 The film alternates between flashbacks of the events leading up to the murder and scenes set in the present day, which chronicle Fuhrman's frustration and interactions with Steve Carroll, the original investigator who grudgingly assists him.Their efforts ultimately bring Kennedy relative and former Moxley neighbor Michael Skakel to justice.Michael Speier of "Variety" said, "Investigative techniques give way to genre cliches in USA's exaggerated "Murder in Greenwich".