that he
went outside at around 11:40 pm that night and
masturbated outside Martha's window? Why, if Martha was
not raped, were her panties rolled down, exposing her
in a vulgar manner? What was the murderer trying to say
by leaving her in this position?
What does this all mean?
Tommy probably knew, before going to sleep that
night, that Martha was murdered by his brother
Michael. That's why he lied to Julie when she first
woke him up. Moreover, Tommy was gripped with guilt
for having precipitated his brother's actions. Tommy
had no great love for Martha. To him, unfortunately,
she was a piece of ass. Tommy felt guilty for having
pushed his brother over the edge. Tommy probably
could have rationalized that it was Martha's fault
anyway.
So he helped his brother. In a way, he was helping
himself too.
Mark #5 10:32 pm The chase scene
from The French Connection concluded.
Accepting their respective stories, we have
Tommy and Ken
pinned down at this point. From this point, forward,
however, Tommy is not again pinned down until, at
least, over an hour later. Littleton is not accounted
for at all until the next morning.
Imagine, at some point, after leaving Littleton in
the master bedroom, Tommy encounters Michael. He
[WW] brother is covered
in blood, incoherent, hysterical. He is in a state of
shock. At first, Tommy probably could not even
believe what Michael was trying to tell him.
Possibly, Tommy went out to see the body for himself
before accepting what had happened. From that point,
he made his decision. He may have even helped move
the body to the more discrete final resting place
under the tree. We know from the Academy Report that
the murderer returned to the body, at some point, and
inflicted the post-mortem through-the-neck-wounds. We
also know that, somehow, the shaft of the golf club
was hidden. The crime scene, in short, was cleaned up
to protect the guilty.
It is possible, as well, that Littleton and Jim
Terrien were made aware of what transpired, and
complied with a cover-up to protect Michael. Terrien
gives a highly transparent and convenient alibi for
his whereabouts after 11:00 pm that night. He says he
was with a married woman having a sexual encounter,
and will not say who that woman is unless he is
called in to testify before a grand jury. Absurd.
Terrien could have come to the Skakel residence and
helped Tommy clean things up. At the very least,
Terrien is the most outspoken in asserting that
Michael was with him from 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm. From
what we can tell, that's covering up right
there.
And let's imagine that Littleton, in one way or
another, is exposed to what happened. Tommy and Jim
Terrien could have coerced him into cooperating with
words to the following effect: If you ever come
forward about any of this, it will be our word
against yours. We will say you were an
active participant. We will have the best
representation money can by [WW] . We will have the support
and resources of the Kennedy as well as the Skakel
family. What will you have? Whether you like it or
not, you are now a party to this. If you do not
maintain your silence, you will be
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