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
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