[Chunga]

Read more carefully. The article draws a link between Kopechne and the Alitos, a family to which Samuel's wife (the former Miss Bomgardner) is related by law.

[Southack]

"Through her husband’s family, she learned of their personal friendship with another young woman who was also an only child. This other woman and her family were staunch Catholics. On occasion, they attended the same church in Roseland, New Jersey, as the Alitos, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, one of only two churches in that town of 5,298. The Alitos live in Caldwell, population 7,584, where this other woman graduated from Caldwell College, probably as a commuter student from her home, rather than a resident student. From the personal memories of this woman that Mrs. Alito got from her husband’s family, and from her own understanding of what it means to be an only child, Mrs. Alito knew of the worst thing that any human being could do to another. She also heard of its impact on the family. That other woman’s name was Mary Jo Kopeckne."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561685/posts?page=44#44 "A couple of problems with this theory:
1. Mary Jo Kopechne was born in 1940 while Martha Alito was born in 1953 - thirteen years later.

2. Ms. Kopechne was raised in Pennsylvania while Mrs. Alito was raised in Kentucky with family roots in Oklahoma and Texas." - writmeister