Marlins beat Red Sox, 10-7; Martinez to miss next start with sore shoulder – C1 VOLUME 256 O NUMBER 20 THE BRIGHT SIDE 72 pages Today: Sunny, less humid, 80 Tomorrow: Sunny, 80 50 cents High tide: 5:33 a.m., 6:04 p.m. * abcde Full report: Page B8 TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1999 Hub teacher’s body is found after 8 days No decision on murder charge By Kera Ritter and Carlos Monje Jr. GLOBE STAFF AND GLOBE CORRESPONDENT PEMBROKE – The emotional eight-day search for a 27- year-old Boston teacher who disappeared July 11 after her car broke down near the Cape Cod Canal ended yesterday when the body of Melissa Gosule was found in a makeshift grave near the Chafin Reservoir. The body was discovered by volunteer searchers in an area just off a dirt road near Plymouth Street, close to the Halifax line, police said. The body had been under dirt and vegetation but heavy rain yesterday had removed some of the covering. ‘‘It was obviously an attempt to hide the body,’’ Plymouth County District Attorney Michael Sullivan said last night at a news conference. Sullivan said the body has not been positively identified as Gosule but evidence at the scene suggests ‘‘there is no GLOBE STAFF PHOTO / BILL GREENE reason to believe it’s anyone but Melissa.’’ State Police divers began their job as part of search and recovery efforts yesterday in waters 2 miles south of Gay Head. Michael Gentile, 31, ofFalmouth, a stranger to Gosule who allegedly gave her a ride on the night she disappeared, has been charged with kidnapping her. Sullivan said pros- ecutors will determine within 24 to 48 hours whether to charge him with murder. Plane fell fast, probe finds GOSULE, Page B4 Hanson investigator JFK search yields says deal improper; no breakthroughs By Mitchell Zuckoff and Matthew Brelis Easton seeks answers GLOBE STAFF John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane dived toward the ocean far faster than previously thought, plummeting at a dead- By Sean P. Murphy ly rate that must have caused a locomotive-like roar of GLOBE STAFF wind in the cockpit, investigators and aeronautics authori- HANSON – An investigation by Hanson’s town attorney ties said yesterday. has concluded that town administrator Joseph F. Nugent Also yesterday, Federal Aviation Administration offi- improperly acquired town-owned land for $200 that he sub- cials confirmed they were alerted Spotlight sequently tried to sell for almost $80,000, that Kennedy’s plane had not ar- S Kennedy crash and that the town should reclaim the lake- rived as expected at Martha’s coverage, A8-11. Follow-up side property. Vineyard Airport more than four In the town ofEaston, meanwhile, the hours before a call from a Kennedy family friend trig- chairman ofthe Board ofSelectmen yesterday demanded an gered the search. They said they had taken no action investigation ofquestionable circumstances under which the because the earlier call failed to raise ‘‘warning flags.’’ son ofa fellowboard member, Frederick W. Clark, won a Yesterday’s search efforts ended with no new sign of the plane or the bodies ofKennedy, his wife,Carolyn lottery to buy a home for $100,000 below market value in a GLOBE STAFF PHOTO / DAVID L. RYAN John F. Kennedy Jr.’s cousins Douglas (left) and Maxwell Kennedy, their wives and their Bessette Kennedy, or her sister Lauren Bessette. Mass- town-sponsored program. achusetts State Police divers reached a single potential Easton’s chairman, Jeffrey Tufts, reacting to yesterday’s mother, Ethel Kennedy (center), walked along the Hyannis Port dock yesterday after sailing. ‘‘target’’ off Martha’s Vineyard that turned out to be a Boston Globe Spotlight report concerning Clark and his son, rock shaped like a plane’s fuselage. A sophisticated Navy said he wants the board to ask the state Ethics Commission ‘Unspeakable griefand sadness’ ship built for underwater search and retrieval operations to investigate the lottery used in allocating 14 homes intend- was scheduled to join the effort today, and at least nine ed for families of moderate means. The following is a statement him deeply, and his loss leaves always be in our thoughts and other target sites had been identified. ‘‘The problem is, one bad apple makes the rest ofus in At the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port, where released in Hyannis Port last an enormous void in all our prayers. local government all look bad,’’ Tufts said. Selectman Clark John and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy were headed for the night by Senator Edward M. lives. At this most difficult time, did not return a telephone call. Yesterday, state housing offi- wedding ofhis cousin, Rory Kennedy, an American flag John had many gifts and we rely on our faith in God. We cials announced they, too, would investigate the lottery. Kennedy: was lowered to half-staff. Also yesterday, the victims’ gave us great joy, most especial- are more grateful than we can SPOTLIGHT, Page B8 We are filled with unspeak- families released their first public statements on the trag- ly when he brought his wonder- ever say for the support of our able griefand sadness by the edy. ful bride Carolyn into our lives. family, our friends, and so many loss ofJohn and Carolyn, and of ‘‘We are filled with unspeakable grief and sadness by They had their own special ofour fellowAmericans who Lauren Bessette. John was a SEARCH, Page A8 brand ofmagic that touched ev- opened their hearts to John. WGBH list-swaps tied shining light in all our lives, and eryone who knew and loved We also thank in a very spe- in the lives ofthe nation and the them. We are thankful for her cial way the men and women Early alert to FAA to financial pressures world that first came to know life and for their lives together. who have worked so well and him as a little boy. We loved Carolyn and share long and hard in these past days He was a devoted husband in the griefofthe Bessette and to find John, Carolyn and By Anne E. Kornblut and Don Aucoin was given no heed to Carolyn, a loving brother to Freeman families at the tragic Lauren. We will never forget GLOBE STAFF Caroline, an amazing uncle to loss ofboth Carolyn and the dedication, the professional- WASHINGTON – When Boston’s WGBH-TV last week her children, a close and dear Lauren. Carolyn and Lauren ism and the sensitivity they By Mitchell Zuckoff admitted swapping donor lists with the Democratic Party, friend to his cousins, and a be- were exceptional and accom- have shown. GLOBE STAFF loved nephew to my sisters and plished young women who re- We pray that John, Carolyn the controversy that erupted seemed driven entirely by Cap- An employee ofMartha’s Vineyard Airport alerted itol Hill. me. He was the adored son of flected the extraordinary quali- and Lauren will find eternal two proud parents whom he federal aviation officials that John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane Republicans, long suspicious ofa liberal bias in public ties oftheir family.The Bes- rest, and that God’s perpetual now joins with God. We loved sette and Freeman families will light will shine on them. was unaccounted for nearly four hours before a phone call broadcasting, threatened to slash funding. Democrats leaped from a Kennedy family friend early Saturday morning to the defense, insisting the practice was legal, accusing Re- triggered a massive air and sea search. publicans ofusing any excuse to cut offpublicbroadcasting. ‘The embodiment of . passion for life’ The first phone call – which cited Kennedy by name – But as the dust has begun to settle, and as both parties prompted no action by the Federal Aviation Administra- have been implicated to some degree in list-swapping, it has The following is from a state- lyn Bessette Kennedy and John in the thought that together tion. It was made at 10:05 p.m. Friday, only 25 minutes become clear the ordeal is not just about Washington poli- ment issued yesterday by Dr. F. Kennedy Jr. – was the em- they will comfort Lauren for after Kennedy’s plane was lost on radar and presumably tics. It is a window into the identity crisis ofpublic broad- and Mrs. Richard Freeman and bodiment oflove, accomplish- eternity. We are especially ap- crashed into the ocean. casting: how to be a public station and a successful commer- William J. Bessette, the parents ment and passion for life. preciative ofthe privacy and ‘‘Actually, Kennedy Jr.’s on board. He’s, uh, they cial venture at the same time. ofLauren Bessette and Carolyn John and Carolyn were true support provided us by our wanna know, uh, where he is,’’ Adam Budd told an un- Ever since the Public Broadcasting Service came under Bessette Kennedy. soul mates and we hope to hon- friends and family and commu- identified FAA employee at the Bridgeport Automated attack in 1995 – with Republican House Speaker Newt Gin- or them in death in the simple Flight Service Station. Each ofthese three young nity. Nothing in life is prepara- grich promising to ‘‘zero out’’ its federal money – public manner in which they chose to Until the plane is found, there is no way to say if an people – Lauren Bessette, Caro- tion for the loss of a child. broadcasters have been encouraged to finance themselves, live their lives. 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