Another Murder Haunts Greenwich

Greenwich, Connecticut is one of the wealthiest communities in the country. For decades it has been known as the town where teenager Martha Moxley was murdered in 1975. For years, rumors and speculation pointed to Tommy Skakel, a teen aged neighbor as being the prime suspect. The Skakel family were well known in town. They were powerfully wealthy and politically connected. Tommy's father, Rushton Skakel was the brother of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of former presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy. For decades, some critics of the case alleged that either the Greenwich police protected the Skakel family or were intimidated by them.

On August 29, 2002 a jury convicted Tommy's brother, Michael Skakel of her brutal killing. An ugly chapter finally ended in Greenwich. The town had other serious crimes; the unsolved child murder of Matthew Margolies, the execution killings of Kim Klein and Martha Lema, a rash of burglaries by famed Jewel Thief, Alan Golder better known as the "Dinnertime Bandit". However, none of those crimes had put the town in an international negative spotlight like the Moxley murder.

On August 3, 2006, the town was abuzz in gossip, as another murder soon made headlines across town and soon the globe.

By many accounts, Andrew Kissel was described as a materialistic egomaniac that criminally wronged many people. An avid collector, he had Ferraris, expensive jewelry, and a yacht. Most of his items were purchased with other people's money. During the last few months of his life he was in the midst of a nasty divorce and awaiting sentencing in a twenty million dollar fraud scheme in which he had agreed to plead guilty to.

Andrew Kissel had a history of stealing and embezzling. While managing a co-op board in Manhattan he stole several million dollars from the accounts. He was also arrested for forging documents to get expensive loans from mortgage companies. At the time of his death there were several civil lawsuits from mortgage companies, business partners and former contractors trying to get their money back.

That August 3^rd morning, a member of a moving crew made a startling discovery in the basement of a home at 10 Dairy Road. The bloodied body of Andrew Kissel was found slumped in a chair with a shirt pulled over his face. Kissel had been stabbed numerous times, his feet and hands bound. Law Enforcement has been very quiet about naming possible suspects. Some news reports have come out stating that Kissel may have arranged his killing so that his children could get his life insurance settlement. Members of the Kissel family deny this scenario.

Sadly this is not the first murder in the Kissel family. His younger brother, Robert was murdered in Hong Kong back in 2003 in a case the media labeled the "Milkshake Murder". Robert's wife, Nancy was convicted and sentenced to life for his murder. She laced a milkshake with a sedative drug. She then bludgeoned him to death with a statue. In court, Nancy Kissel claimed she killed her husband in self defense. There were allegations that Robert repeatedly sexually assaulted her and abused their children. Her claims were later believed to be false because she lied about an injury to one of their children. She also had an affair with another man that lived in New York City. The couple's three children at one point lived with Andrew and his wife. They now live with Robert Kissel's sister in Washington.

Unfortunately for the Kissel family, their name has become synonymous with murder. While Robert's murderer spends the rest of her life in a cell in Hong Kong, people in Greenwich still wonder who may have killed Andrew Kissel. Unfortunately for Law Enforcement and the remaining Kissel family, the list of possible suspects may be a very long one.