Moxley was savagely beaten to death in her posh Greenwich, Conn., neighborhood. Her body was found in the early hours of Oct. 31, 1975, on her family's Greenwich estate.

Dorthy Moxley had tears in her eyes as she hugged her son, John, in the courtroom. More than 25 years after her daughter Martha had been beaten to death, a jury had found a man guilty of killing her.

Martha Moxley's mother testified Wednesday she is haunted by the knowledge her daughter died in fear and pain, and she urged a judge to sentence Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel to ...