The couple died tragically (along with Carolyn’s sister Lauren) in a plane crash on July 16, 1999. JFK Jr. was piloting the single-engine plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The circumstances surrounding the flight were questionable as JFK Jr. had only 300 hours of flying experience when he took off from the Essex County airport in New Jersey on that cloudy, moonless night. One of his flight instructors offered to accompany him, but Kennedy turned the offer down saying he “wanted to do it alone.” Unfortunately, that mistake caused him, his wife and sister-in-law their lives. To this day, some still believe various theories that argue he could still be alive, mostly based on the mysterious circumstances surrounding the plane crash and what happened after. RELATED: QAnon Conspiracy Theory Suggests JFK Jr. Is Alive — And Will Be ‘Reinstated’ As Donald Trump’s VP
Here are 8 odd details about the deaths of JFK Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy:
Jeff Guzzetti, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board was part of the team investigating the circumstances around the plane crash, and he said on Episode 12 of the “Fatal Voyage: The Death of JFK Jr.” podcast, “their work was meticulous — and exhaustive,” which was the opposite of the report completed by medical examiners at the time. The coroner’s report is very simple, a mere one-page autopsy report suggesting an actual proper procedural autopsy was never completed. The simple coroner’s report also confirmed JFK Jr. was dead, but added nothing more. Colin McLaren, the host of the podcast is also an ex-homicide detective and mentioned that it sounds like a flimsy excuse and rush job for a coroner’s report because “that’s because it was.” RELATED: Sad Details About Donald Trump’s Relationship With His Daughter Tiffany Many suggest this may be due to what is known as the Kennedy curse. There is a long list of Kennedys that have either been severely injured or died prematurely. The so-called curse started in 1948 with Rosemary Kennedy’s secret lobotomy all the way through to 2019 with Saoirse Roisin Kennedy Hill’s overdose. Over the years, 11 young or middle-aged Kennedys have died or experienced tragic accidents. In JFK Jr.’s case, the tragic accident that led to his death was very sudden, as was the time between their deaths and the funeral. The bodies of JFK Jr., Carolyn, and Lauren were recovered just five days after the crash, examined in one afternoon, and then cremated the same day on July 21, 1999. The coroner did report that all three victims “died instantly” and died from “multiple traumatic injuries”. The process was so sudden that by the day after the bodies were found, their ashes were scattered at sea. Why would the family do that so quick and not question enough or ask for a more detailed autopsy? Forensic examiner Cyril Wecht even recalled that the family requested that autopsies not be done in the first place. Maybe it’s because they didn’t want any information about JFK Jr. that the public didn’t know of getting out and potentially corrupting the family, such as the depression, drugs, and violence problems the married couple allegedly faced. RELATED: Lisa Bessette Lost Her Twin, Younger Sister And Brother-In-Law In Crash That Killed JFK Jr. 20 Years Ago — Where Is She Today? The toxicologist report stated that JFK Jr. did not have drugs, alcohol or even prescription medication in his system, despite a recent foot injury. Ex-homicide detective Colin McLaren explains the samples that were pulled to run the toxicology report were subsequently spoiled, and JFK Jr.’s body was cremated quickly, indicating the truth could have been intentionally hidden. RELATED: Inside JFK’s Intimate Relationship With Gay Best Friend Who Had His Own Room In The White House He also allegedly took off from the Essex County airport in New Jersey to Martha’s Vineyard for his cousin’s wedding on a cloudy moonless night, however, according to UsWeekly’s interview with John Hankey, writer, and director of the Kennedy documentary “Dark Legacy,” there were no clouds. In a public report from a man who studied the air conditions that fateful evening, there was allegedly no rain or fog. “It was fine. And in fact, people on the ground confirm this … So we can rule out any bad weather. There were no conditions that could have caused disorientation.” RELATED: These Videos Claim To Show Donald Trump Suffering From Dementia Or Another Mental Illness Some evidence that the NTSB brought up in the case after his death was that there was no record that existed of JFK Jr. being a pilot, no record of a pilot using the airplane’s registration number, and no evidence of JFK Jr. receiving a weather briefing or filing a flight plan with any FAA FSS (Flight Service Station) for the flight in which he died in. There also was no radio transmission during the flight as the last time he had contact with anyone on the ground was when the Saratoga tower cleared him for takeoff at 8:38 p.m. RELATED: ‘Make America Florida’ — How Ron DeSantis Is Far More Dangerous Than Trump & Might Be Our Next President She then expressed her concern about her husband’s recklessness saying, “he doesn’t seem to take it seriously enough.” Bessette-Kennedy trusted Scott as he ran an air charter service based at Martha’s Vineyard airport and piloted many flights with JFK Jr. while others were on board. RELATED: The Full List Of Bill Clinton Allegations By 12 Different Women According to author John Koerner, he found witnesses who can attest to seeing an explosion in the sky where the plane would have been at the time. But why would anyone want to assassinate JFK Jr.? Well, at the time, JFK Jr. was reportedly “obsessed” with finding out who killed his father, John F. Kennedy. According to reporter Leon Wagner, JFK Jr. was set to use his own money to reopen the investigation of his father’s assassination, but after his own death, that never came to fruition. RELATED: 11 Things You Didn’t Know About JFK’s Love Life According to Hankey in his interview with UsWeekly, that’s a screaming sign: “They’re the military taking over the reporting, and in their taking over the reporting, they announced that there was no flight instructor on the plane. Well, they had no way of knowing so soon.” RELATED: 20 Celebrities Linked To Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s Associate Megan Hatch is a writer at YourTango who covers news & entertainment, love & relationships, and internet culture. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
