Hello, I'm Bill O'Reilly. Thank you for watching Inside Edition today. Remember the cover of
Vanity Fair magazine that featured a pregnant Demi Moore totally without clothes? Well,
the woman who shot that picture has a knack for getting big stars in compromising positions.
And we will have a special report in just a few moments. But first up today, a haunting
mystery in one of the richest communities in the world, Greenwich, Connecticut. A young
woman was brutally killed 17 years ago, but no one was ever arrested. And now there are
whispers that there may be a Kennedy connection. Joel Loy with our report. It was one of America's
richest and safest communities. Murders just didn't happen in Greenwich, Connecticut. But
in 1975, a 15-year-old girl named Martha Moxley was beaten to death with a golf club. Her
partially nude body was found near her home in this affluent community. It's not a crime
that the people in Greenwich, Connecticut like to think about. This is the first murder there
in decades, I understand. She was beaten so savagely that the golf club broke in three
parts. The crime was as shocking as it was brutal. She was very bubbly and vivacious
and liked to have fun and would like to tease. Oh, she was wonderful. She was just, you know,
almost perfect. Even more startling was that one of the suspects police questioned in the
savage attack was a relative of the Kennedys. His name, Tommy Skakel, son of businessman
Rushton Skakel and a nephew of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy. And like his Kennedy cousins, Tommy
had a rough childhood. They were a wealthy, troubled family. Mr. Rushton Skakel had a
very difficult time. His wife had died at an early age and he himself was left with
five or six children to bring up. Martha Moxley had visited the Skakel home the night she
was killed. The murder weapon was part of a set of golf clubs that belonged to the Skakel
family. And as far as Martha's mother knows, 17-year-old Tommy Skakel was the last person
to see her alive. Every investigation that anyone has ever made has always ended up there.
Any other reporters who have dug into this, what happens, the story ends up there. Tommy
Skakel was never charged with the crime. In fact, 17 years later, the murder of Martha
Moxley remains unsolved. Certainly the desire to solve this case has not diminished with
the police department. It remains a high priority and we would love nothing better than to bring
the person responsible to justice. The chief insists there was no cover-up and police have
been looking into the cases thoroughly as they can. But Len Levitt says at the very
least cops went easy on the Skakels in the beginning at the most crucial time of the
investigation. The problem was that they had evidence within 24 hours matching up the murder
weapon to a set of golf clubs inside the Skakel house and they did not systematically and
thoroughly search the house. Levitt thinks that may have something to do with Tommy Skakel's
family ties. When it came to the Skakel family, the police were treading lightly at the beginning
and that's really euphemistic. I mean they were not aggressive as aggressive as they
could have been. When it really counted, I think they were awed. The case remained under
wraps for years until William Kennedy Smith went on trial for rape in Palm Beach. Suddenly
the Moxley murder case became news again. Martha's mother came forward to tell her
heartbreaking story and pleaded with the Skakels to share any information they have about the
17-year-old mystery. They seemed very evasive. Why would you hide something if you had nothing
to hide? The Skakels declined to talk with reporters about the case, but despite the
odds Dorothy Moxley vows to keep trying to bring her daughter's killer, whoever that
may be, to justice. As long as I'm alive I'm going to try and keep bringing this up from
time to time. Of course that case is still open and if you have any information please
call the Greenwich Police Department in Connecticut. Plenty more ahead as Inside Edition moves
along. Michael Landengain starred him on Bonanza and guess who is following his lead? The most
fun by far are the fight scenes. I mean it's a dream come true for any guy I think to be
able to strap on the guns and come into a saloon and have an all out brawl as you can
see. The death of Michael Landeng ended the career of one of the most popular television
stars ever as little Joe Cartwright Landeng made his mark. Well now there is a new twist
to Bonanza and Nancy Glass is here to tell us the intriguing details. Nancy. Bill his
dad was a cowboy, a pioneer, a director, producer, even an angel. Now Michael Landeng's son is
planning to make his mark on the entertainment industry and he's doing it in a familiar place,
the Ponderosa. Little Joe Cartwright was a television hero, but the man who portrayed
little Joe was more than that. He was an American legend. Michael Landeng was the ultimate Hollywood
success story. He was an outstanding writer, producer, director and actor, loved by his
fans and respected by his peers. Nearly every show he produced was a hit. The fact that
I've been so successful, I'm shocked. I have always been shocked. All I wanted to do was
make a living and pay the rent and I mean I got kicked out of Warner Brothers for being
too skinny to be an actor so the fact that I've been this lucky has always amazed me.
I'm very grateful. More important than his success in television was Landeng's success
as a family man. He was the type of dad that was always there for me growing up. He always
was behind to make it to whether it was my baseball games or hockey games, I was very
active in sports. So when a Michael Landeng tribute was produced by NBC after Landeng's
death, who better to direct the special than Michael's own son? But this tribute was not
Michael Jr.'s last TV project. In a projected television series called The New Bonanza,
Michael Jr. has been cast as the son of little Joe Cartwright, a character as quick and as
feisty as the one that made his real life dad the most popular Cartwright on the ponderosa.
Like father, like son, quick fist and a short temper. The most fun by far are the fights
scenes. I mean it's a dream come true for any guy I think to be able to strap on the
guns and come into a saloon and have an all out brawl as you can see. The rest of the
cast is led by Academy Award winner Ben Johnson as Ben Cartwright's best friend. Richard Roundtree
is the ponderosa's foreman. And a quick look will tell you that Brian Lochner is Huss's
son while Kendrick Hughes is Adam's boy by way of Australia. Like the old Bonanzas, we're
assured of plenty of romance, humor and gunplay. Besides getting his chance to act, Michael
Jr. is hoping the new Bonanza will do for him what the original Bonanza did for his
dad. We're going to get a chance to direct and write for the show and that's where it
all happened for him too so, no, it's a pleasure. There are plenty of laughs in trying to make
a successful television show, but it's clear that Mike Jr. feels the pressure of trying
to slip his feet into his father's giant size cowboy boots. This role is really important
and means a lot to me. Just the fact that my father played, you know, little Joe for
over 13 and a half years of his life, made his career out of it and now being able to
get a chance 20 some odd years later to do it all over again is just, it's really special.
Well the original Bonanza was on the air for 14 years. The new one has a way to go. The
first episode hasn't even been shot yet. The scenes you saw were from a promotional tape.
Bill? Thanks Nancy for that report. And coming next, an Inside Edition investigation gets
results once again. This time somebody might go to jail. The difference between redic schools
and the legitimate ones is that by and large he doesn't care. Isn't this a diploma, Bill?
It is not. What is it? It is a non-traditional university. Travel arranged through Continental
taking off in 1992 with new non-stops to Madrid, London and Munich. Continental to Europe,
one airline can make a difference. On Friday a father with a violent past gets custody
of the kids, Inside Edition investigates. Inside Edition has been investigating what
authorities say is a phony college diploma factory that has hurt students from coast
to coast. Well, since our investigation aired, federal agents have taken action. Success
in life often starts with a good education and even working Americans are going back
to school in droves hoping for a better job or a fatter paycheck. Unfortunately, some
of them are graduating from the school of hard knocks. I had spent over $2,900 in order
to get the materials and to pay the tuition and my application fee to this university.
Hundreds of unsuspecting students say they were ripped off by this correspondence school,
North American University, reportedly based in Salt Lake City, Utah. NAU began advertising
nationally in 1989 offering university degrees in everything from agriculture to aviation.
NAU is the brainchild of this man, Ed Reddick. He is now under federal indictment for mail
fraud using a fictitious name and money laundering. What is it your business? You let nobody die
and left you in charge of this country. When we confronted Reddick in his Salt Lake City
office he denied any wrongdoing, but one of his former employees claims an encyclopedia
of complaints at NAU. Complaints about what? Complaints about work not being sent back,
about information not being sent back, wrong workbooks being sent out, documents sent in
not being completed, transcripts not being sent back, diplomas not done in a timely fashion.
Rosemary Kane was one of NAU's unsuspecting students. The semi-retired teacher lives in
rural New Mexico far from any college. So she applied by mail and was accepted by North
American University. I wanted to renew my teaching certificate. I wanted to ensure that
I could obtain a job if something should happen to my husband who has ill health. But Mrs.
Kane says she was duped by NAU, a school which authorities say is not accredited and whose
diplomas are worthless. John Baer is considered an expert on phony diploma mills. He has
written an investigative book on non-traditional schools like NAU. Non-traditional education
means unusual or different ways of providing an education through home study, by examination,
giving credit for life experience. The difference between redic schools and the legitimate ones
is that by and large he doesn't care. Investigators in Salt Lake City say that North American
University has no campus, no faculty, and no valid accreditation. But NAU was allowed
to operate in Utah because it claimed to be wholly owned by the global Church of God,
allegedly invented by Ed Reddick. Did you not know that you are involved in a conspiracy
to violate our First Amendment rights, that you're causing grievous disruption this business?
About 20 to 30 percent of all the calls that came in were complaints. My first real problem
came upon sending my completed workbook back to the university and being told that it was
lost. And at that point I started to suspect that something was terribly wrong. This man
who we will call Ken obtained a diploma from Reddick's University. He requested that we
conceal his identity because he knows that the degree he earned is worthless and he's
afraid that he might lose his job. I did apply to a graduate program at an accredited established
university. I used my BA from NAU as my credentials. But the graduate school rejected Ken's BA
degree from NAU as a fraud and turned down his application. The brochure for NAU is accredited
by the National Accreditation Association. But investigators say this association does
not even exist. Nor does NAU appear to have any faculty. I went through the exercise of
sending certified letters delivered to Addressy only to everyone he claimed as a faculty and
they all came back as undeliverable. So that is my conclusion, is that he does not have
a faculty. Isn't this a diploma, Bill? It is not. What is it? It is a non-traditional
university. This isn't the first time Reddick has flunked out. We investigated and found
that the university was nothing but a sham. Missouri officials put Reddick's school, called
the University of North America, out of business and fined him $2.5 million. He then renamed
the school and moved his operation to Utah. It turns out that Ed Reddick has actually
served time in federal prison for selling phony degrees. We discovered in working with
federal authorities the allegation that he even solicited college degrees, answered the
phone from the penitentiary. While we were in Reddick's Salt Lake City office, he was
being served with legal papers on behalf of a disgruntled student. Victory for Singles,
Success Institute, and Edward Perry Reddick personally. These are from the office of David
Grindstaff. This is a 20-day summons you can serve, sir. For students like Rosemary Kane,
there is little they can do except start over with a new school. Their experience with North
American University has been a painful lesson, but Ed Reddick could soon get a painful lesson
of his own. And the federal government has now filed a 26-count indictment against Reddick.
We'll let you know what happens. And when we come back, the photographer who gets the
stars to pose in the most unusual ways.
I don't really ask anyone to do something that doesn't have a thought behind it. It
really comes from the person I'm photographing. The idea comes from the person I'm photographing.
Shooting the stars in a moment, but first here's what's upcoming on Inside Edition.
It was a one-two punch. That was pretty devastating. How did Robin Williams kick his drug habit?
Inside Edition has the incredible story. Because I didn't want to be loaded going, hey, daddy
loves you. And Inside Edition reveals stories from his past that will surprise you. Robin
Williams that I knew was very quiet. Go inside the private world of Robin Williams.
It should be interesting tomorrow. And finally today, John Lennon, Jack Nicholson, Goldie
Hawn, and hundreds of other big names have been photographed in rather awkward positions
by one young woman who has made quite a name for herself. Here's Scott Rapoport.
I don't really ask anyone to do something that doesn't have a thought behind it. It
really comes from the person I'm photographing. The idea comes from the person I'm photographing.
For over 20 years now, the photographs of Annie Leibovitz have documented American pop
culture. Armed with her trusty camera, Leibovitz has captured the intimate side of the most
fascinating people of our time, bringing us one step closer to our icons.
This actually is Arnold's horse. We're out on the beach in Malibu.
We caught up with Leibovitz at a recent exhibition of her work in New York.
I started very young. I started when I was 19 years old, working for Rolling Stone magazine.
Rolling Stone really created my style. In the 80s, Leibovitz moved from Rolling Stone
to Vanity Fair, but her style remained constant. Colorful, striking portraits of celebrities,
casually posed in their most natural surroundings. Sometimes what feels like a very stupid idea,
verbally, visually, is a different matter. The Blues Brothers are a really good example
of that. The idea of painting the Blues Brothers blue
seems really stupid, but visually it certainly worked.
Leibovitz's photos have caused their share of controversy. Take her Vanity Fair cover
shot of a nude pregnant Demi Moore. Some newsstands refuse to display it.
I've worked with her many times, and I was Bruce and Demi's wedding photographer. We
were very comfortable with each other. It was a very natural thing. It would be unnatural
to sit there and photograph her from here to here. It's ridiculous.
Leibovitz's most famous photo is easily her portrait of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, taken
just a few hours before Lennon was killed. She wanted the couple to pose completely nude.
Yoko did not want to take her clothes off, and she said she would leave her pants on.
I was sort of disappointed, so I said, oh, we'll leave everything on. That sort of made
the photograph more powerful after the fact. Annie Leibovitz continues to snap away in
her Manhattan studio, recording the world around us in her own distinctive style. Although
she's being honored with a 20-year retrospective and a new lavish book, Leibovitz stresses
that she has in no way finished making her mark as an artist.
It's the first 20 years. I feel like it's so great to still be 41 years old, and there's
a big part left still to be done. It's great, isn't it?
Well, Annie says Vanessa Redgrave has been her most challenging assignment, and she still
hasn't gotten Vanessa quite right. And that is it for us today. Thanks again for watching
Inside Edition. I'm Bill O'Reilly. Hope to see you tomorrow.
Good evening. I'm Ann Dougherty from the Channel 6 newsroom. Coming up tonight, the
Rizdick Review insiders from the Marquette Credit Union tell what they knew and how they
made money while the public lost it. I want to start off with this. You came in
and you saw these pictures. These were all taken in the early 70s. We got to enjoy conceptualizing
and thinking of ideas for the compromise of form. I think it's also about grace and expectation.
I was thinking about howy were we going to learn what body would look like when it's
old and worn. I mean Flew a lot of stuff.
Yeah, you know, Valentine's Day.