The following persons are the witnesses known to have testified so far before
the Martha Moxley grand jury. They are listed in the order in which they
testified.
Dorthy Moxley - The 15-year-old victim's mother. She and her family moved to
Greenwich in the summer of 1974, after husband David was appointed head of the
New York office of the Touche Ross accounting firm. When Martha did not return
home by 2 a.m. oct. 31, 1975, Dorthy began calling neighbors looking for her.
She reported her daughter as missing at 3:48 a.m. David Moxley died of a heart
attack in 1988. Through her persistent efforts, Dorthy Moxley is credited with
not letting her daughter's case fade from public consciousness.
John Moxley
- The victim's only sibling. A Greenwich High School junior at the
time of the murder, Moxley searched his Belle Haven neighborhood for his missing
sister before police were called. He now sells real estate in Manhattan.
Daniel Hickman - Now a minister and acting pastor of North Baptist Church in
port Chester, N.Y., Hickman was a Greenwich police youth officer in 1975. He and
partner Millard Jones were the first officers to arrive at the crime scene,
after a neighbor found the missing girl's stabbed and bludgeoned body beneath a
tree on the Moxley's Walsh Lane estate. Last year, Hickman told Greenwich Time
he remembered seeing the handle of a golf club in the girl's body, contradicting
the official story that that crucial piece of evidence was never recovered.
Before entering the grand jury room, Hickman said he planned on sticking to his
story.
Thomas Keegan - The retired Greenwich police chief was a captain in 1975. As
commanding officer of the Detective Division, Keegan headed the local
investigation of Moxley's murder. That investigation has since been criticized
for being disorganized and inept.
Kenneth Littleton - A teacher and soccer coach at the private Brunswick School
in Greenwich, the 23-year-old Littleton was hired by Rushton Skakel as a live-in
tutor for his sons, Thomas and Michael. Littleton moved into the Skakels' Otter
Rock Drive residence the night Moxley was killed. After failing two lie detector
tests, he reportedly remained the prime suspect in the slaying until recent
years.
Dr. H. Wayne Carver - Now the state's chief medical examiner, Carver in 1975
was assistant to Chief Medical Examiner Elliot Gross, who performed the autopsy
on Martha Moxley. Carver last year authorized an independent forensic
pathologist working for the Moxley family to review the autopsy file.
Millard Jones - Hickman's partner. Contrary to the official story that the
handle of the golf club used to kill Moxley was never found, Jones told
Greenwich Time in October 1997 that, "You could see the leatherette or vinyl
grip (of the handle), and my wife swears that's what I told her when I came home
that night."
Stephen Carroll - Before retiring in 1978 with 30 years on the Greenwich
police force, Carroll was the senior investigator working the Moxley case. In
interviews, Carroll has since characterized the initial stages of the murder
investigation as "chaotic."
The Rev. Mark Connolly - A former Skakel family advisor, police reports said
Connolly urged Rushton Skakel to have his son Thomas submit to psychological
testing in connection with the murder probe. At the time of the murder, the
Stamford priest celebrated "The Sunday Mass" on Channel 13 in New York. Connolly
continues to celebrate Mass as St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church in Greenwich.
Mildred Ix - Mildred "Cissy" Ix is wife of Robert Ix, who in 1975 was
president of Cadbury Schweppes U.S.A. Inc. The family lived next door to the
Moxleys and Skakels, and Mildred reportedly served as surrogate mother to the
Skakel brothers, whose mother died in 1973. She was preparing refreshments for
Rushton Skakel and an attorney in her study when Skakel collapsed and was later
rushed to the hospital. The incident occurred soon after Rushton went to police
headquarters to withdraw his permission for Thomas' school and medical records
to be released to investigators. According to police reports, Mildred Ix was the
first to cast suspicion on Littleton as a suspect.