Everyone Knew Mary Jo Kopechne's Name After She Died in Ted Kennedy's Car, but No One Knew Anything About Her
Photo: Getty The day after her body was found, the headline of the New York Daily News read: “Teddy Escapes, Blonde Drowns.” And that about summed up the coverage of her tragic death — the stories that followed were always about Kennedy — never about Mary Jo. But now, almost 50 years later,PEOPLE’s new podcast,Cover-Up, produced in conjunction with Cadence13,puts a new lens on the tragic accident, exploring itsenduring mysterythrough interviews with over 50 people, including Kopechne’s cousin and closest living relative, law enforcement officials who oversaw the investigation, the diver who recovered her body from the car, and many more....