Saoirse Kennedy Hill was victim of 2007 abduction attempt: report
Tragic Kennedy cousin Saoirse Kennedy Hill had been the victim of an alleged abduction attempt outside the family’s Cape Cod compound at age 10, a media report said at the time.
The granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy was returning home from playing tennis in Hyannis Port in 2007 when two men in a van approached her, Barnstable police said.
According to the archived report from WCVB-TV of Boston, the girl was walking outside the family’s 6-acre waterfront compound when one of the men asked if she wanted a ride, but she felt unsafe and ran away.
“Two white males, approximately 50 years old according to the witness, were sitting in a white GMC van,” Barnstable police Sgt. Mark Mellyn said at the time.
“As the girl walked by the van, the driver asked her if she needed a ride. The young girl responded, ‘no,’ and just did not feel right about the situation and ran home,” he said.
Hill reportedly had told another girl about the incident, and that child’s mom informed police.
“We are glad that they called and reported this,” Mellyn had added.
Hill died of an apparent drug overdose Thursday at the sprawling Massachusetts home of her grandmother, 91-year-old Ethel Kennedy, RFK’s widow.
By the time medics arrived at the Marchant Avenue mansion at about 2:30 p.m., the 22-year-old was already in cardiac arrest, the Hyannis News reported.
She was rushed to Cape Cod Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. An investigation into her death is ongoing, the Boston Globe reported.
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“Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved Saoirse,” the family said in a statement.
“Her life was filled with hope, promise and love. She lit up our lives with her love, her peals of laughter and her generous spirit. We will love her and will miss her forever.”
The Boston College student spoke publicly about her struggles with depression and was a champion for the #MeToo movement as part of her studies.
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