Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law drowns

NxNW said:

Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao died after car went into Texas pond, sheriff says

Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao, the sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, was pronounced dead after her car went into a pond at a private property located about 40 miles west of Austin, Texas, officials said.

• Chao, a double Harvard graduate who became CEO of the dry bulk shipping company Foremost in 2018, was married to venture capitalist Jim Breyer.
• She is the sister of Elaine Chao, who served as Secretary of Transportation in the Trump administration and as Secretary of Labor in the administration of former President George W. Bush.

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Death of shipping CEO Angela Chao under ‘criminal investigation,’ Texas sheriff says​

• In a letter to the state’s attorney general, the sheriff said his office was “investigating this accident as a criminal matter until they have sufficient evidence to rule out criminal activity.”

essentialsaltes said:

Death of shipping CEO Angela Chao under ‘criminal investigation,’ Texas sheriff says​

• In a letter to the state’s attorney general, the sheriff said his office was “investigating this accident as a criminal matter until they have sufficient evidence to rule out criminal activity.”

“Although the preliminary investigation indicated this was an unfortunate accident, the Sheriff’s Office is still investigating this accident as a criminal matter until they have sufficient evidence to rule out criminal activity,” the letter said.

“This incident was not a typical accident,” the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday.

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essentialsaltes said:

Chao’s Tesla Model X SUV went over an embankment and into a pond when she put the car in reverse instead of drive during a three-point turn shortly before midnight on February 10, the Wall Street Journal reports.

In a letter to Paxton’s office obtained by the Austin American-Statesman, the Blanco County Public Information Office said it was limiting what it released to the media because, “although the preliminary investigation indicated that this was an unfortunate accident, the Sheriff’s Office is still investigating this accident as a criminal matter until they have sufficient evidence to rule out criminal activity.”

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DaisyDay said:

That's odd. I wonder if she hit her head dropping off the embankment and how deep the pond was at that point.

There was a story a while back where a guy drove his family over a cliff, a two hundred foot drop, but they survived. It was a Tesla of some sort.

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A friend, Amber Keinan, told detectives Ms Chao had called her at 23:42 and said the car was in the water and she was trapped inside.

"Chao told Keinan the water was rising and she was going to die and said 'I love you,'" the report says. "Chao then said her good byes to Keinan."

The conversation lasted eight minutes.

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Belk said:

Egads! Must not of had anything in the car to break a window. I know the water pressure would make the door almost impossible to force open.

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iluvatar5150 said:

How big is this ranch?

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essentialsaltes said:

900 acres.

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Belk said:

Egads! Must not of had anything in the car to break a window. I know the water pressure would make the door almost impossible to force open.

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