State v. Skakel

Decided 2006-01-24

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Opinion PALMER, J. On October 31, 1975, fifteen year old Martha Moxley was found bludgeoned to death in a wooded area on the grounds near her family home in Greenwich. No one was charged in connection with her murder until twenty-five years later, when the defendant, Michael Skakel, a fifteen year- old neighbor of the victim at the time of her death, was arrested and charged with the crime. The case…

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