There is heartbreak in the Kennedy household this week as the cause of death for Maeve Kennedy Townsend, the granddaughter of Robert F Kennedy, has been revealed.
Maeve and her eight-year-old son, Gideon, were reported missing last week when they went out into the turbulent waters of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, to retrieve a ball on a canoe.
The pair ran into trouble paddling back to shore in the choppy waters due to strong winds, leading to their accidental drowning, a spokesperson for the state’s chief medical officer has confirmed.
Maeve and her son were first reported missing on Thursday 2 April by Maeve’s husband David, their canoe found overturned a day later just a few miles from where they were last spotted by an onlooker who called