"Teddy's description of the Chappaquiddick "accident" was enough to convict him of involuntary and voluntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment.
Today you can add homicide by vehicle while intoxicated, a mandatory three-year prison term in most states.
The facts are simple.
Kennedy drove fast, probably drunk, off a bridge at about 11:30 P.M.
The pond was only about six feet deep.
The front end of the car was angled down.
Kennedy drove fast, probably drunk, off a bridge at about 11:30 P.M.
The pond was only about six feet deep.
The front end of the car was angled down.
Kennedy walked away, went to his hotel, and waited until the next morning to report to the police. The car was discovered by two boys fishing in the morning.
The boys, unlike Teddy, went to a nearby house to report the car in the water.
Had Teddy done this instead of leaving, Mary Jo Kopechne probably would have been saved.
Kennedy spent the night at his hotel room drying out so there would be no alcohol in his system, and to fabricate with his fixers the statement he gave the police.
During the time Kennedy was at his hotel with his fixers, Mary Jo died from suffocation...
The boys, unlike Teddy, went to a nearby house to report the car in the water.
Had Teddy done this instead of leaving, Mary Jo Kopechne probably would have been saved.
Kennedy spent the night at his hotel room drying out so there would be no alcohol in his system, and to fabricate with his fixers the statement he gave the police.
During the time Kennedy was at his hotel with his fixers, Mary Jo died from suffocation...
This is Teddy's statement to the police:... (read it!)
The lawyerly lies are breathtaking:
- "The car went off the side of the bridge."
Should say, I drove off the side of the bridge...
Read on!
Read on!
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