(this was supposed to have posted on the 18th, but apparently I flubbed it badly)
Ted Kenned, driving drunk, crashed his car into a pond.
Stories vary as to what happened next, but in the end, there is evidence that Mary Jo Kopechne drowned after being left behind, trapped in the car.
In today’s world, Teddy Kennedy would be tried for homicide, even if he had come from such a prominent family. Back then, well….
Mary Jo was not available for comment.
She was expendable, at least in the Kennedy's minds…