Wyatt Burp
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In 1969, while his wife was in the hospital about to give birth, Ted Kennedy and a few other married guys were partying at a cottage on Chappaquiddick Island with a few women. They all had hotel rooms across the bridge on Martha's Vinyard. Kennedy left the cottage with Mary Jo Kapechne and was spotted by a rent-a-cop as they drove home or who knows where.. Kennedy then sped toward's the illfated bridge and went over the side. Or did he?
There were two houses by the bridge with lights on and the residents heard his car. But later when he put together his story about walking the long distance to where his freinds were, he didn't have an answer as to why he didn't go to one of these houses for help while this girl was underwater. I think, and a cop speculated this in 1969, that when he spotted the cop and took off he pulled over and got out, telling Kopechne to drive around and pick him up in a little while. He couldn't afford to be caught out alone, probably a little lit from the partying, with a young woman while his wife was in the hospital having a baby.
Kopechne, who was small and drove a Volkswagen, was in a Chrysler with the seat adjusted for Kennedy, and not being familiar with the island like Ted was, didn't see the bridge and went off the side into the canal. The road curved into the bridge and she wouldn't have seen it until she was right on it. It was dark, she was in an unfamiar car, and had never been there before.
This doesn't get Kennedy off the hook. But how could he come up with his story omitting a good reason for not going to those other houses to call the police? Because he was never there. And the next day at his hotel witnesses said he was a little detached, but not upset. I think that's because he didn't know about the accident yet. His story, while very shadey if true, made him more noble than jumping out of the car which was an admission he was up to some hanky panky.
Does anybody who managed to read all this without getting bored see any holes in the theory? Let me know.
There were two houses by the bridge with lights on and the residents heard his car. But later when he put together his story about walking the long distance to where his freinds were, he didn't have an answer as to why he didn't go to one of these houses for help while this girl was underwater. I think, and a cop speculated this in 1969, that when he spotted the cop and took off he pulled over and got out, telling Kopechne to drive around and pick him up in a little while. He couldn't afford to be caught out alone, probably a little lit from the partying, with a young woman while his wife was in the hospital having a baby.
Kopechne, who was small and drove a Volkswagen, was in a Chrysler with the seat adjusted for Kennedy, and not being familiar with the island like Ted was, didn't see the bridge and went off the side into the canal. The road curved into the bridge and she wouldn't have seen it until she was right on it. It was dark, she was in an unfamiar car, and had never been there before.
This doesn't get Kennedy off the hook. But how could he come up with his story omitting a good reason for not going to those other houses to call the police? Because he was never there. And the next day at his hotel witnesses said he was a little detached, but not upset. I think that's because he didn't know about the accident yet. His story, while very shadey if true, made him more noble than jumping out of the car which was an admission he was up to some hanky panky.
Does anybody who managed to read all this without getting bored see any holes in the theory? Let me know.
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