interviewed on 8/26/92, she received a call
from Julie Skakel at approximately 12:00 am. She says
Julie asked her: "Do you know where Martha Moxley is?
She never made it home."
Now, obviously, Andrea could be confused about the
time. Yet, Julie never mentions calling Andrea at
all. I don't think Andrea could be completely making
this up. Why has Julie omitted reference to this
occurrence? I also don't think it is likely Andrea
would be off by an entire hour and a half in terms of
placing the call. This is all very curious.
One direction this detail leads us in is that Julie
is willfully covering for Tommy. That, I understand,
is a big leap to make. On the most basic level,
however, we need to know, if the call really
happened, how Julie would have known that Martha was
missing at 12:00 am. Also, if she [^] making such a call, who was
in the house at the time? Was Tommy in bed? Where was
Michael? Was Rush back home?
Obviously, we're not going to be interviewing Julie
this Monday. However, this issue should be raised
with Tommy, and implications should be made. See how
he reacts to the possibilities. Ask speculative
questions. Didn't you feel like calling Martha at
home the next day to see if she was okay, or if she'd
been grounded for violating her curfew? Wouldn't you
say it is odd that you didn't try and reach
her?
Also, why did Tommy lie to his sister and Mrs. Moxley
when he would know that, eventually, Martha would
tell the truth. If she wouldn't tell her mother, she
would, at the very least, tell her girlfriends. In
other words, if Tommy didn't know that Martha had
been murdered it was stupid and futile of him to lie
about staying with her that night, because it would
soon come out.
This is a crucial point that must be raised with him
at the appropriate time. This all but proves that
Tommy must have known Martha was dead when he spoke
to Julie at 1:30 am. And I don't have to tell you
that if Tommy knew Martha was dead at that point, it
was because he was involved in her
murder.
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