Kennedy cousin finally tells all in Martha Moxley murder bombshell 50 years later: I just wanted to die
Five decades after Martha Moxley, the daughter of an affluent Connecticut family, was found murdered outside her home, the Kennedy cousin formerly at the center of the case is speaking out for the first time.Michael Skakel, cousin of Robert F.Kennedy Jr., spent 11 years behind bars for the 1975 murder of Moxley.
Despite being released from prison in 2013 and later having his conviction vacated, Skakel is still looking to assert his innocence in a case that has captivated the nation. In the new NBC News podcast titled, “Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder,” Skakel spoke publicly at length for the first time since his conviction was overturned to recount his upbringing and explain his side of the murder case. Moxley was only 15 when she was beaten and stabbed to death with a golf club in the yard of her family’s suburban Greenwich home on Oct.30, 1975.
She was last seen hanging out with friends on “Mischief Night,” an annual evening in which children partake in neighborhood pranks on the night before Halloween. An autopsy later revealed Moxley had been killed with the golf club, which was ultimately traced to the Skakel family’s home. Investigators initially began looking into Thomas Skakel, Michael’s older brother, and the family’s live-in tutor, Kenneth Littleton, before ultimately turning their attention to Michael, who was 15 at the time of Moxley’s death.For decades, Skakel had remained largely silent.However, he is now speaking out to tell his side of the story, while recounting painful details about his traumatic childhood. Skakel detailed how his family’s Catholic religion played a large part in his upbringing, while recalling how he was hit over taking Playboy magazines when he was a child.He went on to discuss how his parents primarily showed affection toward his brother, Tommy, when the brothers were growing up.
Skakel also pointed to how his parents hardly visited him after he was hospitalized with a broken neck when h...