Hello,
I am a recent recruit from Rich Della Rosa's JFK Research Forum in the U.S.
Linda,
The documentary you are probably speaking of is a 1994 documentary of a BBC probe titled ( in the U.S.) "Investigative Reports" with Bill Kurtis. The couple in question are the Ross Richards. Leo Damore in "Senatorial Priviledge" describes their encounter in detail with EMK the morning after the "accident".
In my opinion, at least at this point in time, EMK believed that his cousin, Joe Gargan, and another lawyer friend at the cottage that night (Markham) were going to "fix it" for him...somehow...after the car plunged off the bridge at Chappy. He was in denial and therefore shocked when they told him the next morning that no police report or any other arrangements had been made. The three took the ferry over to Chappy to try to contact Burke Marshall, a good lawyer friend from the JFK days, by phone as there was more privacy than at the hotel.
While waiting for word from Marshall, news came that MJK's body had been found in his car and, so, the three immediately got on the ferry (where the mood was more serious than on the trip over) and upon reaching Edgartown, EMK, with the others trailing, strode to the police station where he gave a report.
John,
Interesting that your take is that EMK was sent to take care of MJK. I believe that Mary Jo was the lure who brought Ted out of the cottage to be the third victim of political assassination in the Kennedy quest for the White House. The fact that she worked for Senator Smathers, who let her go work for RFK, after he pretended to be a good friend to JFK, needs more researching. Many researchers believe the accident at the Chappaquiddick bridge was deliberately planned to keep EMK out of the Oval office.
I'll be interested to read any further posts on this site as Chappaquiddick is my main area of research regarding the JFK assasination in regards to connecting the subsequent tragedies of his brothers.
Nanci Blom