Martha Moxley

Martha Moxley was a 15-year-old girl from an affluent Connecticut suburb who was mysteriously murdered, with a suspect connected to the Kennedy family.

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Profession :

Victim

Birthday :

1960

Death Date:

October 30, 1975

Age :

15

Birthplace :

San Francisco, California

Martha Moxley was a 15-year-old American teenager who was tragically murdered in 1975 in an affluent Connecticut suburb. Her unsolved case gained national attention and inspired Dominick Dunne’s book “A Season in Purgatory,” the television movie “Murder in Greenwich,” and the creation of the Kennedy cousin law. This law allows for the transfer of trials for certain serious crimes to adult court.

In 1991, during William Kennedy Smith’s rape trial, a rumor emerged that he had been at the Skakel house on the night of Martha’s murder, prompting the case to be reopened. The primary suspect was Michael Skakel, Ethel Kennedy’s nephew, who was with Martha and her friends on the fateful Halloween night. However, Skakel was not retried for the murder in 2020, leaving the case unsolved and the community seeking answers.

Martha’s story has also been explored in the 2021 documentary “The Diary of Martha Moxley” and a 1977 Connecticut Magazine article titled “Martha Moxley and ‘The Doorbell Night Murder’.” The case continues to fascinate the public and serves as a reminder of the ongoing pursuit of justice. Notably, the case involved a suspect connected to the renowned Kennedy family.