Chappaquiddick: The Still Unanswered Questions
By John Barron, February 1980
In November 1979, Senator Edward Kennedy was poised to seize the Democratic nomination for president from incumbent Jimmy Carter. Then came this story, which recounted in shocking detail the 1969 car accident that left campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne dead, contradicting Kennedy’s account. Barron, a naval intelligence officer and Cold War spy turned investigative reporter, joined RD’S Washington, DC, bureau in 1965 and filed more than 100 articles before his retirement.