Overview

• Kennedy was driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent and had two prior DUI convictions when his car crossed a double yellow line on Chiles Pope Valley Road and struck another vehicle head-on
• His 10-year-old son, Aiden, was declared dead at the scene and Kennedy was airlifted with major injuries before being arrested on suspicion of DUI
• Prosecutors have added gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, DUI causing injury, driving under the influence of alcohol and a drug, child abuse, placement of a booby trap and an unlicensed driver count to the murder charge
• A judge has ordered Kennedy held without bail, citing public safety concerns under California law that allows murder charges when DUI conduct shows malice in repeat offenders
• The indictment follows District Attorney Allison Haley’s intensified strategy of pursuing murder charges in fatal DUI crashes involving children, echoing a recent case where a mother was similarly charged