Kennedy extricated himself from the vehicle and survived but Kopechne did not. Kennedy failed to report the incident to the authorities until the car and Kopechne's body were discovered the next morning. A week after the incident Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident after causing injury and received a two-month suspended sentence. (18 July 1969)
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Thursday 26th of February 1987 (-) — Serial poisoner Audrey Hilley dies of a heart attack. Hilley escaped from prison and had been crawling around in the woods for four days of frequent rain and numb from temperatures dropping to the low 30s. She was taken to a local hospital and underwent emergency treatment for hypothermia.