Michael, whose dyslexia was not diagnosed until he was 26, was an awful student who failed out of a dozen schools. His father railed at him for his poor academics, and Michael says he was "the family scapegoat" even as a young child. The central event of his childhood, and perhaps his life, was his mother's death from cancer in 1973 when Michael was 12. She had been the glue that held the family together, and Michael was devastated by her death. cnn
Attacked by Bobby Kennedy over the Moxley murder (and sued by Gary Condit over Chandra Levy), America's leading celebrity journalist is getting a taste of his own medicine. newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/crimelaw/features/n_8816/
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Michael Skakel. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Skakel
The Skakel brothers were well know in the neighborhood for their behavior and lack of discipline -- and also because they were the nephews of Ethel Skakel-Kennedy, widow of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. www.marthamoxley.com
Celebrity trials can turn into media lynchings. Last year a Connecticut jury convicted Michael Skakel of killing his neighbor Martha Moxley twenty-seven years ago, even though the prosecution had no fingerprints, no DNA, and no witnesses. The author, a fo www.theatlantic.com/doc/200301/kennedy-skakel
The first of what indeed promises to be a continuing succession of dramatic "chapters" has unveiled. Michael Skakel peaceably turned himself into Greenwich, Connecticut, authorities after the grand jury issued a warrant for his arrest. Posting a $500,00 www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/moxley/arre...
