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Martha Moxley, a 15-year-old American high school student, was murdered in her hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut on October 30, 1975. She was found dead in her family's backyard, beaten with a golf club. The case remained unsolved for 27 years until Michael Skakel was convicted of the murder in 2002.

On the night before Halloween 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death outside her family home in Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut. Twenty-seven years later, her killer—Michael Skakel, a Kennedy family cousin who was also fifteen at the time—was convicted in a 2002 trial that captivated the nation and raised uncomfortable questions about wealth, privilege, and the American legal system.

On October 30, 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death in her family's backyard in Greenwich, Connecticut. Twenty-seven years later, her neighbor Michael Skakel—a Kennedy cousin—was convicted of the crime. But the conviction didn't hold.

Michael Skakel, a Kennedy cousin, has broken his silence on the 1975 murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut—a case that remained unsolved for five decades. Skakel, who was convicted and later exonerated, is now sharing his account in an NBC News podcast.