the chase scene." The chase scene began at exactly
10:23 pm.
10:05 pm--Sometime soon after the Ellery Queen show
concluded at 10:00, Julie, before being put under
hypnosis on 3/5/93, recalls speaking with someone in
the kitchen. She believes it may have been Ken
Littleton. Under hypnosis, she says, "I'm sure it's
Ken." She remembers asking him where everyone was,
and then correcting him on the pronunciation of
"Terrien." "I did not stay there long." (p.
11-12) Julie states, under hypnosis, that she did not
know, at that point, where Tommy was. (p. 13)
10:10 pm--From Folio 29, Mr.
Bjork, interviewed on 11/1/75, reports letting his
dog out at this time.
10:17 pm--According to Tommy Skakel, from his
interview on 10/7/93 [footnote 1] with Willis Krebs,
this is the approximate time he joined Ken Littleton
in the master bedroom to watch The French
Connection--approximately five minutes before
the chase scene began at 10:23 pm. After the
conclusion of the chase scene, Tommy says he went to
the kitchen for food.
10:30 pm--At roughly around this time,
Steven [Stephen] Skakel recalls during his
interview under hypnosis on 5/4/93, that he heard the
Ix dog, Socks, [Zock] barking. In addition, he
remembers hearing a young woman, either "Helen or
Martha," laughing behind the pool.
10:32 pm--This is when the chase
scene from The French Connection would have
concluded, and when, according to Ken Littleton,
interviewed by Willis Krebs, Tommy left the master
bedroom (p. 7).
Some important questions raised by the time-line
excerpts: Julie says she saw Ken by the front door at
around 9:25 pm-9:30 pm. Littleton says he wasn't
there. The significance of this one detail could be
negligible, but it marks the beginning of larger
conflicts in testimony between Julie and Ken
Littleton.
Could the crouched person Julie saw in the bushes by
the kitchen at 9:50 pm have been Ken Littleton? His
whereabouts are not yet accounted for at the time.
Julie needs to be questioned as to where, if she was
aware, Ken was when she entered the house after
dropping Andrea off.
Could the person Officer Morganti saw at 10:00 pm
have been Littleton? Morganti's description is
certainly approximate. However, at around 10:05,
Julie recalls, in compellingly specific detail,
having a conversation with Littleton in the kitchen.
We may not know where Ken Littleton was between 9:50
and 10:05, but it seems unlikely he was all over the
place. He denies even speaking with Julie, but her
testimony is strong. She fixes him in the kitchen at
10:05, appearing fairly normal. Had Littleton
committed the murder at the time fixed by police and
The Academy Group, it would have been extremely
difficult for him to have handled the necessary
post-murder precautions and rectifications without
detection from Julie, or anyone else in the
household. Specifically, The Academy Group and
certain medical experts are of the opinion, as
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