Ethel Kennedy: RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan shouldn't be freed
Sirhan Sirhan Parole-Ethel Kennedy FILE— In this June 5, 2018 file photograph, Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy who was assassinated during his 1968 presidential campaign, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a brief statement released on Twitter by her daughter, lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy said bluntly Tuesday Sept. 7, 2021 that her husband's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, "should not be paroled." Scott Applewhite, File) (J. Scott Applewhite)BOSTON — (AP) — Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late Robert F. Kennedy, says assassin Sirhan Sirhan should not be released from prison, further roiling a family divide over whether the man convicted of killing her husband in California in 1968 should be freed on parole. Two other RFK offspring, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Douglas Kennedy, have said they support the release. Robert F. Kennedy was a U.S. senator from New York and the brother of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963.
wftv.comRFK wife Ethel Kennedy says assassin shouldn't be released
Sirhan Sirhan Parole-Ethel Kennedy FILE— In this June 5, 2018 file photograph, Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy who was assassinated during his 1968 presidential campaign, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a brief statement released on Twitter by her daughter, lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy said bluntly Tuesday Sept. 7, 2021 that her husband's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, "should not be paroled." In a brief statement released on Twitter by her daughter, lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy said bluntly Tuesday: “He should not be paroled.”“Bobby believed we should work to ‘tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of the world,’” Kennedy, 93, wrote. Two other RFK offspring, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Douglas Kennedy, have said they support the release. Robert F. Kennedy was a U.S. senator from New York and the brother of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963.
wftv.comKennedy cousin Skakel will not be retried in 1975 killing
Skakel, a Kennedy cousin, is expected at a court hearing as Connecticut prosecutors decide whether to retry him for the bludgeoning death of a fellow teenager in 1975. Skakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy’s widow, Ethel Kennedy, was convicted of murder in 2002 and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. Several other people, including Skakel’s brother Tommy Skakel who denied any role in the killing, have been mentioned as possible killers. At Skakel’s trial, prosecutors suggested Skakel was angry with Martha because she had spurned his advances while having a sexual liaison with his brother Tommy. Simpson murder case, published his own book, “Murder in Greenwich,” which asserted Michael Skakel killed Moxley in a jealous rage after seeing Thomas Skakel kiss her.
No signs of trauma found on body of Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter
(Reuters) - An autopsy conducted on the 22-year-old granddaughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy found no trauma to her body, leaving the cause and manner of her death to be determined following toxicology tests, the local district attorneys office said on Friday. Hill, the granddaughter of 91-year-old family matriarch Ethel Kennedy, was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to the district attorneys office. REUTERS/Faith NinivaggiOUR HEARTS ARE SHATTEREDShe was the only child of Paul Michael Hill and Courtney Kennedy Hill, who was the fifth of 11 children of Ethel and Robert Kennedy. Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved Saoirse, the Robert F. Kennedy family said in a statement. Robert Kennedy was shot to death in Los Angeles just after winning the California primary race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968.
feeds.reuters.comRobert F. Kennedy's granddaughter dies at family compound in Mass.: New York Times
(Reuters) - A 22-year-old granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy died on Thursday following an apparent overdose at the familys compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, the New York Times reported. The Times identified the victim as Saoirse Kennedy Hill, a granddaughter of Robert Kennedy and family matriarch Ethel Kennedy, 91. Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved Saoirse, the Kennedy family said in a statement released to local media. Hill was a student at Boston College, where she was a communication major and vice president of the Student Democrats, according to the New York Times. The paper said she had written about struggling with mental illness while a student at a private school in Massachusetts in 2016.
feeds.reuters.comSaoirse Kennedy Hill, granddaughter of RFK and Ethel Kennedy, found dead at family compound
Saoirse Kennedy Hill, a granddaughter of Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy, was found dead Thursday at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis, Massachusetts, the family confirmed in a statement. Saoirse Kennedy Hill CBS"Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved Saoirse," the family said in a statement. Saoirse, 22, was the daughter of Courtney, the fifth child of Robert and Ethel Kennedy. Since then, extended members of the Kennedy family have gathered there for various family events, including a family party on July 4. Kerry Kennedy, a daughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, posted a photo on Instagram of the dozens of attendees.
cbsnews.comParamedics called to Kennedy compound in Massachusetts
Paramedics responded to a call Thursday at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Public records indicate the residence belonged to Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Robert F. Kennedy. Barnstable police said they had responded to an unattended death on the street where the compound is located, but did not confirm if it was at the Kennedy compound. The Kennedy compound consists of three houses on six acres on the waterfront along Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts. Since then, extended members of the Kennedy family have gathered there for various family events, including a family party on July 4.
cbsnews.com