Michael Skakel
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Michael Skakel is an American man best known for his controversial conviction and later vacated conviction in the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michael Skakel canonical | 6 |
| Michael Christopher Skakel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12786210 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Skakel Context triple: [Skakel family, hasNotableMember, Michael Skakel]
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A.
James Skakel
James Skakel was a member of the prominent Skakel family of Greenwich, Connecticut, known primarily through his connection to his sister Ethel Skakel Kennedy and the extended Kennedy family.
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B.
George Skakel
George Skakel was an American industrialist and coal magnate, best known as the wealthy founder of the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation and the father of Ethel Kennedy.
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C.
Patricia Skakel
Patricia Skakel is a member of the Skakel family, known primarily as the sister of Ethel Kennedy and thus part of the extended Kennedy family circle.
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D.
Georgeann Skakel Dowdle
Georgeann Skakel Dowdle was a member of the prominent Skakel family of Greenwich, Connecticut, known as one of the sisters of Ethel Skakel Kennedy.
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E.
Ron Goldman
Ron Goldman was a 25-year-old American waiter and friend of Nicole Brown Simpson who was murdered alongside her in 1994, a crime central to the O. J. Simpson murder case.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Skakel Target entity description: Michael Skakel is an American man best known for his controversial conviction and later vacated conviction in the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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A.
James Skakel
James Skakel was a member of the prominent Skakel family of Greenwich, Connecticut, known primarily through his connection to his sister Ethel Skakel Kennedy and the extended Kennedy family.
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B.
George Skakel
George Skakel was an American industrialist and coal magnate, best known as the wealthy founder of the Great Lakes Carbon Corporation and the father of Ethel Kennedy.
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C.
Patricia Skakel
Patricia Skakel is a member of the Skakel family, known primarily as the sister of Ethel Kennedy and thus part of the extended Kennedy family circle.
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D.
Georgeann Skakel Dowdle
Georgeann Skakel Dowdle was a member of the prominent Skakel family of Greenwich, Connecticut, known as one of the sisters of Ethel Skakel Kennedy.
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E.
Ron Goldman
Ron Goldman was a 25-year-old American waiter and friend of Nicole Brown Simpson who was murdered alongside her in 1994, a crime central to the O. J. Simpson murder case.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American person
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| accusedOf | murder of Martha Moxley ⓘ |
| ageAtTimeOfAllegedCrime | 15 ⓘ |
| appealFiled | Connecticut Supreme Court ⓘ |
| bailAmount | 1,200,000 USD ⓘ |
| chargedWith | murder ⓘ |
| convictedIn | 2002 ⓘ |
| convictedOf | murder of Martha Moxley ⓘ |
| convictionStatus | vacated ⓘ |
| convictionVacatedBy | Connecticut Supreme Court ⓘ |
| convictionVacatedDate | 2018-05-04 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfAllegedCrime | 1975-10-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-09-19 ⓘ |
| education | attended private schools ⓘ |
| enteredPlea | not guilty ⓘ |
| familyName | Skakel ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| indictedIn | State of Connecticut v. Michael C. Skakel ⓘ |
| knownFor | controversial conviction later overturned in Martha Moxley case ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
juvenile vs. adult court jurisdiction
ⓘ
statute of limitations questions ⓘ use of circumstantial evidence ⓘ |
| locationOfAllegedCrime |
Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut
|
| mediaCoverage | extensive national media attention in the United States ⓘ |
| memberOf | Skakel family ⓘ |
| name |
Michael Christopher Skakel
ⓘ
linked to:
Michael Skakel
|
| notableFor |
connection to the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley
ⓘ
high-profile criminal trial in Connecticut ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Greenwich, Connecticut, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfImprisonment |
Connecticut state prison system
ⓘ
linked to:
Connecticut Department of Correction
|
| reasonForVacatur | ineffective assistance of counsel ⓘ |
| relative |
Ethel Skakel Kennedy
ⓘ
linked to:
Ethel Kennedy
Kennedy family (by marriage) ⓘ
linked to:
Kennedy family
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ⓘ Rushton Skakel Sr. ⓘ
linked to:
Rushton Walter Skakel
|
| releasedFromPrison | 2013-11 ⓘ |
| releaseReason | granted new trial by Connecticut judge ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholic (family background) ⓘ |
| residence |
Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Greenwich, Connecticut
|
| sentencedTo | 20 years to life in prison ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
television documentaries
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true crime books ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCase | 1975–2018 ⓘ |
| trialStartDate | 2002-05 ⓘ |
| victimInCase | Martha Moxley ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Michael Skakel Description of subject: Michael Skakel is an American man best known for his controversial conviction and later vacated conviction in the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Referenced by (7)
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