Nation in brief : florida : police questioning of kennedys delayed

Police detectives in Palm Beach, Fla., made “a number of visits” to the Kennedy family’s estate after an alleged sexual assault there, including one soon after they received the rape report

about 2 p.m. March 30, a police spokesman said. Each time, they were told members of the family weren’t there. A Jupiter, Fla., woman said she was raped by William Kennedy Smith, a nephew of

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). Smith, 30, denied the allegation. No one has been charged. Palm Beach detectives went to the Washington area the following week to interview family members

and obtain blood and hair samples from Smith. MORE TO READ