AA sponsor recalls finding Mary Kennedy's body
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As the son of the late senator [RFK, Jr.] searched the property, White and a male groundskeeper went to the old barn that had been converted into a four-car garage.
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She declined to detail the conversations she and Mary Richardson Kennedy had during those five weeks, saying only that they had spoken often, in person and on the telephone. She also declined to describe Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s emotional state during that time period...
"She was clean and sober," White said of Mary Richardson Kennedy. "I was very gratified about that."
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Mary Richardson Kennedy and White last spoke two days before her body was found, talking on the phone for about 30 minutes, White said. White declined to give details of the conversation.
But, she said, she wasn't expecting what she saw in the garage.
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This explains why some reports say Mary was found in the barn while others say she was found in the garage.
This report says Mary hadn't been seen for 24 hours and in the autopsy report it states the last time Mary was seen was at 3 pm on May 15th and a caretaker found her.
The medical examiner didn't release the estimated time of death but if she was last seen at 3 pm on the 15th of May, I wonder when they believe she hung herself?
It also said Mary had a medical history of ethandism which means alcoholism.
Interestingly, Ms. White said she had used Mary Richardson Kennedy as an example of "positive parenting" for a book she wrote.
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The Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor who found Mary Richardson Kennedy hanging in the garage on the grounds of her Bedford mansion said Thursday it was a call from the dead woman's estranged husband, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., that brought her to the estate.
"He was concerned something had happened to Mary," Shannon White told News12 and Newsday.
It was about 1:30 p.m. on May 16 and no one had seen Mary Richardson Kennedy in almost 24 hours.
"He knew," she said of his reaction, declining to elaborate.
White said she went over to the dead woman, touched her and began to pray.
"He said, 'We need to call the police,'" she recalled.
White, an ordained Presbyterian minister and freelance reporter for News12, said she had been Mary Richardson Kennedy's "spiritual adviser" for about five weeks and that during that time the mother of four was clean and sober.
Mary Richardson Kennedy and White had been friends for 19 years, White said. White recalled that she had used Mary Richardson Kennedy as an example of "positive parenting" for a book she wrote.
"She was a lovely, lovely person," she said.
Mary Richardson Kennedy and White last spoke two days before her body was found, talking on the phone for about 30 minutes, White said. White declined to give details of the conversation.
But, she said, she wasn't expecting what she saw in the garage.
"I was worried. I was concerned," she said.
Bedford police said they are still awaiting a final toxicology report before completing their investigation.
