There has been no shortage of news coverage surrounding the 1975 murder of a 15-year-old Greenwich, Conn., girl and the trial of her suspected killer, a Kennedy cousin. In fact, two non-fiction books have chronicled details of the case.

But in a rush to cover the latest in a story that has had many twists and turns in its 27 years, the victim in the case seems to have been forgotten, says Tom Alessi, 38, founder of www.marthamoxley.com.

"She was a friendly, very popular, very bright, overall well-rounded person," says Alessi, a former classmate of Moxley's at Western Junior High School.

Concerned that Moxley's memory was fading in the public eye, Alessi began a site that would be dedicated to the slain girl.

"A lot of people wanted information about the case, but were out of the area," Alessi, who was friends with Moxley for a year and a half before her death. "I consider myself a news service."

The site, which Alessi estimates gets over a million users annually, was initially started by an Austrian graduate student named Robert Steiner and was originally named, "Who Murdered Martha Moxley?"

When Alessi found it while Web surfing, he became intrigued and began e-mailing Steiner. After a while, Alessi says he took over the site because he was closer to the trial and believe he could better cover it. He got permission from the Moxley family to use their name.

Since then users ranging from college students doing research for class to people directly involved in the case have visited to see a detailed timeline of the murder, court documents, photo archives and an extensive collection of articles written about the trial.

Even Martha's mother, Dorothy Moxley left a message on Oct. 13, 1998.

"I am visiting friends in California and we discovered Martha's name on the Internet," she wrote in the site's guest book. "It was so heart warming to find so much interest and support … I also appreciate those people who are keeping the case and Martha's memory alive on the Internet with their interest and kind comments."

People not related to the case, but who want to give their condolences to the Moxley family have also left messages.

"Today begins the final stretch of a long journey for your family," wrote a user named Geoff Bermingham recently. "No doubt there were times you thought this day would never come. Now that it has come, my prayers will be with you every day."

But, Alessi says, the comments aren't always positive and he has had to stop linking to chat rooms and message boards because of inappropriate postings.

Along with giving a place for people to vent their emotions the site has also played a role in the case itself. The "TIP" section of the site has garnered information that Alessi has passed along to authorities and some of the people testifying at trial contacted him first. He declined to say which ones. He says about half the information he receives about the murder is credible, while the rest is rumor or irrelevant.

Michael Skakel is currently being tried for first-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of his neighbor, Martha Moxley, in 1975, when the two were 15 years old. If convicted he faces a life sentence.

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