That theory was popular at one point, but I tend to believe Ted’s cousin, Joe Gargan’s version of what happened. Kennedy came back to the cottage alone and told both Gargan and Paul Markham that Mary Jo was in the submerged car.
That is right and then Gargan, Kennedy and Markham returned to the bridge where Gargan tried unsuccessfully to fight the tide and recover her.
He said during this time, Kennedy lay on the bridge crying and moaning about what would happen to him. Absolutely the scum of the earth.