Body found in search for JFK's grand-niece who disappeared during canoe trip with her young son

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Maeve Kennedy McKean, 40, and her eight-year-old son Gideon went missing last Thursday while canoeing in the vast Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

Maeve Kennedy McKean and her son Gideon did not return to shore at Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, last Thursday. Image: David McKean/Facebook Maeve Kennedy McKean and her son Gideon did not return to shore at Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, last Thursday. Image: David McKean/Facebook THE BODY OF John F Kennedy’s grand-niece who disappeared during a canoe trip with her young son was recovered Monday, US media reported.

The search for Gideon will resume today, the Washington Post reported, citing Maryland Natural Resources Police.It is the latest chapter of heartbreak for the Kennedy political dynasty that has suffered multiple tragedies since President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. McKean’s body was found more than two miles from the waterfront home of her mother, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, where the family had been staying to isolate themselves during the coronavirus outbreak, the Post said.

She and Gideon had gone to retrieve a ball that had fallen into the water, it said, citing relatives and police.A search team using aviation and underwater imaging sonar technology located her body. Kennedy Townsend, 68, is a former Maryland lieutenant governor, and the daughter of Robert F Kennedy, the onetime US attorney general in his brother’s administration.© – AFP 2020

 

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Ar dheis De go raibh a h'anamacha dilis!

That is just so sad. R.I.P.

The Kennedy family has a lot of early deaths.. some even call it the Kennedy Curse. Wonder what their charts say about this? iJaadee

This family is riddled by tragedy, but without sounding unsympathetic, why were they out on a river kayaking when they were supposed to be indoors self-isolating? RIP.

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