Jeffrey MacDonald's notes re: evening of Feb. 16 and early a.m. of 17, 1970 & my comments
Some highlights of Jeffrey MacDonald and Joe McGinniss' interview with
Mike Wallace re: Eskatrol
When you watch MacDonald in any interview, he is always cocky. At times his mouth gets the best of him when he is presented with facts that he tries to deny. However, it is poetic justice when something he has put in writing comes back to haunt him, and he is caught lying. The incident I am referring to occurred occur on national television.
Joe McGinniss was being interviewed by Mike Wallace about how he came up with the possibility that MacDonald's rage may have been fueled by Eskatrol he had been taking. MacDonald was also being interviewed at the prison. Here they show him working out in the gym with exercise equipment in red short shorts trimmed in black and a red tee shirt. They also showed him running on the track. Considering the appearance, the prison appeared to have more up-to-date facilities than many schools, and I find that very wrong. Here he was a convicted murderer of his pregnant wife and two small daughters, and it appears appears, he is at some sort of resort.
MacDonald, referring to what Wallace had read about him taking Eskatrol said, and I quote: "I never stated that to anyone, and I didn't in fact actually lose 15 pounds. I also was not taking Eskatrol."
Wallace responded by reminding MacDonald that these are your notes in your own hand writing stating that you had taken Eskatrol, describing it as speed and having lost 12-15 in the past 3-4 weeks. The color from MacDonald's face drained, shaking his head in what appeared to me as total disbelief, he utter a long mewling huh.
Wallace in part, then replied, you already told me you didn't lose 15 pounds in 3 weeks - MacDonald interjected "I don't think I did..."
"...There is no question that there is the possibility that I took the pill, but nowhere there (referring to his notes Wallace was reading from) does it state that I did."
MacDonald as usual, denied killing his wife and children, but Wallace reminded him that he had been convicted in a little over six hours. MacDonald sounding somewhat putout stated, "yes, after nine years of changed evidence...and an orchestrated trial."
McGinniss described him as "charming, engaging, and absolutely ruthless and beyond morality." Wallace informed McGinniss that MacDonald's friends who had known him for ten years, described him as gentle, caring, decent, a fine and giving man and that McGinniss didn't know what he was talking about. McGinniss replied he agreed, and he was not trying to deny any of those things, but based on living with MacDonald through the trial, attending the trial and three full years of research, that this gentle, caring, giving man also beat and stabbed to death his pregnant wife and two small daughter.
And that folks is the truth. It was proven in court when he was convicted of three counts of murders. He killed his family in such a barbarous way. He deserves no mercy. May his soul burn in hell forever.
MacDonald, you are not an accused suspect, you are a convicted triple murderer. Stop your whining and take your punishment like a man. You did the crimes, now do the time.
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