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Medical examiner claims estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. died of asphyxiation due to hanging
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A mix of family and friends under the protection of private security gathering at the ten acre property in Westchester County Thursday afternoon.
44 hours earlier fox five has learned Robert Kennedy junior.
The nephew of former president John F.
Kennedy son of Bobby Kennedy.
Was at the residence and is the one who called police after a housekeeper discovered his estranged wife's body in a barn behind the house.
A source tells us the housekeeper noticed Mary Richardson Kennedy was missing at around 11 AM after finding her purse but no sign of her.
Worried the housekeeper called Robert who lives nearby in Bedford.
Robert arrived in called a local aid group to find out if Mary was there she wasn't.
And a search -- bedrooms in the carriage house were checked until the housekeeper went into the ball.
Ms.
Kennedy had stacked several animal traps on top of one another and then kicked them out from under herself.
The Westchester County medical examiner confirming she died from asphyxiation due to hang.
Responding to negative news coverage surrounding her death.
Her family issued the following statement saying quote we loved Mary and knew her to be an exceptional mother sibling and friend to many.
Countless people have described her as an extraordinary mother selfless in her desire to help others and one of the finest people in the world and quote.
