Ted Kennedy being such an able yachtsman evidently intentionally tried
to go boating in his oldsmobile at Chappaquidick. The Grand Jury
stated that when he turned on the the road with the bridge he did so
intentionally and it was not the way to the ferry
landing...............He then sped up to 20 mph, far too fast for that
narrow bridge that leaves the shore at an angle and has no guardrails.
Prior to the accident, a local law enforcement guy had noticed the
Kennedy car stopped on a side road but when he approached, the car
took off.
According to the medical examiner, Kopechne's body had blood in her
mouth and face and her clothes were bloody, kinda odd for drowning.
Further, he said that he thought SHE HAD LIVED FOR TWO HOURS in the
air bubble before succumbing.
Meanwhile, Kennedy made no attempt to get help in spite of walking
past several houses including at least one whose owner swore her
outside lights were on. He walked slowly back to the house with the
part and got a friend and they tried to get to Kopechne and the friend
urged Kennedy to alert authorities and Kennedy said he would do so.
Instead, he waited till next morning when he could be sure she was
dead before alerting authorities.
The medical examiner requested an autopsy due to the blood he had seen
but the request was turned down.............weird. In other words,
actual death by drowning was NEVER CONFIRMED.
Kennedy later paid $90,000 to Kopechne's family although there was
never a judgement against him, a bribe to silence them I'd say. That
was a lot of money in those days.
Regardless of whether or not Kopechne drowned or died in "some other
manner", his failure to alert authorities is certainly murder but we
all know, liberal power and money trumps justice.