There is zero reason to believe that Senator Kennedy was aware of the Alito/Kopechne connection at any time before someone on his staff hands him a copy of this article. THEN he will know.
John / Billybob
Here's the part I don't get. Are you saying that the Alitos knew the Kopechnes when Mary Jo was killed in 1969?
Samuel Alito is a Phillies fan. His dad worked for the New Jersey legislature in Trenton, which is quite a drive from Caldwell. According to
Wikipedia, Sam Alito attended
Steinert High School in Hamilton, New Jersey. The Hamilton in question is Hamilton Township, Mercer County, which is near Trenton, 15 miles or so from Mount Holly.
Sam Alito was born in 1950. He must have graduated High School in 1968, if he graduated Princeton in 1972. Mary Jo Kopechne was killed by Ted Kennedy on the night of July 18, 1969 - two days before the moon landing, which wiped the story off of the front pages. And according to Wikipedia, Alito's father worked for the NJ Legislature through 1984. I doubt his mother nd father moved to Caldwell before then, since the commute would be longer than if they lived in their Hamilton Township abode.
Are you saying they met Mary Jo's parents in the 80s or knew them back when Mary Jo was killed in the 1960s?
There is zero reason to believe that Senator Kennedy was aware of the Alito/Kopechne connection ... If that is the case, then this is simply a six-degrees-of-separation trivia question and you have made some powerful enemies for marginal purpose. Sure it is interesting to those of us who revile the abomination from the Bay State, but not breaking news. More like a Paul Harvey piece.