Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, a descendant of the murdered President JF Kennedy, has been missing since a canoe trip with her son. Now the second body was discovered.
- Two members of the Kennedy clan have been missing since a canoe trip .
- It was Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and her son Gideon .
- After days of searching, both bodies have now been discovered.
Update of April 8, 2020: After Maeve Kennedy McKean's body was found near her mother's property in the water on Monday ( April 6 ), her eight-year-old son is now sadly certain. The boy's body was recovered from the water by emergency services on Wednesday, according to the dpa.
The locality was located about 600 meters from that of the mother, said the responsible police in the State of Maryland. The two members of the Kennedy clan have been missing since a canoe accident almost a week ago.
Kennedy clan has sad certainty: body found after days
Update from April 7, 2020: Since a canoe trip a few days ago, Maeve Kennedy McKean and her son have been missing. Maeve McKean has now been found dead in the water just a few miles south of her mother's estate in Maryland. The police said this on Monday evening (local time). There is still no trace of the eight-year-old son Gideon. He will continue to be searched for on Tuesday.
Tragic "death curse"? Kennedy descendant with son disappeared without a trace after the accident
First announcement of April 4, 2020: Annapolis - The Kennedy family shakes another tragic news: On Thursday, Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean (40), a granddaughter of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy , and her eight-year-old son after a canoe -Accident reported missing. Now the coast guard has stopped searching.
Maeve Kennedy McKean is the daughter of former Maryland Vice Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. The 40-year-old was in the Townsend house with her son Gideon. According to initial information, the two only went to Chesapeake Bay by canoe, since they probably wanted to retrieve a ball that had fallen into the water while playing. According to several media, including the "New York Times", mother and son are said to have lost control. Since then, they have been missing.
On Friday, the coast guard searched for the suspected casualties with a helicopter, a transport plane and several ships, but to no avail. The coast guard was deployed again on Saturday, however, no longer on a rescue mission, but on a rescue mission. Maeve Kennedy McKean's mother said in a statement after the accident that the family was grateful for the support of prayers "while we mourn and try to cope with this devastating loss," according to US media.
Kennedy family mourns the loss of Maeve Kennedy and son Gideon
MP Joe Kennedy III , also a relative of the 40-year-old and her son, also went public on Twitter on Saturday and wrote: "Our family has lost two of their brightest lights." It is for the family clan not the first tragic death to cope with: McKeans' grandfather Robert "Bobby" Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 during the presidential campaign and five years earlier his older brother, then President John F. Kennedy, was killed , murdered while driving through Dallas.
We love you Maeve. We love you Gideon. Our family has lost two of the brightest lights. Grateful for the prayers. Hold your loved ones tight.
- Joe Kennedy III (@joekennedy) April 4, 2020The next family tragedy followed in 1999: the President's son, John F. Kennedy Junior , was killed in a plane crash with his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and their sister Lauren Bessette. But the curse continued: in 2019, another granddaughter of US Senator Robert Kennedy, Saoirse Kennedy Hill, died at the age of only 22.
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