Authorities were searching for the daughter and a grandson of former Maryland lieutenant governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend on Friday after a canoe they were paddling in the Chesapeake Bay didn't return to shore. By Friday night, the family said in a statement that the search for Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, 40, and McKean's 8-year-old son, Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean, had shifted to a "recovery" mission. "With profound sadness, I share the news that the search for my beloved daughter Maeve and grandson Gideon has turned from rescue to recovery," Kathleen Kennedy Townsend said in a statement, according to news outlets. Kennedy Townsend, who served two terms as Maryland's lieutenant governor, is the eldest daughter of the late U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and niece of the late president John F. Kennedy. Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, centre, is seen with her son Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean, bottom right, in this undated photo.

Source: CBC News April 03, 2020 20:33 UTC