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Mark Fuhrman’s book, “Murder in Greenwich,” is a story about a murder that had been unsolved for twenty-seven years. In the book, Mark Fuhrman sets up the vivid crime scene to give the reader a good picture of exactly what happened on Halloween night 1975 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Martha was fairly new to Greenwich, but already she was very popular with her classmates, especially with the boys. There were two boys in particular: Thomas and Michael Skakel. Thomas was 17, and Michael was 15 (Martha’s age). These boys were two sons of Rushton Skakel, a very wealthy man who was related to the Kennedy’s through his sister’s (Ethel Skakel) marriage to Bobby Kennedy. On October 30, 1975, Martha and a several of her friends decided to go out for what was supposed to be a night of harmless fun. After meeting up with Helen Ix and Geoffrey Byrne, they went to the Skakel’s around nine. Michael Skakel, Martha, Helen, and Geoff sat in the Lincoln and listened to music for a while. Thomas Skakel came out of the house looking for a tape in the car. Instead of taking it and leaving, he got into the front seat with Martha and Michael and began to put the moves on Martha. Michael watched as his older, bigger brother put the moves on the girl that they were both interested in. Around 9:30, the party inside the house began to break up. Jim Terrien, a cousin of the Skakel’s, had been there all evening and was ready to go home, so Rush Skakel, Jr., John Skakel, and Jim came out to tell everyone to get out of the car so that they could go to the Terrien’s.
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