The time of death was not released but family friend Michaelis said a housekeeper had seen Mary Kennedy alive Tuesday, and worried about her absence Wednesday morning.
Her husband denied reports that a suicide note was found.
The Kennedys’ four kids, Conor, Kyra, William and Aiden, range in age from 17 to 11. They were not living with their mom when she killed herself a few days after Mother’s Day.
Their father, who lived in a rented house near the family home and also spent time in California, had taken temporary custody in February.
They were described by family friends as being “shellshocked.”
“They’re quiet. They seem to be actually very stoic,” said one friend.
Friends of the couple said Mary Kennedy knew she was not coping well with the looming divorce and the separation from her kids, but they were shocked that she would go as far as suicide.
“She never gave the impression that things were as bad as they must have been for her to do what she did,” Michaelis said.
Still something strange here, Women don’t hang themselves. It’s messy and its nasty, they take drugs