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Edgartown Police Chief Dominick Arena, who took Teds statement the next morning and later charged him with leaving the scene of the accident, still wonders why the senator waited so long to report what happened. Mary Jo Kopechne's body was removed from the pond at 8:55 am on July 19. Mary Jo died when Kennedy's Oldsmobile plunged off a narrow bridge on the tiny Massachusetts resort island of Chappaquiddick, near Martha's Vineyard, after a late night party with Kennedy campaign workers. Dr. Mills never ordered an autopsy on Kopechne because he was satisfied that her cause of death was drowning. What were he and Kopechne doing together alone in the first place? Like the Kennedys - and especially Ethel - Mary Jo was a staunch catholic, had attended parochial schools, and had spent a year teaching at the Mission of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama. (Ted is shown attending Kopechnes funeral in the brace, but able to crane his head to see who is sitting behind him.). It would be nice if somebody spoke up. But she also told McCalls Magazine that she believed Kennedy had been behaving erratically after the accident due to shock and a minor concussion. Her story was overlooked by the media, who instead focused on Ted. 'I want him to tell me what happened,' she said. According to John Curran, the films director, one of those powerful people was Chris Dodd, a top Hollywood executive, former U.S. senator and old drinking partner of Ted Kennedy. She said that she was feeling ill, and wished to return to her hotel so that she could go to bed. I felt I was definitely a friend, but not necessarily with her.'. The results of my reporting can be heard in Cover-Up, which PEOPLE produced with Cadence 13. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Serial world record breaker David Rush reclaimed a Guinness World Records title when he threw and caught a fire sword 135 times in 1 minute. WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (UPI) A county court judge may rule Wednesday on whether the body of Mary Jo Kopechne can be exhumed for an autopsy designed to help lay to rest any "doubt and suspicion" surrounding her death in an auto driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Kopechnes body was not discovered until the following morning, when local divers came across Kennedys vehicle. He was a great man. (He referred to the party guest by a pseudonym Betty.) According to the letter, the woman said Mary Jo had too much to drink the night of the accident and wasnt feeling well, so Betty laid her down in the back seat of Teds car where Mary Jo fell asleep. But for the new patriarch of Camelot, the weekend instead was marked by a tragic accident at best, an. Subscribe to Magzter Gold to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,000+ magazines and newspapers. Outside St. Vincent's Church, in Plymouth, the Kennedys were treated like rock stars. A Current Affair: Steve Dunleavy interviews Mary Jo Kopechne's cousin who demanded Sen. Ted Kennedy tell the truth and end they mystery about what happened at Chappaquiddick. Miss Kopechnes relatives have welcomed the new film, saying it is made by men of integrity and that it finally makes her more than just a name in the Kennedy saga. I was unsuccessful in the attempt.. There should have been an autopsy. That speech is one of the few scenes in which the writers of Chappaquiddick took liberties with the facts of the case. And to continue the discussion, join our Facebook group to share your thoughts and theories or reach us directly at coverup@people.com. Thats when she told her fellow party guests she had placed Mary Jo in the back seat to rest the night before. Mary Jo Kopechne was 28 years old when she attended a party on Chappaquiddick Island, a tiny spit near Marthas Vineyard, on July 18, 1969. [Kopechne] was an intelligent, strong woman who worked for the Bobby Kennedy campaign in a high capacity and did really great work, including transcribing and then adding to the speech he gave about Vietnam, Allen says. Ted Kennedys Death: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Mary Jo Kopechnes Death: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. One of them asked to have her name removed from the film. Below, Kennedy addresses the . The film industry bible, Variety, hailed Chappaquiddick as the movie every liberal should see, its chief critic insisting those who ignore it are betraying their ideals. However, Mary Jo had left behind her purse and hotel room key at the party suggesting she was intending to return. Mary Jo Kopechne didn't about her relationship with Ted Kennedy, Bussell said she had received a number of invitations from Bobby and Ethel to attend parties at Hickory Hill, but noted that she spent 'much more time with Robert Kennedy than with Ethel. Logan and Allen based their script on the nearly 1000-page inquest released by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1970. They answer, many resoundingly, with a yes. Kennedy had been in a car accident, one week earlier while driving home from a party on the night of July.18/1969, when he missed the mouth of a narrow bridge on a dirt road in the darkness and plunged into Chappaquiddick Strait. In a statement made by Kennedy on July 25, 1969, he said that he had enlisted the help of his cousins to search for Kopechnes body. THEY'RE STILL SMALL FIRMS BUT THEY'RE PROPELLED BY BIG, MARKET-WINNING IDEAS. After some miscommunication and confusion with friends at the party, the police were not called until morning. ', A surviving relative of Mary Jo, a 75-year-old aunt, however, told People 'For 49 years, people have wanted to know what happened. Kennedy did not report the accident to police until nine hours later, leading to widespread suspicion that he and the 28-year-old blonde were having an affair that would hurt his political career if it became public knowledge. Even the five other boiler room girls have never revealed what happened at the party. Mary Jo hero-worshipped the Kennedys - and especially Bobby, who like Ted, their late brother, the assassinated president John Kennedy, and their father, the patriarch, Joseph P Kennedy, were legendary philanderers. They had worked in Ted's brother Bobby's ill-fated presidential campaign, compiling data on how Democratic delegates intended to vote. BLAKE READS RYAN THE RIOT ACT FOR DITCHING DIAPER DUTY! His 28-year-old passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, was killed in the accident. [She] produced some water flow, water and foam, mostly foam, he recalled. It would be nice if somebody spoke up.. For years, Powers was best known for arranging orgies between Teds brother John F. Kennedy and his legendary mistress, Mafia moll Judith Campbell Exner. An autopsy would have answered those questions. What we do know is that Ted Kennedy returned to the party and confided to two close friends, one of whom was his cousin Joseph Gargan. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. You can find out more and change our default settings with Cookies Settings. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. He immediately turned himself into the police. In the years to come, he would weather other personal and public scandals, including once throwing a waitress over a table in the private room of a Washington restaurant and trying to have sex with her. Born: 26-Jul-1940 Birthplace: Forty Fort, PA Died: 18-Jul-1969 Location of death: Chappaquiddick . Kopechne was one of the Boiler Room girls, a group of accomplished women who worked for Roberts presidential campaign, gathering campaign information in designated regions of the country and researching convention delegates. It would almost certainly have been an even more dreadful demise than instant drowning. It took her at least three or four hours to die. The senator swam across [the water]. But Remingtons daughter, Cristy Ballou, tells PEOPLE her father always wondered if the boats were somehow linked to what had happened earlier that night. The two people who really know what happened that night are dead: Ted and Mary Jo, Curran says. When he came to a T intersection, he turned right by mistake, and drove on Dike Road, which leads to the ferry. The truth has never come out, says Nelson, her cousin. Chappaquiddick, which stars Australian actor Jason Clarke as Ted Kennedy and Kate Mara (the thrusting young journalist Zoe Barnes in the U.S. version of House Of Cards) as Kopechne is an impressive film which is harsh, but entirely fair, on Kennedy. Mainstream publishers and producers gave the story a wide berth. As one family insider told me: 'It's bringing up all that same old Chappaquiddick scandal s**t again. She was more than the girl in the car, says Potoskis son, William Nelson. His 28-year-old passenger had been a member of his late brother Bobbys staff one of a group of six known as boiler room girls. THESE ARE THE FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES IN THEIR REGIONS-AND LIKELY CONTENDERS FOR THIS YEAR'S INC. 5000. In yet another bombshell, her investigation also revealed David Powers, a man infamous for pulling strings to keep the Kennedys out of trouble, was with 28-year-old Mary Jo and Ted in his four-door Oldsmobile! While Ted claimed he and Mary Jo were little more than acquaintances, it can now be revealed, it was Bobby who had first taken a more than casual liking to Mary Jo, who somewhat resembled Bobby's wife Ethel, mother of their eleven children. That didnt stop him from making 17 phone calls to family, friends, aides and even his father Joe when he got back to his hotel. She also was told to place a telephone call to Mary Jo's parents. The film also emphasizes the strain it put on Kennedys wife, Joan, who was pregnant at the time. Scantily-clad supermodels once again take center stage in the new edition from photographer Emma Summerton, The spellbinding adventures and misadventures of brilliant British photographer David Yarrow, In Customer Service, Talk Isn't Cheap, but It Is Essential. The next day when he heard what happened at Chappaquiddick, he thought they were definitely connected, says Cristy. Around midnight on a clear, warm night in July 1969, a large Oldsmobile car was speeding along a dirt track leading to a deserted beach. Nor does the film imply as was rumoured at the time that the aggressive womaniser was having an affair with Miss Kopechne. Ted Kennedy died in 2009. We have no evidence in the research to back that up, although its evident that it was considered, Allen says. 'He was worried about himself, not Mary Jo,' her husband said. (Getty) Kopechne was one of the "Boiler Room girls," a group of accomplished women who worked for Robert's presidential campaign, gathering campaign information in designated regions of the country and. This was some time after midnight in order to undertake a new effort to dive.. Depressingly, a conspiracy of silence continued to protect him over Chappaquiddick. The judge, James Boyle, sentenced Kennedy to the statutory minimum of two months, which he suspended, stating, 'He's already been, and will continue to be punished far beyond anything this court will impose.'. This story is from the April 23, 2018 edition of National Enquirer. Mary Jo Kopechne was much more than just a a blonde secretary, which is how she was often described after her death. Dreadful demise than instant drowning REGIONS-AND LIKELY CONTENDERS FOR THIS YEAR 's INC. 5000 old Chappaquiddick scandal s *. 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