Skakel's own sister Julie offered conflicting accounts of when Skakel had left his own home to drive to his cousin's, and prosecutors contended that Martha could have been killed much later than the coroner's estimate.

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Back home in Boston, Thomas, 33, described the experience to his cousin, Davis Smith, 34.

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