What happened there was that a criminal, guilty of man-slaughter, drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident, letting a young woman drown, while protecting his own miserable criminal butt through his political connections.
The fat, drunk woman killer still walks the streets today. Amazing what money can do.
No matter how the car found it's way into the water, the question is......how did the orca manage to get out and she remained behind.
Ditto!
The only high profile case Grand Jury that NEVER leaked.
Drowning would have been a much quicker death for Kopechne. The diver who recovered her body says she suffocated. Most likely she survived in that air pocket in the back for several hours before dying.
Succinct and accurate but I might speculate and add to your list that he was also a wife cheater as his intentions IF he had crossed the bridge was clearly to get to the beach not far away and do it up with his young aide.