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+ | '''Details:''' Twenty-six-year old Jeffrey MacDonald has been at the center of one of the most infamous murder trials in the last century. He was a member of the Green Berets and an excellent doctor with a promising career and a happy family, but one night, a group of four hippies (three men and an 18-year-old woman) broke into his home, terrorizing him (he was unconscious) and killing his pregnant wife, Colette, and their two daughters, Kimberly and Kristen, in their search for drugs. He was not accused of the murders at first, but his father-in-law found enough contradictions in his story that he went through two trials and was found gulity of murder in 1979. Over the years, though, evidence that was never revealed in court sided with his account of the night of the murders. The woman (Helena Stoeckley, the daughter a Ft. Bragg retired Colonel) who had participated in the murder had been seen that night and had testified to being there but not in court. He still waits for proof of his innocence and is up for parole in 2020. Helena Stoeckley died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1983 at age 32.<br /> |
'''Suspects:''' None<br /> |
'''Suspects:''' None<br /> |
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+ | '''Extra Notes:''' This segment of ''Unsolved Mysteries '' ran on the October 3, 1990 episode. <br> |
| − | + | McDonald's story also became the basis of the movie, "Fatal Vision," which also starred Karl Malden.<br /> |
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'''Results:''' Unsolved<br /> |
'''Results:''' Unsolved<br /> |
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'''Links:''' No known links.<br /> |
'''Links:''' No known links.<br /> |
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Revision as of 15:26, 2 May 2011
Real Name: Jeffrey MacDonald
Case: Appeal
Date: Feb 17, 1970
Location: Ft. Bragg, Fayetteville, NC
Case
Details: Twenty-six-year old Jeffrey MacDonald has been at the center of one of the most infamous murder trials in the last century. He was a member of the Green Berets and an excellent doctor with a promising career and a happy family, but one night, a group of four hippies (three men and an 18-year-old woman) broke into his home, terrorizing him (he was unconscious) and killing his pregnant wife, Colette, and their two daughters, Kimberly and Kristen, in their search for drugs. He was not accused of the murders at first, but his father-in-law found enough contradictions in his story that he went through two trials and was found gulity of murder in 1979. Over the years, though, evidence that was never revealed in court sided with his account of the night of the murders. The woman (Helena Stoeckley, the daughter a Ft. Bragg retired Colonel) who had participated in the murder had been seen that night and had testified to being there but not in court. He still waits for proof of his innocence and is up for parole in 2020. Helena Stoeckley died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1983 at age 32.
Suspects: None
Extra Notes: This segment of Unsolved Mysteries ran on the October 3, 1990 episode.
McDonald's story also became the basis of the movie, "Fatal Vision," which also starred Karl Malden.
Results: Unsolved
Links: No known links.