If you're an armchair detective who loves to watch true crime documentaries, you'll definitely want to tune into Murder and Justice: The Case of Martha Moxley. The docuseries, which consists of three hour-long episodes, focuses on the 1975 murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley and the lengthy criminal investigation and trial that followed. Moxley's name may not ring a bell, but the case generated a great deal of media attention because two of the suspects belong to one of America's most famous families: the Kennedys. Before you dive into the series, here are the disturbing facts of the 44-year-old murder case that remains unsolved.
Who Is Martha Moxley?
Moxley and her family moved from California to an estate in Belle Haven just 18 months before her murder. Her father was a partner at an accounting firm and had been hired to lead the company's New York City office. Moxley lived with her parents and her brother,...
Who Is Martha Moxley?
Moxley and her family moved from California to an estate in Belle Haven just 18 months before her murder. Her father was a partner at an accounting firm and had been hired to lead the company's New York City office. Moxley lived with her parents and her brother,...
- 6/28/2019
- by Caitlin Flynn
- Popsugar.com
Oxygen’s “Murder and Justice: The Cast of Martha Moxley” reexamines a case that went unsolved for 44 years. A case that was strangely linked to the Kennedy family.
Martha Moxley was murdered on Oct. 30, 1975, just one year after her family had moved to Greenwich, Connecticut. She was 15 years old and was found beneath a tree on her own lawn after someone had bludgeoned her with a golf club and then stabbed her in the neck with the handle. For 23 years, the case stalled, until her former neighbor, Michael Skakel, who was also 15 at the time of the murder, was arrested. Host Laura Coates opens up the case in the special, and describes the case as “a remarkably striking and terrifying experience.”
“As a mom, I cannot imagine what it has been like for the family,” Coates, a former prosecutor specializing in sex, drugs and elderly crimes, told TheWrap. “Will there ever be justice for Martha?...
Martha Moxley was murdered on Oct. 30, 1975, just one year after her family had moved to Greenwich, Connecticut. She was 15 years old and was found beneath a tree on her own lawn after someone had bludgeoned her with a golf club and then stabbed her in the neck with the handle. For 23 years, the case stalled, until her former neighbor, Michael Skakel, who was also 15 at the time of the murder, was arrested. Host Laura Coates opens up the case in the special, and describes the case as “a remarkably striking and terrifying experience.”
“As a mom, I cannot imagine what it has been like for the family,” Coates, a former prosecutor specializing in sex, drugs and elderly crimes, told TheWrap. “Will there ever be justice for Martha?...
- 6/15/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The Connecticut Supreme Court has overturned Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel‘s murder conviction. Skakel, a nephew of Robert F. Kennedy’s widow, Ethel Kennedy, was convicted of murder in 2002 for the death of Martha Moxley in 1975. He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison but went free on a $1.2 million bail after […]
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- 5/6/2018
- by Raven Haynes
- Uinterview
A nephew of Sen. Robert Kennedy who was convicted of the scandalous murder of a 15-year-old girl in 1975 and later was the subject of a made-for-tv movie and three books has won a new trial.
Connecticut’s highest court has ordered a new trial for Michael Skakel, who was convicted of the murder of Greenwich, Conn. neighbor Martha Moxley in a case that dominated international headlines in that era. The 4-3 decision by the Connecticut Supreme Court vacated Skakel’s earlier conviction.
Skakel was 15 at the time of the murder and the nephew of Ethel Kennedy, who was married to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
In a somewhat tangled case, Michael Skakel was accused of the bludgeoning death of his neighbor, Moxley. He claimed he was miles from the scene of the murder. In 1993, author Dominick Dunne published A Season in Purgatory, a fictional story that was liberally borrowed from the Moxley case.
Connecticut’s highest court has ordered a new trial for Michael Skakel, who was convicted of the murder of Greenwich, Conn. neighbor Martha Moxley in a case that dominated international headlines in that era. The 4-3 decision by the Connecticut Supreme Court vacated Skakel’s earlier conviction.
Skakel was 15 at the time of the murder and the nephew of Ethel Kennedy, who was married to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
In a somewhat tangled case, Michael Skakel was accused of the bludgeoning death of his neighbor, Moxley. He claimed he was miles from the scene of the murder. In 1993, author Dominick Dunne published A Season in Purgatory, a fictional story that was liberally borrowed from the Moxley case.
- 5/5/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
He's a free man once again... for now. Ethel Kennedy's nephew Michael Skakel has once again learned that the murder conviction for allegedly beating his teenage neighbor to death when he was a child has been vacated by a Ct court. The Kennedy cousin might soon be facing yet another trial, 43 years after the crime took place. A 15-year-old girl named Martha Moxley was bludgeoned with a golf club in 1975. Skakel was also 15 at the time, and lived nearby. The case was cold for years, and Skakel wasn't linked to the crime until he was in his late thirties, and found guilty for her murder in 2002. A three-week trial laid out his history of drinking and drug use, and he was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. Martha Moxley. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Shockingly, his conviction was vacated by a lower court in 2013, and he was released on bail.
- 5/4/2018
- by Emy LaCroix
- In Touch Weekly
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