{"id":587430,"date":"2021-07-09T17:05:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T21:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587430"},"modified":"2021-07-09T17:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T21:05:21","slug":"fact-check-no-jfk-jr-is-not-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-jfk-jr-is-not-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: No, JFK Jr. Is Not Still Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-no-jfk-jr-is-not-still-alive%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1998-05-29T120000Z_2125561209_PBEAHUMCGBU_RTRMADP_3_KENNEDY-e1625862808946.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/judywwg1wga\/posts\/4350457768339634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;purportedly shows photographic proof that John F. Kennedy Jr. is still alive.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy died in 1999. The photo shows the U.S. Army\u2019s 1st Theater Sustainment Command unit.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"38.372262773723\">\n<p>The Facebook post combines two photos: one on the left of Kennedy, and the other showing military personnel standing in a circular formation. The image singles out a man in the military formation and shares a zoomed-in photo of him. \u201cIs JFK Jr. alive? Yes,\u201d text in the image states.<\/p>\n<p>The image\u2019s caption quotes Kennedy as saying, \u201cI will expose my Fathers K.il.le.r.s no Matter who they are, even if I have to bring down the whole Government.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/05\/19\/fact-check-joe-biden-involved-plot-kidnap-john-f-kennedy-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Was Joe Biden Involved In A Plot To Kidnap JFK Jr?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, his wife and his sister-in-law died in July 1999 after their plane crashed off the coast of Martha\u2019s Vineyard, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/national\/longterm\/jfkjr\/stories\/kennedy072299.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. The remains of all three were found in the ocean days after the crash, according to the outlet. Several major media outlets, such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/US\/9907\/21\/kennedy.plane.10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.boston.com\/news\/packages\/jfkjr\/bodies_recovered.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Boston Globe<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1999-jul-22-mn-58586-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> also reported on the plane crash and Kennedy\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found the image showing the military formation posted on Facebook in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1stTheaterSustainmentCommand\/posts\/first-team-representing-our-patch-in-front-of-fowler-hall-the-arrow-points-to-10\/10156734893911550\/\">October 2018<\/a> by the U.S. Army\u2019s <span class=\"gmail-nc684nl6\">1st Theater Sustainment Command unit. The photo shows the team <\/span>forming the symbol on the unit\u2019s patch at Fort Knox in Kentucky, according to the caption on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>An internet search turned up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=John+F.+Kennedy+Jr.+%22I+will+expose+my+father%27s+killers+no+matter+who+they+are%22&amp;oq=John+F.+Kennedy+Jr.+%22I+will+expose+my+father%27s+killers+no+matter+who+they+are%22&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.7841j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no record<\/a> of Kennedy saying he\u2019d expose his father\u2019s killer, either. Fact-checking organization Lead Stories <a href=\"https:\/\/leadstories.com\/hoax-alert\/2021\/01\/fact-check-jfk-jr-is-not-working-to-expose-his-fathers-killers.html\">debunked<\/a> the claim in January.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time social media users have shared a claim that Kennedy is still alive.&nbsp;Check Your Fact in April <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/04\/19\/fact-check-jfk-jr-not-fake-death-plan-qanon\/\">debunked<\/a> the baseless claim that he faked his death in order to avoid being assassinated by former President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook\u00a0purportedly shows photographic proof that John F. Kennedy Jr. is still alive.Kennedy died in 1999. 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