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The body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean was recovered by authorities Monday after she and her son disappeared on a canoe in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay last week, officials said.

McKean, 40, the grand-niece of President John F. Kennedy was found at about 5:30 p.m. submerged 25 feet below the bay’s surface about 2.5 miles south of her mom’s Shady Side home, according to Maryland Natural Resources Police.

The search for McKean’s 8-year-old son, Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean, will resume tomorrow, authorities said.

The two had gone to retrieve a soccer ball from the water when they went missing about 4 p.m. Thursday.

“[They] popped into a canoe to chase it down. They just got farther out than they could handle, and couldn’t get back in,” David McKean had told The Washington Post.

The pair was later sucked into the South River, Gov. Larry Hogan said at a press conference Friday.

McKean is the daughter of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, who she was visiting when the tragedy struck.

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