSACHUSETTS WHERE I LIVE IN WINTER IN AN OLD CHURCH. HE KNEW ABOUT ME, ALSO A BLONDE. I PURPOSE;Y HAVE KEPT A VERY LOW PROFILE IN MASSACHUSETTS FROM THESEKENNEDY MEN – TEHY ARE ALL VERY, VERY CRAZY. LOOK ALSO AT SKACLE(DO NOT HAVE CORRECT SPELLING) PATRICK ALSO HAS BEEN GUILTY OF CRUEL BEHAVIOR TOWARDS A GIRLFRIEND. I AM SPEAKING OUT NOW, BUT, FEAR THEM VERY MUCH. I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO MASSACHUSETTS WHEN IT BECOMES TOO COLD TO CONTINUE HERE ON MY MOUNTAIN HIDEAWAY. BUT, MY INDEPENDENT CRITICAL THINKING HAS LEAD ME TO BEOIEVE THAT THE TRUTH MUST FINALLY COME OUT. I BEOIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HE RAPED AND STRANGLED HER BEFORE HE THEN DROVE THE CAR OFF THE BRIDGE BECAUSE SHE AS ALREADY DEAD, AND TOOK THIS SECRET TO HIS GRAVE. THIS WOMAN MUST RECEIVE JUSTICE, AS WELL AS HER PARENTS-ARE THEY STILL ALIVE??????? HIS LAWYERS HAVE PROBSABLY GIVEN THEM HUGE MONEY TO REMAIN SILENT AND DISAPPEAR. WHICH THEY SURE AS HELL DID.
August 30th, 2009 at 11:28 am
It is sad that good people like Mary Jo always seem to be left behind. She was an innocent, a loyal and tireless campaign worker and very pretty likely to have had a good full life. Dominick Dunn could have done a wonderful story on what happened that would have been believable. I suppose that would have been some kind of justice.
September 24th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
A new theory suggests that he wasn’t in the car,when it went into the river,it was miss kopechne herself!
September 24th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Right, she drove herself off the bridge and Teddy, who just happened to be in the area, tried to save her, but alas, she died. Sure, delusion ain’t just a river in Egypt.