Robert F. Kennedy’s granddaughter and her son are presumed dead after the two disappeared in the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis.
Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and her 8-year-old son Gideon went missing Thursday afternoon while in a canoe trying to retrieve a ball that had been kicked into the water.
“The chances they have survived are impossibly small,” McKean’s husband, David McKean, wrote on Facebook. “It is clear that Maeve and Gideon have passed away.”
The Coast Guard recovered their capsized canoe during its search for the pair on Thursday.
“We love you Maeve. We love you Gideon,” Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III said of his cousin and her son. “Our family has lost two of the brightest lights. Grateful for the prayers. Hold your loved ones tight.”
We love you Maeve. We love you Gideon. Our family has lost two of the brightest lights. Grateful for the prayers. Hold your loved ones tight.
— Joe Kennedy III (@joekennedy) April 4, 2020
McKean was the executive director of Georgetown University’s Global Health Initiative. She and her husband and their children were quarantining in an empty house owned by her mother, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, during the coronavirus pandemic.
