Chappaquiddick Tragedy: Kennedy's Second Passenger Revealed

by Donald Nelson

Overview

The truth behind Ted Kennedy's fateful crash into Poucha Pond.

“My friend Mary Jo just happened to be in the wrong car at the wrong time with the wrong people.”
—Rosemary Keough, the second passenger

One fateful night in Massachusetts, Sen. Ted Kennedy was involved in a fatal crash after driving his car from a party on Martha’s Vineyard. After launching his Oldsmobile 88 across Dike Bridge and into Poucha Pond, Kennedy escaped the submerged car and headed back to Edgartown. Why didn't he save the drowning woman in the rear seat of the car? More importantly, why was Mary Jo Kopechne in the rear seat if the two were traveling together? Suspicion and intrigue have clouded the public's opinion of Kennedy and his involvement with this “crime” for years, but the truth, as revealed here, takes all of the evidence into account and presents a clear explanation of the death at Chappaquiddick.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455621149
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	03/21/2016
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,122,295
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Accomplished scholar, researcher, and professor Donald Frederick Nelson received his bachelor of science, master of science, and doctorate in physics from the University of Michigan. Nelson taught introductory physics at the University of Michigan as both a teaching fellow and postdoctoral fellow. He also taught physics at the University of Southern California and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Nelson was a visiting lecturer for the electrical engineering department at Princeton University and a visiting professor for the mathematics department of Cairo University. He lives with his wife, Margaret, in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Acknowledgments 9

Chapter 1 The Party 13

Chapter 2 The Accident 23

Chapter 3 The New Story 47

Chapter 4 The Accident Scene 59

Chapter 5 The Aftermath 71

Chapter 6 The Television Speech 87

Chapter 7 The Autopsy Hearing 99

Chapter 8 The Inquest 113

Chapter 9 The Grand Jury 157

Chapter 10 Final Thoughts 165

Epilogue A Revealing Remembrance 175

Notes 177

Index 187