Alaina Kelley

But the real bombshell was that Furman took the rare step of naming the person he believed was responsible for Martha's murder.

That's bold.

He named Michael Skakel.

Yeah.

Murder in Greenwich was an immediate bestseller and it also attracted scathing criticism.

Sure.

Particularly from those Furman sought to undermine with the book.

Like Frank Garr, a former Greenwich detective who was working for the state at the time the book was published, said Furman has the luxury of not having to back up anything he says so he can name anybody he wants and he can say anything he wants in that book, which I was like, technically you can't.

No.

Not if he doesn't want to be sued.

I was going to say.

But Greenwich police chief Peter Robbins shared a similar sentiment about the work, telling a reporter his real intent was to make money.

I don't think he was necessarily attempting to solve a crime.

Like, damn.

Okay.

So relying heavily on the Sutton report and interviews conducted with Michael Skakel's classmates at the Elon School, Furman laid out a very plausible case against Skakel, while also exposing how the case had been so badly botched by investigators in the first place.

Furman told a reporter, I can find very little they did correctly in the investigation.

I don't want to be smug or arrogant about this, but I obviously know much more than they do.

Dang.

Now, on June 18th, just one month after the publication of his book, Connecticut's chief court administrator, Aaron Ment, announced that a one-person grand jury comprised of Superior Court Justice George Thim was being called upon to review the evidence against Michael Skagel.