Mary Jo Kopechne
Mary Jo Kopechne (
July 26,
1940 -
July 18 1969) was a congressional staffer for
U.S politician Edward Kennedy. Kopechne died after a car driven by Kennedy turned off the road in
Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts and crashed into a pond. It is assumed she died from
drowning, although her parents filed a petition barring an
autopsy.