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I have received hundreds of communications since I started my website on the MacDonald murder case. Every day, many letters are received and so many people have contacted me asking what they can do to help me. To each and every one of you I thank you as does the Stevenson family.
Many of you have sent me personal communications they received from Jeffrey MacDonald as well as communications they received from his website. Some, while wanting to pass on things they have received for me to post on my website or send communications sharing their comments as to my website and the work I am doing, ask that I do not mention their names, so I will honor their wishes. Other e-mails sent to me are unsigned, so that is the way they appear here. Due to space limitations, it is of course impossible to publish all the letters I re-ceive, but as time goes on I will be adding more of these comments as well as some of the things that people send to me.
Christina Masewicz
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Christina,
The well written and forceful convictions of your mind have been gratifying to me to read..........
While there were errors made during the initial investigation, you have placed the blame where it belongs and your words of condemnation so forcefully spoken that it will unmask him to others…. and I believe will get to even him.....I can imagine him squirming and yes.....
hating......as you allow for others to know the truth....to find it themselves if they care to.
God bless you............Your loud shout should be heard in the darkness of ignorance and the sea of misinformation put out by Jeff MacDonald............and somehow, by Colette and her babies.
My wife believes that once...long ago....that my sister came to her in a spiritual visitation asking for help for her and the children........You are the help.
Thank you....
Sincerely,
Bob Stevenson
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Christina -- finally someone has been upfront enough to post full documents about the Mac-Donald murders. As an investigator who worked on the reinvestigation and someone who has literally lived with this murder case for almost 34 years please accept my thanks for the out-standing site you have produced. It is like a breath of fresh air to actually see that you have taken the time to present the true facts that allow people to read whole documents and see the way the case was actually handled instead of the paste and tape show given on the pro-MacDonald sites. It may well be that you will catch a lot of flack from the pro-Mac groupies for your site but as you know by now, when that group attacks you then you have hit the truth. Keep up the good fight.
Your friend,
Peter E. Kearns
CID retired
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Christina,
I have been reading your website for some time now, more recently due to MacDonald's re-quest for parole, and just wanted to comment on it. I think it is excellent and getting better all the time.
I really commend you for putting so many documents on there for people to read, not only the court documents and transcripts, but also the personal notes you have received from so many people.
Including people who have been on the investigative side, the defense side and perhaps in-between adds so much depth to your site and also to an understanding of the entire case.
I would think that anyone wishing to learn more about this case, its particulars or just trial work in general would do well to read what you have included.
You allow people, no longer living, such as Freddy Kassab, to come alive again. I read yes-terday for the first time ever the comments he wrote about "how it all started". Fascinating reading.
You know that this case has consumed so many people for so many years, myself included. It is hard to just put it away. One of my main memories from all that has happened is a com-ment Brian Murtagh made to me just before the trial opened in July, 1979. He wanted to know if he could be the one who stood up in federal court and said the United States Gov-ernment was ready for trial when Judge Dupree called the case for trial. Then a few weeks later, he told me that his wish was for the case to go to the jury so that they could decide, and he would live with whatever decision they made.
This is the real Brian...passionate about the case, certainly. But also someone who wanted justice and fairness and to do it within the judicial system. He simply wanted to do his best. And he did...and so did so many others on the government side.
I am sure that there were many on the defense side, equally committed to MacDonald who also did their very best. And that is commendable as well.
But in the end, the jury came to its conclusion...a sad one for everyone...there were no winners...but, in my opinion, the right and just one. MacDonald will have to live with that
the rest of his life.
Best wishes to you.
Jim Blackburn
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Hi Christina,
I was just scrolling thru some of the E-mails you receive and came across several dealing with the Chaplain saying that there was a sheet covering her body when he arrived. If he saw any sheet on her it was when she was on the gurney and not on the floor. The sheet with the bloodstains and the finger from the surgeons latex glove was bundled up on the floor of the MBR by the foot of the bed (not far from Colette’s legs). It did bear the bloody im-pression from MacDonald’s pajama shirt indicating that he did carry her body from Kristen’s bedroom to the MBR. One of your writers opined that he probably stepped on the bloody sheet when he was wrapping her to carry out of Kristen's room. That person was right on target. The bloody bare footprints then lead out of the room and into the hallway.
Bill Ivory
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Hi Christina
I apologize for not writing you on Sunday, but I didn't check my email then.
I do know Jeffrey MacDonald well (far too well) and corresponded with him for years. Also knew him personally. I would find it difficult to believe he was corresponding with two Gabrielle Renoirs! It's not a common name, even in France. But, who knows with that man?!
Yes, someone said they had love letters from Jeffrey MacDonald to Gabrielle Renoir for sale on ebay a few years ago. It was probably one of Mac's rabid supporters, though why they would do that I don't know. I think only Lucia Bartoli has seen part of a letter from Jeff to me. The rest, I've kept private.
I'm also surprised that you've heard of me, especially from many people. I don't doubt your word at all; I'm just surprised. Maybe I am infamous without realizing I am.
I'll be glad to talk with you about Jeff and about why I want him to remain in prison for the rest of his life, but I don't have time right now. I just wanted to acknowledge your email and let you know I received it. I'll write you in the next few days. In the meantime, please feel free to write me anytime.
Gabrielle
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Great website and your work should not go unrecognized. There should be far more people willing to speak out as well as stand up for what they believe it. Some have done it and be-cause of those who did, many new laws have come to be passed.
I write to you to pass on some information you may be interested in and might just be a way for you to precede in your fight for justice for the victims.
Jeffrey MacDonald was convicted of triple murder; the fact is there was a fourth victim that lost their life due to the fact that its mother was murdered.
Jeffrey MacDonald then can be termed as a mass murderer. The definition, as provided by The American Heritage Dictionary, clearly states that a mass murderer is one who: "2.a. A person who kills several or numerous victims in a single incident."
Click here: mass murderer. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary a definition of the word "several".
In my condensed version of the dictionary, I found the following definition: "consisting of an indefinite number but not yet very many."
So, in pursuit of a more definitive definition, I went to the online dictionaries and found this:
"Of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many"
Jeffrey MacDonald was convicted of the following murders:
1. The Murder of Colette MacDonald
2. The Murder of Kimberly MacDonald
3. The Murder of Kristin MacDonald
So, the question would seem, does this represent "more than 2 or 3."
The question then becomes is Jeffrey MacDonald responsible for the death of more than three human beings?
In this regards, many seem to have forgotten the fact that Colette MacDonald was pregnant at the time of her murder. In fact, the unborn fetus would have been approximately five months old as statements serve to indicate that the birth was due at some time in June 1970.
Furthermore, from all indications and his own statements, Jeffrey MacDonald was fully aware that Colette MacDonald carried an unborn fetus within her womb.
When Colette MacDonald died, so did the unborn fetus! The cause of death to the unborn fetus was due to Colette's life being ended and not by what can be termed as a natural death.
In assuming that the jury who convicted Jeffrey MacDonald was correct, and that he is en-tirely responsible for the death of Colette MacDonald, then, one must logically assume that he is also directly responsible for the death of the unborn fetus which she was carrying at the time.
And, even though he has neither been charged with nor convicted of the crime, then Jeffrey MacDonald would be also responsible for the death of this unborn fetus.
Recently, new laws have been placed into effect which clearly defines this as being a homi-cide.
It should be noted that this law specifically covers federal locations such as Military Bases, and it also resulted in additional comments added into the Military UCMJ which specifically address the death of an unborn fetus.
Although the NRLC has specifically addressed numerous instances and cases of where such a death occurred, it is noted that they have omitted the MacDonald case. Perhaps this is merely an oversight on their part as the MacDonald case is certainly old news when compared to those instances which they have listed and should be brought to their attention. This certainly may be an area you wish to pursue since you are fighting for the rights of the dead victims.
Nevertheless, this often unmentioned victim of the MacDonald murders brings to a total of four deaths in that household at 544 Castle Drive, Ft. Bragg, NC, on the morning of February 17, 1970.
Since there is considered to be no statute of limitations on prosecution for murder, the ques-tion must now be asked: Can Jeffrey MacDonald now be tried for the murder of the unborn fetus which Colette MacDonald was carrying at the time of her murder? Should not Jeffrey MacDonald be brought to justice for this death as well?
You can start by contacting the multiple organizations in your community as well as nation-wide. You can lobby Congress and many other government officials. Start taking advantage of the organizations out there that would jump at the chance to help you.
If you are interested in getting started in this, I would be happy to assist you and put you in contact with those who would be willing to help you.
For now, keep my identity confidential if you should post this to your website. Think of me as your ace in the hole.
All the best to you, I look forward to hearing from you and hopefully working with you in the near future.
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First, I would like to let you know that I have followed this case for many years. I can't say honestly for sure the first time I knew about the tragedy but it was many, many years ago. I was engaged to my husband in February 1970. He was a Green Beret stationed in Vietnam. We were married in 1970 and our daughter was born in 1971 so for me it hit home. We live very close to where Colette attended college so it might have hit the local papers at that time I can not say. What I can say is for years I was definitely obsessed with the case. I worked with a woman who has since passed away and she became obsessed also. My daughter also became very interested and upset with the publicity MacDonald still managed to get. I do not want to bore you. I do know I was thoroughly disgusted when I watched him on the Dick Cavett show. I can not say when that was, but I do know I felt he was as guilty as sin. I also felt truly sorry for all Joe McGinnis had to put up with dealing with Mac-Donald when he was brave and honest enough to tell the truth and write the book as he believed it to be (exactly as the 12 jurors felt). I believe Fred Kassab did what any loving parent or husband would have done and MacDonald did what any guilty person would have done. Enough said. All I can say to you is I have read all posts on the C & J site but have never posted because I was afraid I would have no patience for his supporters and their praises of the so-called novel Fatal Justice. I do feel though I have to let you know that I am amazed at what you have done. You are truly a special person besides being as talented as you are. I think Fred Kassab put you and Bobbie together. The documents posted would never have been read by most of us if not for all the effort (and your life) that you put in to them. I am anxiously awaiting your book. May your life be as joyful as it could possibly be as I feel you have given Fred Kassab reason to finally rest in peace. Please do not post my name anywhere! I am naturally sure you wouldn't anyway! Thank you.
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Christina, Thank you again for your dedication to a worthy cause, and your loyalty to the victims. I have read all of the main books, and your work is truly a landmark life-work to Justice, Strength, and Human Faith. I will write you again.
Thx.
Your Friend & Colleague.
Sinon OH.
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Christina,
Thank you for this wonderfully informative site.
Digger
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Christina: I started to reply to you and somehow lost it. I don't know if I sent it or deleted it! I am using my husband's E-mail which is different than mine. I am no you or Bobbie! I wanted to thank you for your reply. I was as moved as always. Everything you said I felt once. It was reading articles, Fatal Vision, and LISTENING to him that changed my mind. I thought from reading C & J you might have thought he was innocent, but I hoped you would change your mind. I never realized just how far you would dive in. We have all got to read and learn so much more thanks to you.
I will tell you in the eighties I read Fatal Vision a few times. I still have a copy. I would read it every time I heard him just to compare what he said. Honestly, for a few years, I would wake up feeling sad on February 17. When my daughter got in to it and started to check his site, I realized I did not want her to be as obsessed with the heartache he caused as I had.
I started to remind myself he would not get out of jail and that is what the Kassabs wanted.
Then the DNA. I do feel it will go no where but hearing it from you is assuring. Thank God for the Stevensons and people like you who honor the "true victims" Colette, Kimberly, Kris-ten, and the unborn baby boy. Fred and Mildred can finally rest in peace. Please advise when your book is ready to be purchased. God bless!
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This is most interesting, you sure have done your research very interesting and intense, enjoy all I will have to get your book,
Sincerely,
Dan
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Dear Christina, first of all I want to thank you for doing this. When is your book due to be published?
Carol
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Is your book out in stores yet, Christina?
And, you are truly an angel for doing this...your amazing, fact-based site has knocked me from my fence. Thank you...
Molly
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You have an impressive site. I am a writer with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the main daily in Pittsburgh, Pa. I would be interested in writing a piece on you and your book.
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An excellent site!! Keep up the good work.
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Your site is wonderful:...Not only do I think your site is well put together and an honest look at the terrible events that brought it to be, but the photos are also great at giving the public an idea about who these people were, and still are in memory. I will continue to check back for new information, and photos. Thank you for such a good job on this site.
Kimberly
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Hello-thank you for this website. I have been interested in this case since I was 12 in 1975.
This is the first website I trust for the facts in a straight forward way.
Jillian
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Thank you for doing such a wonderful job putting this website together. I always keep Co-lette and those babies in my prayers often,
God Bless,
Cynthia
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I have been fascinated with this case for years and LOVE your website. I am one of those who are still "on the fence" about this case. A few years back I wrote Dr. Macdonald a letter and received a response and a picture. However, I am still not convinced of his innocence. I will be ordering a copy of your book.
Sincerely,
Kelly
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Christina,
Thank you, sincerely, for the TRUTH!!
Simon
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December 13, 2004
Christina,
I read a good bit on your website with interest as I normally here the opposite view. This is because the "new Mrs. MacDonald" is a friend of mine. I don't know that much about the case, but I know that she is adamant about Jeff's innocence and she makes a very compel-ling argument for such.
For what it is worth, she is a very nice person. Please be a little compassionate and don't be too hard on her as she really is not the enemy. Either she is right or you are wrong, which makes her a good person for standing by the person she loves, or you are right and she is yet another victim. As I see it, she has nothing to gain by marrying this guy and everything to lose. There is no money to be had and she has become a bit of an outcast.
I'd be curious to talk to you one day, just to hear the opposing view as to why the innocence argument facts may be inaccurate. For her sake, I would like to believe that Jeff is inno-cent. Also for her sake, I am sad that she is possibly going to grow old waiting for a man who may never leave prison, and worse yet, may be what you believe him to be.
So, do you have any interest in discussing some of the more poignant points of the case with me, so I can then be more educated and present them to Kathy. If it is OK with her, I will let you know what her responses are - which may not be fair, but she is a long time friend and I would not want to not do anything against her wishes. If so, email me your phone number and give me some evenings when you might have a half hour or so to talk. I live just outside of DC, so I am on Eastern Time. I usually work until 7:30 pm, so 6:30 pm Eastern would be a good time for me.
I would appreciate it if you would keep my email to you confidential, at least for now.
Thanks.
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I have been entranced with this case since 1971, when I lived almost right down the street from MacDonald, in Huntington Beach, CA. I thought he was guilty then, and I still do! I ap-preciate your efforts to keep up this website. There needs to be something to counter the website of his lawyers.
I will buy your book.
Thanks so much! I'm tired of reading MacDonald's lies.
Kemila
Reno, NV.
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hello this site is so informational. I have been studying this case for years and feel very sorry for Mr. MacDonald. If at all possible, I would like to write a letter in support of his up-coming parole hearing, if you have that info. I would deeply appreciate you sending him my prayers.
Thanks
Lisa
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Great site!! Am looking forward to reading everything! Keep going!
Tom
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Regarding Jeffrey Macdonald's possible parole hearing. Wow. I can't imagine he would con-fess/show remorse. I think he's very narcissistic - maybe he thinks he'll try to convince/con the parole board??
Debra
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Thanks for your site found it from a link in the news paper. I have been following the case since I was 10 when it happen and never forgot it and when I was 18 married a military guy and was living less than 5 miles from base housing i am also from NC Eden, I have read the Fatal Vision 2 times and seen the movie more times in the years than i can remember. I went to the apartment and stood at the door of course it was boarded up but I could feel the horror and pain as i stood there with tears running down my face and I can’t forget it. I am 46 years old now and that man stills makes me sick yes, I have read everything I can on him and what went on and I say he is guilty as sin but I think only for a moment he didn’t plan it. Lots of my friends and family can’t believe how much I am into all this and I can’t either but after I stood at that door and hear the cries of the children and his wife I can’t forget it, it was in 1984 that I was at that door and never went back but its in my head. I hope he never gets out!! I have not had time to read your site but thanks for letting me have my say.
Cheryl
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Dear Ms. Chris, I am a registered MT (ASCP) with blood banking etc., experience, who was convinced not by words but the blood trail and the lack of MacDonald's blood from his '23' wounds on any of the bodies he 'helped'. My expertise with blood might assist Mr. Stevenson to convince the parole board, as my heart goes out to him and his family.
Bonita
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May I commend you on the website… so much information. I would assume you are with the prosecution side then please offer my sympathy's to the Stevenson family ...again my apolo-gies for any intrusion but your website is the best I’ve seen on this case ..Difference of opinions is what makes our world go round,
God bless you.
Lisa
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IF YOU ARE NOT GUILTY THEN WHY ARE YOU SERVING 3 LIFE SENTENCES?
TERA
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Your website is absolutely superb. I am one of many who have remained intrigued by the MacDonald case and periodically check to see what he's 'up to'. I would love to read your book. Has it been published yet?
Loryjean
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Dear Christina,
Thank you for writing back. I am a little confused about the parole thing. I thought part of getting parole was to come to terms with and express remorse for the crime you were con-victed of. How can MacDonald do that? And if he does not do that, how can he possibly get parole? I pray as well that he does not get out. Is there some sort of letter writing people can do? This must be yet another difficult time for Colette's brother and his wife, and please make sure they know that there are many people pulling for them.
They are in my thoughts and prayers.
Sheree
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I went to school with Colette from the time she was four until we graduated from PHS. As a lifeguard, I spent time with her and a group of her friends on Fire Island in the years after graduation. The last time I saw her was at her father in laws funeral (in grad school, I worked there as a chapel guide). My fondest memory is after spending the day at the ocean walking down to the ferry (She was staying with Bonnie Brown) with her and looking down from the top level as she sat on the dock railing looking wistful.
I met Jeff at about the age of 12. I remember in those early days he was a pain...a Nat sort of flying around your head; small, smart, but just off a bit from the slang and social behavior of seventh graders. Many of us would have whacked him around on occasion, if it were not for his brother Jay, who no one wanted to cross.
I believe having double dated with Colette and Jeff; Colette and Dean Chamberlain, I can tell you that she was at her best with Dean, happy, slightly off color in her jokes, fun to be with. This was not the case with Jeff...it was as if she was fearful of offending him. One of the real tragedies in this whole story is the unbelievable expectations put on both kids by their parents and, in Jeff's case, by the whole educational community. I'm not so sure Co-lette really wanted to marry Jeff as much as she wanted to please her mother. Jeff wanted to please everybody and would, in my opinion, lie, cheat, fabricate in order to do so. There is no doubt that his real attraction was toward a girl named Carol Larson. The problem was that she was never cut out to be a doctor's wife...while absolutely beautiful, she lacked Colette's bearing an up bring.
Is he guilty? Absolutely. When did I know? Just after the shock of being told, and then hearing the supposed chant, "Acid is groovy, kill the pigs." That was an example of Jeff miss-ing the nuances of language at that time. Precisely the sort of thing he did all through ado-lescence and beyond. By the way, I like Mrs. Kassab/Stevenson very, very much. She was kind to me. I like Mrs. MacDonald. She was warm and outgoing. I could not stand Mr. Mac-Donald. He presented as a pompous ass, who was always trying to portray himself as more than he was, i.e. engineer when he was a draftsman. My sense is that there are few in my class who are willing to talk about all this openly. I think they feel somehow that this guy was our face to the world and he turned out to be a monster. There are others, Dudley Warner, a neighbor of his while growing up, who will never accept the fact that Jeff was capable of such a crime.
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I have read a lot of information on this case and have concluded that MacDonald is guilty. (I read a lot of true crime books). There are two things that convinced me--the first is his contention that 3 men attacked him and knocked him out. Why on earth didn't they kill him after he was unconscious, especially considering that they took the time to overkill his wife and daughters. The second thing is the pajama top. There is no way to hold out a pajama top to fend off an ice pick and have the holes be perfectly round and not torn. I am curious if you have any thoughts on evidence that shows that he must be guilty. It sounds like you have done your homework and are a real expert!
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Dear Christina Masewicz,
Over the last 15 years, I have consistently been studying the Jeffrey MacDonald case. While I believe Jeffrey MacDonald to be innocent, I am intrigued by your web site that I just dis-covered and will begin to study it. I will also be ordering your book as well.
From reading some of your documents and emails, I am assuming that you believe MacDonald is guilty but want people to decide their own verdicts. (Please correct me if my assumption is wrong.)
If you believe he is guilty, good! If you want to defend your argument, great! But your book does say you look at both sides objectively, and therefore you may want to use gentler words regarding MacDonald's guilt. MacDonald's defense team members always try to be re-spectful when corresponding with Bob Stevenson. You should do the same.
Nobody has undeniable proof and MacDonald could be telling the truth. The DNA results could provide some answers. I do believe (like Lucia Bartoli) that either a hearing or a new trial that includes all the evidence will most likely solve the case.
I think your web site is quite remarkable. I can see that you put a lot of hard work in this.
All the best
Sincerely,
Thomson
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Hi! I have been interested in the MacDonald case since I watched the movie Fatal Vision as a child. This case has always chilled me to the bone. I am often confused by conflicting stories from either side. In my heart of hearts, I don't want to believe that Dr. MacDonald would murder his family, but I know first hand that violence with in families is common all too often.
Thank you for your time and you have a great website! I was beginning to doubt that he did it until I seen those autopsy photos! You can barely see his wounds, then to see those poor babies and his wife! I am sure you can read my thoughts on that!
Thanks again,
Tami
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I just want to say your site provides an adequate amount of information concerning the Jef-frey MacDonald case. I would like to applaud you for the site it is a great informational tool!
Rose
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Long interested in this case, renewed by the upcoming parole possibility. I believe him to be guilty of the crimes.
I know this sounds like a trivial question, but when did Dr. MacDonald and his new wife be-come romantically involved. I saw where it said they re-established contact in 1997. How-ever, I have a friend who told me in confidence that she was romantically involved with him during what I think is the same timeframe.
Carolyn
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I've read your recent postings...very interesting to say the least. Great work Christina!
Aloha!
Mike
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Great web site! Just wondering if over the years if anyone involved has experienced medium-istic contact with the murder victims either directly or through a medium? As life is eternal I would think that they would be interested in making sure that things are done the right way and would certainly attempt with the help of guides, who understand the communication process, attempt to communicate with loved ones here. I am sure that they would also try to influence your work on the case as well since justice and truth is what matter the most.
God Bless you.
Steve
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Hi, I am VERY curious in this case. My mother knew of Jeffrey MacDonald from St. Mary's Hosp. in CA. (she was an x-ray technician). WHAT DO YOU REALLY THINK?? I have been reading all of the transcripts and I must admit that the autopsy photos made me cry (I am an RN and used to this sort of image...) I have read and re-read FATAL VISION and recently re-watched the movie. I am curious if you could just drop me a line if you can and let me know what you think of Dr. MacDonald. I recently saw him and his wife Kathryn on the Today show. THANKS!
Beth
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Hi Christina, I wrote you a week or so ago. LOVE the new pictures! I must admit, I have been obsessed with this case. I guess because of the sheer horror of it all, and Mac is such a charismatic liar! I truly believe that he killed his family and the saddest thing of all is that he will NEVER admit it! I am a nurse and have seen all sorts of horror, but to do what he did to his pregnant wife and poor innocent daughters absolutely disgusts me. I hope to God that he never gets released. I think that the worst thing that could happen is that he is allowed back into society. How could his new wife NOT SEE THE TRUTH??? Thanks for the AWE-SOME web site, it is so informative. Keep up the great work! How can I get a copy of your book?
Beth
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Keep up the great work. I too have been interested in this case. I first became aware of it when the movie came out based on Joe's book and have always believed he was guilty. If these "hippie druggies" were there to kill him as he would have everyone believe then why did they kill his wife and children and leave him alive? Makes no sense to me.
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I am so glad that someone has a website that tells the truth about Jeff MacDonald. There is no doubt in my mind that he killed his family. He repeats the same old story, "I loved my family, I couldn't have killed them," in the same monotone just like he memorized years ago, bah, he killed them and he knows it.
I have not gone over the whole site, but what I have seen it is great. I did not know that this site existed until tonight. I read about this case and saw Fatal Vision years ago and knew he did it.
Well thanks for the site.
Sincerely,
Susan
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Dear Christina,
Your site continues to grow with a wealth of fascinating information about one of the most intriguing murder cases I have ever heard of. One item you do not have that would be a good addition would be a transcript of the taped conversations between MacDonald and Kas-sab regarding his "revenge" against one of the killers. I heard a portion of this on the A&E American Justice episode on the case. Do you plan on adding this?
Thanks,
Eric
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Excellent website. I studied the case in high school and still try to keep myself updates on both sides of the case
Joe
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Hello, just looking through your site. I think it's an excellent site and well put together. I cannot understand who would do such a thing and the wounds seem to be inflicted by either someone who took this very personal or a total stranger on some sort of mission, do you think that Jeffrey did this or do you think his story is true? I'm very saddened to see the pictures; the look on the last child’s face was almost a smile. Can you imagine the pain they were going through knowing that their daddy was doing this to them???? Gosh, I hope he gets what he deserves IF he's guilty for this.
Robyn
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A great site! I've always been intrigued with the case; one that I could never forget. You've done a great job with the details on your site.
Estelita
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Love the site; thanks for the efforts you have expended. You and Bunny make a great team.
Haven’t read your book yet - but I still posted a review at Amazon.com - too many FJ ver-sions there for my peace of mind.
Robyn
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I believe that the letter the parents supposedly wrote in 83 is totally wrong. The army from the get go screwed up and the court was fixed. How convenient that the judge and prose-cutor were related and what about taped interviews with Stoeckley? I saw it today on un-solved mysteries and why write such a letter and not have it notarized? So it would probably be worthless and finally why don’t you look at all the evidence that was conveniently lost or damaged. No reasonable doubt? I don’t think so
Ed
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Great site with lots of interesting information. I have an interest in this case in that when I was 5 yrs old I moved to Castle Drive on Ft. Bragg a few months after the murders. My par-ents had the initial interest and I picked it up from them. I just wanted to tell you that your website does give and overall view of the facts for people to make their own informative de-cision.
Thanks - Keep up the good work.
Jeff
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Christina--What a website you've compiled. I followed this case for years and thought I'd exhausted my knowledge. But then I discovered your website and some new ideas/possibil-ities I hadn't considered. A question--is there somewhere on your website where you re-count the prosecution's theory of the murders based on the blood evidence? I want to re-fresh my memory. It might have been in either the prosecution's opening or closing state-ments from the 1979 trial, I'm not sure. By the way, are either of those going up on the site at some point? Many thanks to you and Bunny for your excellent work.
My best,
Suzanne
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Looking at those pictures really puts things into perspective. They should have given him the chair.
Jason
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Thanks for your great website. I have been interested in this case since the movie came out. I think some facts are questionable but he is guilty.
John
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Christina,
I am a retired Army CID agent. I just wanted to thank you for all your hard work. I found the web site very interesting and I'm sure a lot of other agents will feel the same way.
Thanks again,
Tom Gill
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Christina:
I just wanted you to know that I really love your website. I have been following the Mac-Donald case since I first read Fatal Vision back in 1984. It distresses me that there is a pos-sibility that MacDonald will get parole. He deserves to rot in jail for the rest of his life. Co-lette, Kimberly and Kristen suffered horribly at his hands. That brutal coward should not be free to resume a normal life with his dimwitted new bride.
Thank you for the update regarding MacDonald's upcoming parole hearing. On Colette's birthday...how fitting. I was surprised to see your reference to Lucia Bartoli and her hope that MacDonald does not get parole. I was under the impression she was a pro-Mac. I seem to recall a few years ago that she and I would get into it quite often on a newsgroup we both frequented. She always defended him and refused to even entertain the idea that he might be guilty. We had quite a few....frustrating...verbal exchanges back in the day.
I'm glad to see she's finally seeing MacDonald for who he really is.
Thanks again for a great website. I visit it often.
Tammy
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Hi Christina,
As a hobby researcher into crimes, I have started reading your web site. You have done an excellent job! May I ask what the driving force was behind this huge undertaking? I have been interested in the Macdonald case since I read Fatal Vision when it first came out. I have not as yet read Fatal Justice. Time has not allowed me since I have been fairly busy researching a murder case here in Canada. I hope you have the time to answer my email, as I wanted to ask you if there is a plan (sketch) of the Macdonald residence. So far, I have not been able to locate one here or other web sites.
I am initially reading the information as a "fence-sitter", not taking either the side of the de-fense or prosecution.
Again, accolades to you and your work!
Sincerely
Bent
Ontario Canada
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Hi Christina,
Many, many heartfelt thanks for the parole hearing update. You know, today would be Co-lette's 62nd birthday. I have been keeping Colette, her unborn son, Kimberly and Kristen in my prayers.
I hope and pray that Jeffrey MacDonald will not be granted parole.
I have also been praying for Bob Stevenson and his family. Please convey to them my heart-felt sympathy and support for them and what they have had to endure all these many years.
Thanks again for your hard work and keeping us so well informed!
Warm regards,
Derise
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Christina,
Thank you for your website. I appreciate the amount of information contained here that can be read unfiltered. This case is obviously sad and I've followed it since the 1984 TV movie about it. Like you, I believe in his guilt based on the evidence and facts. Your website has only confirmed that belief.
Looks like Jeff will be in jail for a while longer. He's probably the most celebrated Federal in-mate along side Manson. Oddly, that was his inspiration.
Thanks again for the website
Thanks. O.
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Hello Christina, I knew Jeff McDonald just before he went to medical school. I was at his going away party and this was a couple on their way to big things. We all knew Colette was pregnant and this was a shotgun wedding but we only saw the romantic future for them. My father was his football coach at Patchogue HS. If there ever was a golden boy this guy was it. My father worshipped him and would have been thrilled if one of his daughters ended up with Jeff. I lost track of him until I picked up a newspaper in Feb 1970 and read about the murders. I never for a second believed he did it. Not for a moment until Joe McGinnis wrote Fatal Vision and Jeff was all over TV on Dick Cavett and whatnot making like he was this in-nocent man. It took me a very long time but I have no doubt that he killed his family. I was wondering if you have heard from any other people that knew him before he killed...he had a good friend named Dudley Warner, John Loughran...I forgot so many other names since this happened in 1963 or 64...if you have heard from others, do they agree that he did this also? I am curious to know if anyone who knew him still will defend the man. It’s such a haunting story to think those girls would be approaching 40 now is so sad.
Pamela
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Bob Stevenson did a great job on Hardball last night in discussing MacDonald's request for parole being denied. Hope you were able to see it.
John
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I’m so impressed that you already have a report up on how the parole hearing went! You’re so far ahead of the newspapers.
Thanks so much as always for all you do for folks like me who are obsessed with this.
I hope all is well with you.
N.
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Good afternoon;
I have a question that I hope you do not take as an attack but exactly as it is intended; a question that continues to arise in my mind as I read through your web site. It appears that you were once a trusted supporter of Dr. MacDonald but now believe him guilty and have sided with "the other side". I'm wondering if my assessment is correct and if so what oc-curred to change your mind.
I read Fatal Vision in my early 20's and too have been obsessed with the case ever since. My conclusion however was and continues to be that Dr. MacDonald is an innocent man. I've never written or communicated with Dr. MacDonald, although I did ask a question of his web site team many years ago. I've read everything I possibly could on the case (including the many pages that used to exist on Dr. MacDonald's web site), have watched his Larry King interviews, etc. I don't want to debate Dr. MacDonald's guilt with you but was wondering what occurred to make you change your position.
I do enjoy your web site very much and have visited the site many times. I think by now I've read almost every document on the site. Thank you for providing this site for those interest-ed in the case the opportunity to read through these documents.
I pray for Colette, Kimberly, and Kristen and I hope that if in fact Dr. MacDonald is an inno-cent man the truth is discovered before its too late. Truly myself, you, Mrs. MacDonald, Mr. Stevenson, and no one but God and Dr. MacDonald truly know the truth.
Thank you and I look forward to your reply.
Mike
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Hi Christina! I was snooping around the web looking for parole articles on JM. I thought you may like to know that my mom sat on the grand jury for that case in the 70's. She still feels he is absolutely guilty. I also have a friend who is a paralegal at Wade Smith's law firm. I went to one of the appeal in 1984 or 1985. The Kassabs were there, JM was not. It was interesting.
Thanks for all of your hard work!
Debbie
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I admire you; Freddy, Brian, Mildred, Bob, and all those who helped bring this killer to justice.
I will always remember Blackburn's statement: if, in the future you cry a tear, cry one for THEM-etc., and I have done that.
Thank you all.
Al
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Good afternoon. I am a paralegal in Raleigh, NC and have become very interested in this case over the last couple of months. I have read something about this case on almost every website I can find in my spare time. However, I enjoy yours the most - it allows me to form my own opinions.
Thank you for your time.
Stacey
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I served 9 years time in the federal system during the nineties. I never met Macdonald, but knew several inmates who had. Some were his friends. Most were on the fence about whether he had committed the crime. All did agree that he had done some remarkable things in the joint. One fellow told me he had saved several inmates from heroin overdoses, and also that he had saved a guard who suffered a diabetic attack and gone into shock (and that he had even received some sort of formal written thanks from the BOP for the latter).
Anyway, my best friend in the joint had known Macdonald well in Sheridan and had read the 2255 petition done for him by Dershowitz. He said it was really awesome, overwhelming in its presentation of the lies and obstruction the government had gone through in the case. My friend has a degree in electrical engineering, speaks fluent Japanese, and is also a very street smart guy. Later he told me that after reading Fatal Vision, a lot of the bloom came off the rose about Jeffrey for him. However, I now realize that he was not aware of how "creative" with the truth the author of that book was. That in fact it was a real butcher job. I myself am at a loss about the whole thing.
Chris
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Christina,
I have recently become very interested in this case. I find your website to be extremely helpful but there are still many questions in my mind. I live in Raleigh, NC (and grew up here), so I have even more vested interest in the case.
Also, I love stuff like this, so if there is anything I can do to help you in your research please let me know!
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Christina--
I can't thank you enough for the *amazing* new additions to the website, including the clos-ing arguments. I have been reading all the new information for days.
I wish he'd just try to take his peace from true repentance rather than prolonging Bob Ste-venson's pain with his constant legal maneuvers, and attacking the work of hard-working government officials. I think if JM would/could admit his guilt, it would free Mr. Stevenson and allow him to heal. Just my opinion, but I feel really bad for both of them. JM cannot ever heal until he can confess--and he seems to be unable to do so.
Thank you again for all you do, for the website and the information.
My best regards,
Suzanne
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First of all, I find your website fascinating. I commend you on your research and on the sheer amount of material you have gathered.
I breathed a sigh of release last week when Jeffrey MacDonald's parole was effectively de-nied. His new wife runs a school in my town and I was very worried about the possibility of coming into contact with this hideous murderer.
Thanks you.
Leyla
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Thanks for the update on this case via your website. I'm in the UK and have followed this case closely, reading books on both sides of the fence as it were. The evidence points to the guilt of JM and I hope and pray that justice will continue to prevail for you.
Regards.
John
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This is a very good website. No doubt about it. Looking at the crime photos is very sad.
Thanks for having this website.
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Just wanted to say "thank you" for putting this web site together - fascinating stuff! I started looking at it two days ago, and I've been hooked since - I've probably been reading here the better part of the last 48 hours...what a horrible, horrible crime - what a horrible, horrible man.
Diana
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There is no mystery involved in the Jeffrey MacDonald case. He killed his wife and daughters while strung out on speed.
He deserved the death penalty.
Sharon
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Dear Ms. Masewicz:
Thank you for your comprehensive and splendid website concerning the MacDonald case.
Thank you also for your willingness to answer questions and share your expertise with any who might be interested in it. Thank you very much for your invaluable assistance. It is most appreciated. I am in the process of looking for your book.
Yours sincerely,
Bob
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I think it's wonderful that both Peter Kearns and Bob Stevenson have acknowledged your working getting the truth in front of people about this crime. Good for you, Christina!
Sara
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Dear Christina,
I am writing you from Germany and first of all I have to apologize for my English. I learned it only at school, so forgive me for making mistakes. I hope you will understand what I am trying to say, anyway.
I have read the book of McGinniss as it was published in Germany, many years ago. Since that time, this case was in my mind constantly.
I have always been interested in criminal cases, pathology and psychology, although I am just an amateur on these fields. No other case meant more to me than this. Maybe it is because Kimberly and I were born in the same year -1964- and I always have to think about the time I was able to see - and all the years which were not granted to her...
Although I was already convinced of MacDonalds guilt, I was longing for further information and facts and it was a lucky coincidence, that I discovered your website one day.
Christina, I would like to thank you for the exceptional work you have done. Your website is an amazing source of information of the MacDonald case. Creating it and make it always topical is a tremendous achievement! You have heard this already a thousand times, I assume. But I couldn’t help - I have to write my thoughts down just once!
Although the victims are lost - they never will be forgotten! And this is your merit, too.
I will try to follow the future development, although it is often very hard for me to translate and understand the documents. And I hope and pray that Jeffrey MacDonald will never see the world outside prison walls again.
Christina thanks again and my best wishes to you, especially health and power to continue your admirable work!
Gratefully yours,
Vera
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Hello and thank you for all of the time/hard work that you must have spent posting this site. I first became aware of the case in 1984 (the NBC premiere of Fatal Vision), and I have been somewhat obsessed with it ever since. This case has a way of "consuming" people. Anyway, I am writing to thank you for posting these materials.
Also, I have something that may be of interest to you. Several years ago I wrote to Mac-Donald to ask him about something I read in "Fatal Vision" and to ask where I may find the tape of a demonstration referenced in "Fatal Justice". I still have his handwritten response. Would you like a scan of it to post at your site? Please let me know. In any event, please do note post my name or email address should you decide to post this email to you. Again, thank you for your efforts!
Best regards,
(name withheld by request)
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HI Christina, Have not had time until now to write and say that I am so glad that HE didn’t get out of prison!
I read you knew book and loved it!! Very good, I remember hearing that it was said it could take a while for the decision to come about his parole but it didn’t take long at all because the truth is known and I hope that he has to stand before his maker and give account of what he did !!!
He will never be free if you know what I mean.
Have a good day Christina
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I have been interested in this case since Fatal Vision appeared on TV. I was only 5 years old when the crimes occurred so i had no prior knowledge of what happened until the movie. I have been following the case ever since and happened upon your website. It has the best informational value that I have seen concerning this case yet. I cried when I saw the photo's of Colette and the girls. I could never imagine in my mind what was done to them.
Somewhere down deep I want to think that Jeff had nothing to do with this, but from every-thing that I’ve read and witnessed at this site, I can rest assured, Jeff was the one who committed the crimes against his family. Thanks for taking so much time on this, it was well worth the effort you put and so many people will be able to have their questions answered just by reviewing this website. I no longer have to ask myself “Did Jeff really commit these murders?" After reviewing everything that was on your site, my question has been answered to my satisfaction. God Bless, I am sure that Colette, Kimmy and Kristen are smiling down from heaven knowing that their killer is where he belongs.
Dawn
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First, thanks so much for a lot of work to make so many documents available on the web.
Second, why is there a quotation from you on the JM website which talks about his "innocence"?
I don't understand.
Holly
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Hi - Great Site !! Haven't been able to get thru it all yet - What did you think of the 48 Hours show last week ?
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I have been intrigued by this case since I first saw the movie "Fatal Vision". After seeing the movie I read the book by Joe McGinniss. I always found it hard to believe that a man could take the life of his pregnant wife and 2 precious daughters so brutally. I think that is what kept me so interested in trying to believe that he was innocent. However, after reading so much of your website (finally a website that provides actual documentation) I am starting to believe without a doubt that Jeffery MacDonald is guilty. It is fascinating reading and I commend you on a job well done. I realize that this must have taken so much of your time to assemble. Thank you for your hard work. Freddy Kassab and his wife died knowing their years of hard work eventually convicted the murderer. God Bless Colette, Kristen, Kimberly and Colette's unborn son.
Tony
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Christina,
For what it is worth, I am in awe of the work and research you have done regarding this case. I have to ask when you changed your mind? i.e. When did you know surely, in your gut, that he was guilty? I'd like to think I always knew, deep inside, but your website is what confirmed it beyond reasonable doubt. And I thank you for that.
Your website is amazing. Truly, I learned a lot. You put yourself out there for the beautiful victims -- the living and the dead -- and you didn't do it as a crusade against Jeffrey MacDonald, you did it for the truth. I believe you found it. I so admire that, you, and your unbelievable efforts.
Thank you so much for your time!
Beth
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Hi,
I first heard of this case while reading my first True-Crime Novel, Fatal Vision. At the conclusion of this book I believed then as I do now that no one other then Jeffrey MacDonald could of committed these murders.
I'm happy to know he will no doubt die in prison, as he rightfully should.
"If in the future you should light a candle light one for them".
Regards,
Deborah
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Hello, Thank you for what appears to be a non-biased informative site about the murders of Colette Stevenson-MacDonald and her children. I have always wondered regarding the DNA testing, none of them have been completed? Or is it results not favorable to MacDonald haven't been made public. Can you find anything out about the DNA testing? Thank you!
Alice
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What a site- thank you for all your work!
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When my father gave "Fatal Vision" to me to read, I didn't think anything of it until I saw this website. How could he do that to his children?????? I just don't get it!!!!!! He is soooo guilty and should ROT IN HELL!!!!!!
Amy
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Christina,
Nice job on "The long wait is over".
I will never forget your hard work and dedication to justice in this case ......... and many will learn the truth of that horrible day instead of MacDonald's continuing stream of lies as a result.
I know that Colette and the children thank you too.
Sincerely,
Bob Stevenson
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Christina, I just read the update on your site. I too would like to send my thanks to Mr. Murtagh and all those who have worked to keep this man behind bars. For Colette, Kim and Kris and their unborn baby brother. Their voices will be heard over the whining of the one who brutally murdered them. You've given them that voice.
I will join you in your fight. Please let me know what I need to do to assist you.
Cami
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Thank you for your wonderful website. I have become very intrigued with this site. I believe he did it, and my heartbreaks for all his victims. My mother was pregnant with me when the murders took place.
With that said, I am very interested in reading the article by Robert Anson in Vanity Fair. I noticed it on your website but could not download the article. Do you have it?
Thank you for your time.
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This is a very informative website, I just recently read 'Fatal Vision', yes people are still reading it for the first time (even in 2005). The murders happened the year before I was born, and yet as a father of one girl and two boys, this heartbreaking and horrific story still has immediate resonance with me. I must admit despite Joe McGinniss' assertions in Fatal Vision, and his impressive deduction that amphetamines may have played a role in Jeffrey MacDonald's alleged 'murderous psychosis' on the night of February 17, 1970, that caused him to go on an inexplicable rampage and murder his family, I was not entirely convinced that this is what occurred. What did convince me, you may be interested to know, was locating this website and being able to observe the sobering photos of the actual murder scene of Colette and her daughters. McGinniss alludes to them briefly at the conclusion of Fatal Vision, but (understandably does not include them in the book, as I am sure you know). Nonetheless, my need to see these photos was piqued, and when I saw them, I was immediately struck by the fact the Mr. McDonald was likely guilty of these unspeakable crimes. The daughters, though bludgeoned, are tucked under the covers. This appears to me to be the act of a father with conflicting paternal instincts. If this was the act of a gang of thugs as Jeffrey claims, why does everything appear so 'in place' in the photos. This was a man with everything to lose, and yet there is a strange make-believe, and yes, as the military police believe, 'staged' atmosphere that is apparent in the photos, and it is these pictures that seem to confirm his guilty, in my mind. I would welcome any comments you have regarding this matter. Thank you for your attention, and I believe that justice has Thank God, been served in this case.
Robson
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I have just spent 3 days reading through your site, fascinating, it's hard to believe that MacDonald got away with this horrible crime for so long. It chills me to think what the last moments of Colette and her girls were like and her parents relentless pursuit of the truth was amazing.
Rhona
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Christina, I am impressed with your site and the years of research you have done. Recently, for some reason, I have really been interested in this story and could go on and on with comments and questions. Kim and Kristen would be close to my age had they lived.
I was curious if you had ever held the opinion that Jeff is innocent? On his web site there is a letter claiming such - it even has your name as the sender! Just curious. I think he is guilty but wonder if maybe he "blacked out" or something during the crime. I read that his drug tests were negative at first I thought maybe he was strung out on drugs.
I won't keep you any longer. Thanks for such an informative honest site.
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It just breaks my heart that a woman and her three children were killed. Yes three children she was pregnant. That baby was somebody. It happened so many years ago but we must never forget them it just blows me away that people support that killer, its like they forgot the real victims. Her parents fought so many years for justice for their daughter and grandchildren. My point is we must never forget the true victims they should always be in our hearts and minds. I know they will always be in mine, god bless all four of them
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Well done - an extremely informative website. I have been compulsively studying this case for many years. At first I could not believe that a father could do what JM was accused of, and wanted to believe that inefficient bunglers from the US army had rigged the case against him. Even reading FV (3 times) and seeing the mini series (many times) did not FULLY convince me of his guilt. Various information on pro- JM sites further nourished the vague feelings of doubt. But when I went through the complete transcripts and documents, those feelings of doubt completely evaporated. JM in fact convicted himself. He tried to be too clever. His defenders - after conviction - also made numerous disingenuous statements (eg suggesting that JM's initial polygraph test showed that he was telling the truth, when I found the transcript of the expert to be very credible - and very damning). The pro - JM belabor the point that "you can't prove that JM is definitely lying unless you can prove that something else is definitely true". Not so. If he said he had run a mile in under 4 minutes, I would be strongly tempted to disbelieve him; if he continued that immediately thereafter he had swum the Atlantic ocean in 7 hours, I would KNOW he was lying! The physical (particularly blood) evidence was also overwhelming. The pro - JM say we can't be ABSOLUTELY certain. In theory they may be correct: nevertheless I AM. Regardless, law does not require absolute certainty. Beyond reasonable doubt is sufficient. In this case the prosecution - and MD - fulfilled this requirement: IN SPADES, DOUBLED! One piece of evidence that I feel has not been followed far enough is the question of the urine on the sheet (Kim's or Kristy's?) Why wasn't JM quizzed more deeply on this? I would welcome the opportunity to debate individual factors of the evidence (in an adult manner) with JM believers. However I do not want to get into discussions about how much good JM could have done had he not been incarcerated! After all, I'm sure Hitler could have painted some very nice houses, had history been different! Thanks again for the very informative website, and good luck in keeping JM where he belongs!
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I knew from the first time I heard read and studied this case he was guilty and I was told I was wrong but you have pointed so many good things out, and at least Colette, Kimmy and Kristy can have justice. The only think I stated at the end of reading the book was that people were so busy looking for something that shouldn't have been there but was, they should have looked at what wasn't there that should have been, where is melted wax from so called
candles? I can't walk in the rain with a candle, and the rain mud and grass was no where. Thank you for keeping him where he belongs, some day he will have to Face God Almighty let's see what story he tells him
Sue
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Why does No ONE, officials or otherwise take into consideration that others confessed to this crime? Isn't it silly that others confess, yet MacDonald is in prison. Why won't the court system use the confessions?
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I am very impressed with your website, and the amount of information on here is staggering, and really helps know more about the case than what was just in "Fatal Vision". I have formed the opinion from your webpage that you believe the verdict of guilty was correct against MacDonald. In looking at MacDonald's team website, I noticed that they had put an email or letter from you saying how you felt Dr. MacDonald was innocent (I’m sure its no coincidence they selected your note to be on their site with 7 or 8 letters only) My question to you ma’am is this. Did you at one time feel MacDonald was innocent, or was it a way to get info from him? If you had felt he was innocent and then changed your mind, what caused this? Thanks for your time and I think you are a wonderful lady that should be admired for all you have done.
Thanks much!
Chad
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I guess the first question that I would need to ask is "why"? I have spent a great deal of time reading the transcripts from the 1979 trial and am surprised that after this time you have still not admitted that you brutally killed your family. What could made you so angry? Your children. Your wife. Did you want out of the marriage? I really gave you the benefit of the doubt until I read the transcripts from the trial. I am so saddened by the events that took place that night so many years ago. I do not know what your relationship with God is, but I hope that you believe that he is a loving and forgiving God.
Debbie
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Dear Christina: Thank you for your very thorough coverage of the MacDonald case. I'm sure it was instrumental in making sure that MacDonald stays in prison where he belongs. As a formerly battered woman who was almost killed by my ex-husband this case has fascinated me for many years. And though I am convinced of MacDonald's guilt there are aspects of it that bother me. For instance, what do you make of the confessions by Stoeckley and Mitchell? Is there any validity to them at all or are they simply the ramblings of paranoid drug addicts who were questioned extensively about the case? Why do you think MacDonald was reluctant to take a sodium amytal examination? If he truly believes in his innocence wouldn't he be willing to do anything to prove it? Sodium amytal cannot force someone to tell the truth it simply relaxes the person to the point where it is more difficult to lie. Do you think there is evidence to support Freddy Kassab's theory that the fight started because Colette caught MacDonald molesting Kimberly and threatened to expose him? Why do you think MacDonald has always insisted that Kristen was in the bed with Colette not Kimberly? If you have a few minutes to reply I would be interested to know your thoughts on these things. Thank you.
Lynn
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Very well written, I must say, I was just wondering what connection you have to the case?? Anyway, good luck with your pursuit of justice in this case.
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Christina
I see one of your corresponding people says they know MacDonald's wife and that she is "nice".
I wonder if that is the case, why has she been trying to track me down and make phone calls to me and asking pointed questions that made someone who knew nothing of my life so paranoid they would not speak with her further?
Since she knows my e-mail address and has corresponded with me in the past, I can only assume that whatever she wants to tell me cannot be put in writing!
That would seem to leave little left for her true motivation other than threats and the like.
I have been told she is probably unbalanced and I guess that would be an explanation for why she would marry a mass murderer and be willing to lay her life and her money on the line for him.....but I have no interest in speaking with her and never will.
Personally, I think she is as nuts as he is.
She is his latest victim, and probably not the last.
Sincerely,
Robert Stevenson
brother of slain Colette Stevenson, Kimberly Stevenson and Kristen Stevenson; as they are marked forever in their graves.
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I just finished the book Fatal Vision. Still kinda on the fence about certain aspects of the case right up until the FBI analysts came in and testified as to how the crime occurred. ( could never really get in to my head the scenario) I was sick to my stomach when he run through what he believed happened. The vision of him holding the wee one over his knee and stabbing her, oh my god, that was chilling. Now when I go back into your site a lot more makes sense and fits together. Wow, I have no doubt he is guilty no doubt at all. He is a pure animal! I hope he rots in jail.
Have u ever been to the house on Castle Dr? I live in Charlotte so it only about 2 hrs away from me. Have u been in it?
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Great work! there has to be some one to counter the lies and distortion of Jeff MacDonald. Here's to a 2071 release!
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Dear Christina
I have been looking at your website since January and think that it is excellent. I also have your book and am looking forward to reading it soon.
I have two questions. What is an interim hearing and what can MacDonald expect to gain from it?
Second, I have never heard him say anything about his unborn son that he also murdered.Have you ever heard him say anything about this child?
Thank you so much for your website and hard work on this case.
Paula
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Dear Christina
You continue to provide great, insightful information on one of the most fascinating criminal cases in American history. I'm glad to see some of the key players in the MacDonald case, such as Jim Blackburn, have discovered your site. One suggestion: the phone exchange between Mac and Freddy re: the phony "one down, three to go" thing would be an interesting addition to your site, if it is even available. Again, thanks for the great info.
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CHRISTINA,
IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE SOMEONE SO INVOLVED IN THIS CASE AFTER ALL THESES YEARS.
YOU WEB SITE IS ONE OF THE BEST SITES I'VE EVER SEEN. THERE ARE MANY THINGS ON IT THAT I WASN'T PRIVY TO. AS A MATTER OF FACT MOST OF THE INFORMATION IS QUITE NEW TO ME. THE CID DIDN'T TALK TO US (MPS) AT ALL. AS YOU KNOW THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION WAS A BASIC FIASCO. (TOO MANY CHIEFS-NOT ENOUGH INDIANS. EVERYONE WAS IN CHARGE AND NO ONE WAS IN CHARGE).
PULLED THE WOOL OVER A LOT OF PEOPLES EYES. MY WIFE MET HIM DOWN THERE DURING THE ARTICLE 32 WHILE HE WAS JOGGING WITH MICHAEL MALLEY. ALSO DURING THE JURY SELECTION I SAT IN FOR 3 DAYS UNTIL THE DEFENSE REALIZED I WAS THERE AND I GOT KICK OUT. WHEN THEY STARTED PICKING FEMALE JURORS I FELT FOR SURE THE CASE WAS LOST, BUT HE HUNG HIMSELF DURING THE TRIAL WITH HIS OWN EGO.
IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT THE "GENERAL PUBLIC" DOESN'T KNOW THE REAL STORY AND DOESN'T REALLY GET TO SEE ALL THE EVIDENCE AND THINGS THAT WENT ON BEHIND THE SCENE.
I JUST HOPE THAT DOWN THE LINE SOMEWHERE SOME LIBERAL JUDGE OR PAROLE BOARD DOESN'T FIND SOME KIND OF LEGAL LOOPHOLE TO FREE HIM.
I LOOK AT SOME ON THE MACDONALD DISCUSSION BOARDS EVERY SO OFTEN AND AM AMAZED BY THOSE "NUTS" WHO HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE CASE ARGUING ABOUT THINGS THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.
I'VE NEVER RESPONDED TO LETTERS, OR PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE, BUT YOUR SITE WAS QUITE DIFFERENT.
REGARDS
KEN MICA
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Hi Christina,
Thank you for the quick response. I too have followed the case for years, and I thought at times he was innocent also. Things just do not add up though, his family was over killed and his vital signs were normal at the hospital.
Years ago I took his picture and some pictures of the crime scene to a friend of mine who is a very well respected psychic, and she said this man is guilty, she said he is sociopath. I also heard on the grapevine that MacDonald refused to take a sodium panathol (sp?) test, which speaks volumes.
Let me ask you this, what was the motive do you think?? Did he just snap??
Anyway, thanks for any info, this case will always fascinate me.
Hope all is well,
Tracy
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Your website is a godsend to people like me. Thank you so much! Where can I buy a copy of your book?
Phyllis
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Hello Christina, I just found your excellent web site about this case that has troubled me for many many years. The question "why did he do this?" disturbed me greatly.
Since its publication, I have read Fatal Vision 4 times to pull all of the evidence together to understand why this crime occurred. It was during my second reading that, like Freddy Kassab, I saw the motive lying within the factual information. As a mother of three daughters, I knew as soon as they were born that the only thing that would make me turn physically violent toward my own husband was if I ever found him sexually or physically abusing our girls. I recall in the book that the neighbor heard Colette scream like an animal almost, and I could identify that would be MY reaction if I found what I believe Colette found that night. I also believe that Colette slept on the couch. Imagine my surprise to discover only today that Freddy Kassab's own ideas for MacDonald's motive EXACTLY match my own. I am so very grateful to you for pulling together all of this information. It is so sad that psychopaths do so much damage to so many innocent people.
Connie
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I have just completed reading Fatal Justice. I am beyond appalled that Fort Bragg's command operates above and beyond the law. Based on my personal experience with Fort Bragg I can truthfully say "nothing has changed" except that it is bigger and growing with no end to the injustices heaped upon soldiers and their families, even local citizenry. It is truly scary that these are the people proclaiming to make Iraq a more free, democratic, humanitarian country. I am convinced that an innocent man is in prison for the most inane of reasons. I live in Fayetteville NC.
An example of Fort Bragg's humanitarianism: On Sept. 24, 2004, it was announced that Ft Bragg is in 1st Place with the highest rate of children aged 0 to 10 killed during child abuse. Ft Bragg's solution was KILL THE NEWS. Could not have those pesky child deaths botching up their getting the Army Community of Excellence Award. It worked - Aug. 17, 2005 Col Aycock went to D. C. and got his award and $1 million. I would like, if possible, updates on Capt MacDonald's case. Thank you.
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Wow. The autopsy photos, brutal but necessary to understand the horror of these killings. I've followed the case since 86, and have always hoped for more information, your site provides it. Thank you so very much.
Jennie
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Christina,
Thank you for the reply, you are correct, I was just throwing that out there. I firmly believe in his guilt, beyond any doubt. I have studied this case some time ago. I can never comprehend why someone would do that to anyone, let alone his family. Weren't you his supporter years ago? Just curious. I was just presenting a theory. Also, I believe he was "on" something at the time of the crimes. Is it possible he may have hallucinated during the ordeal and really does not remember? Keep in mind he never bothered to visit the grave sites. That speaks volumes. I believe Jeff MacDonald is mentally ill, personally. And that he chooses to deceive many people. He is where he belongs.
Michael
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Christina,
I have been fascinated by this case ever since I saw the movie and read the book. I recently came across your website and am amazed at how much information there is to be seen on this case. And also the fact that has been going on for so many years. I live on Long Island and have been thinking of going to visit the graves of these 3 lives that were taken away from them way too early. Do you know if they are still buried in the Coram, NY cemetery that is referred in your documents? Keep up the good work. I look forward to reading more.
Michelle
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I am in awe of all the information that you have on your site. I have always felt a haunting sadness at the brutal murders of Colette, Kimberly and Kristen (along with the unborn baby
boy). I understand that you have a book on this case. I would be greatly interested in reading it, but it is not on Amazon.com. Is the book still in print? Where can I get a copy?
Dierdre
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Hello,
I just wanted to commend you on an excellent site. "Fatal Vision" was my first true crime book and I have read it several times over the years, each time approaching it from a different perspective (as a teenager horrified at the crime itself, as a new wife shocked at how a husband could do such a thing, and as a criminal investigator focused on the forensics and evidence.) Years ago, probably around the time Joe McGinniss was being sued by MacDonald, I saw a "60 Minutes" episode where MacDonald was interviewed. I was about 13 years old and didn't have a lot of background about the case, but I vividly recall thinking that he was lying.
I have read and watched everything I can find on this case and must admit that over the years some doubt began to creep into my mind about his guilt. However, after looking at the pictures of Colette and the girls and the pictures of MacDonald that morning, I firmly believe that he is guilty. It defies all logic to think that three defenseless people can be butchered and a man, at the time training to box, can receive such few injuries.
I am curious if any former FBI profilers such as John Douglas or Robert Ressler have ever weighed in their opinions on this case. Thank you again for such an informative site.
Jennifer
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I don't know how you did all this work, this site is great. I was living in NC both when the murders occurred and during the trial and of course always took an interest in the case.
I decided MacDonald was guilty the night I saw him on the Dick Cavett Show, laughing and altogether too glib - what on earth was someone whose entire family had just been murdered doing on the Dick Cavett yukking it up and acting like a movie star.
I agree with you that MacDonald should stay in prison the rest of his life, in honor of Colette and the children.
I sincerely hope Brian Murtagh and James Blackburn show up at every single parole hearing with the autopsy photos of Colette and the kids in their hands.
Best Regards,
Mary Ann
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Jeff; I read Fatal Vision when it first came out, you're as guilty now as you were then. You sound just like O.J., I'm gonna find the real killers! What bullshit! How did it feel, after killing Colette and Kimmy [maybe in a fit of rage] and then go in and put little Kristy over your lap and stab her to death? Liar, liar, pants on fire! You'll die an old man in jail and just wait for judgment day! I wouldn't want to be in your shoes! Write me back, if you have the balls! You were never a true Green Beret! You were a want-to-be! Enjoy your eternity in hell!
Jerry
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Christina; My apologies, I thought I was writing to that jerk, MacDonald, himself. I'm sure you got the drift of my message to that *&$#@. Keep up your great work and lets never forget who the real victims were in this tragedy. I'm an avid reader and I read "Fatal Vision" when it first came out and happened to find a copy in a used book store and read it again. The similarities to O.J. Murder case is surprising to me and I'm sure if his kids would have come down the stairs, they would have ended up just like poor little Kimmy and Kristy. God bless you for keeping Colette's memory alive.
Sincerely,
Jerry
[husband and father of five]
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First and foremost I would like to thank you for the site! I have been interested in this case since I was a little girl. It has always fascinated me with all the blood evidence. I love that you have included all of the scanned documents. I do have one question. In today’s technology isn’t there any way to DNA type these blood samples to see whose they are. For instance, the type O blood found on Colette's hand. The others claim it could have been from one of the hippies, can’t it be DNA tested to prove it was her child’s which is also blood type O? Again, thank you for the site. Please feel free to send me anything u would like on this case.
Melissa
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Dear Christina,
Thank you very much for your prompt response, it meant a lot to me given that you are obviously a very busy person.
In the interim, I cruised to MacDonald's web site (I refuse to call him 'Doctor') and had a cynical laugh at his "newsletter," which I did read.
What I found in it was what I suspected all along: something that could have been written by Ted Bundy to Ann Rule from prison: blaming the ephemeral "them" and "they" for his being in prison.
Bundy has always been my "favorite study," and I've never thought for an instant that there was much difference between the two, except to the extent that I've always viewed Bundy's crimes with somewhat more compassion, I could have pulled the switch on him myself. Somehow it seems so wrong to me that Bundy got the death penalty and MacDonald didn't.
Just as long as he never gets out, that'll be fine with me.
Once again, thank you for all your hard work, here's hoping the parole board makes good use of it.
Best Regards,
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Ma'am
I am a Sergeant in the United States Army serving in Korea. I envy you because I have always wanted to write a book myself. Like you I have been very interested in true crime from an early age. You have put together a great site and I salute you for your dedication and hard work. However, I don’t want to offend you, but I believe MacDonald is innocent. I respect your opinions and conclusions. I just don't agree with them. I did have a couple questions, what about ALL those people who saw the intruders MacDonald described. The CID and MPs made so many stupid mistakes you can take nothing at that crime scene at face value. Joe McGinniss was nothing but a literary prostitute out for a quick buck and James Blackburn was just another crooked attorney. I am sorry but I just cannot agree with your conclusions even though they are very intelligently stated. Ma'am I did have another question, do you have Bob Stevenson's e mail or snail address? I would love to write to him. Anyway take care and God bless you. I wish you well with the next book your writing.
Dave
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As a former Army CID Agent, this investigation was discussed many times in my presence. I learned something new from your web page, the fact that the slimy bastard was molesting his own daughter, also contributes to his guilt. In all my life, I cannot understand how a man can kill his wife, and his children, and not be so distraught that he would end his own life.
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I just found the site and find it very interesting. I and a couple members of my family have been following the case since we first watched "Fatal Vision" on TV. I even wrote to Dr. MacDonald in prison. If you can give any information on any new developments on the case I would appreciate it. Thank you.
Mike
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Christina,
To be quite honest I'm on the fence. I've been interested in the case since "Fatal Vision" first aired. I wrote a paper in college on the case and even wrote to MacDonald in prison. Since nothing yet has come of the DNA, I've got to think its coming down more on the side of guilty. Thank you for anymore information you can give me in the future.
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Please give me your option on this email exchange with Jeff’s wife Kathryn
I don't see how you could have read all the medical reports (I don't know where you are getting your information, but surely you are not seeing the complete index of records). Jeff was seriously wounded and could have died. The fact that he did not (and could not save his family because he was knocked unconscious) seems to be proof enough to some that he is guilty. You may want to consider that the people who confessed to this crime, who had no alibi for their whereabouts during the critical hours, and admitted to being strung out on 5 different drugs at the time, might not be consistent in their actions, much less be coherent enough to realize what they had done until it was too late. Taking into account that the assailants fled after one of them answered a ringing phone, I doubt they would stop and check who was dead or who appeared to be dead.
It's a circular argument, as I've said, because the people who attested to different matters (all independently) were not believed because they were known drug users or law breakers. Then again, my husband who was not a drug user or law breaker was not believed either (he was believed by the Army, but not the Justice Department).
2 of the 4 intruders stated that they did not mean to kill anyone, they went to the house to rough up the family and teach Jeff a lesson (because he was thought to be hard on drug users, and had thrown some of their friends out of his emergency department waiting room for being disruptive). They said, because of the amount of drugs they were on, things got out of
control. These same 2 people independently a) took drugs and died prematurely over her guilt
b) drank himself to death over his guilt. These statements were made to the intruder's friends. Of course, Helena Stoeckley and Greg Mitchell's friends were not Rhodes Scholars, so I guess some would say that makes them unbelievable, too.
Unfortunately, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, as it is not my position to try to convince you or anyone of what I know to be true. I wish you the best of luck now and in the years to come.
Sincerely,
Kathryn MacDonald
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Christina,
Thank you for your response. I too believe MacDonald guilty of murdering his family. I've tried to read all official documents on this case as possible. You have really put a lot of hard work with your website. You might find the below email from Mrs. MacDonald to me interesting. When she questioned where I was getting my facts from I said your website. Below is her response back to me. I find it interesting that she would even respond back to me.
Again, thanks for your response on this case. By the way when will your book be out, I certainly want to get a copy.
Best Wishes
The woman who runs the website you name was once Jeff's biggest supporter, until her entreaties to become part of the "defense team" were politely refused by the lawyers, the investigators and Jeff. She wanted to visit him and lend her "emotional support" and then she found out he had gotten married and completely changed her "view". I can assure you, she has done nothing but tried to defame Jeff and myself, and any medical documents she has were received through illegal means, and are probably doctored. I can bet her "transcripts" such as the Grand Jury testimony are hand typed (if she scanned in the originals, it would give away her sources) and therefore, are not reliable. The woman is obsessed, there is no question there.
Just the fact that she juxtaposes photos of my husband's scars taken 10 years after the crime, as if that is how he looked at the time of the murders, with horrible autopsy photos of poor Colette and the girls, shows her true motives. Plus, she insists on posting that my husband's defense fund has no money in it, despite being fully aware that the data is incorrect.
You might want to look at the Q&A on our website which talks about Jeff's injuries and names the doctors and what was in their reports. I personally am unable to spend thousands of hours typing out or scanning hundreds of documents that are in our files for true crime junkies (I am not referring to you) to download. The documents of public record are available through the courts for anyone who is interested, and all of the important elements of the case are over viewed on our website, and in the book Fatal Justice (in more detail).
I'm sorry you view Christina Macewicz as a reliable source and don't see her for who she is and what she is doing. She has caused us nothing but heartache and legal headaches, but we have been successful in getting many stolen documents and photos off of her website. It sickens me to think of a total stranger trying to promote herself as the "advocate" for our lost family members, and I think our lawyer has done a good job of putting a stop to a good deal of her invasion into our lives. Colette and the girls are our family, and we have done our best to preserve their memories in a dignified way in public. Our private feelings remain private.
Again, good luck to you, sir, and I would like to close by saying, I don't believe my husband is innocent because I should do so, I believe it because I know him and I know this case inside and out and it is the truth.
Kathryn MacDonald
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Note From Christina Masewicz
Since starting this website I have encountered problems from the MacDonalds. From all indications they are not happy with the website at all. It is the old story, they cannot attack the validity of the records, so they attack the messenger. But the records speak loud and clear for themselves. It has been alleged that I am in the possession of stolen property that was stolen from Jeffrey MacDonald and that I am using it without his permission.
As to the e-mail above, I cannot vouch for its authenticity, but I have no reason to disbelieve the person who sent it to me. Up until now I have remained quiet, but now I feel the need to speak out.
As many of you all know, I did at one time believe that MacDonald was innocent. It was as if something was driving me to look for answers and to find my own truth as to what really occurred. For many years I had doubts that he could have done this horrible thing to his own family. Even sitting through the trial and listening to all that was said and presented, I still was not satisfied and so I continued my research at my own expense.
I was by no means one of MacDonald’s biggest supporters. I have never given one nickel to his defense fund. I have never expressed a wish or “begged” to be a part of his defense team. I never asked to visit MacDonald and have never had any desire to do so. It is an insult to be accused of wanting to offer “emotion support” to someone that I believe beyond any reason- able doubt not only murdered his family, but mutilated them as well. It would also appear Mrs. MacDonald is alleging I changed my mind because MacDonald got married. I cannot help but feel sorry for someone who has nothing better to do with their time than make absurd claims.
I certainly did not obtain the documents on my website through any illegal manner. None of the documents that I have have have been probably “doctored” in anyway as alleged by Mrs. MacDonald and since Mrs. MacDonald is apparently making this accusation, I defy her to fine one thing in any of the documents that has been changed. It would also appear that Mrs. MacDonald apparently has little knowledge about the tools available to maintain a website.
Mrs. MacDonald has nothing to do with Colette, Kimberly or Kristen. Just because she is married to Jeffrey MacDonald does not make them part of her family. This is an insult to the family of Colette.
As to my positioning MacDonald’s pictures of his supposed injuries next to the autopsy pictures, it was done to show the tremendous difference between what he sustained and what his family sustained. The pictures of MacDonald’s injuries were not taking 10 years after the fact. Those pictures were taken in 1974 by the FBI during the grand jury investigation, so Mrs. MacDonald needs to get the facts correct since she alleges she knows this case inside and out.
I never posted on my website that MacDonald’s defense fund has no money in it. What I did was to post what was reported on another website and a link to that website. Personally, I could care less if he has money in it or not.
Mrs. MacDonald alleges that I have done nothing but try to defame her and her husband. I cannot defamed Jeffrey MacDonald. He was convicted in a federal court of law as a triple murderer. If she feels I am defaming her because I am speaking out against her husband, then so be it. She has contacted third parities making accusations of several things against me. Who is being defamed here? I am forced to spend my time and money defending my right to maintain a website and write a book.
I will continue to speak out for the true victims here, Colette, Kimberly, Kristen and the unborn son. They were deprived of their lives at the hands of the very one who was supposed to love and protect them. I will stand proud with Bob Stevenson and with his help continue to provide the true side of what really happened.
In my opinion MacDonald showed the importance of his family to him when just a short time after there brutal murders he made the statement, “I have a sense of relief they are gone.”
Bob Stevenson and I thank you all for you support. Those of you who belief MacDonald is guilty, we can banned together and fight to keep him in prison for the rest of his life where he rightfully belongs.
Christina Masewicz
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Dear Christine,
I have just finished reading the book "Fatal Vision" (picked it up from a second hand shop).
Thank you for carrying on the fight and keeping us aware of developments.
I have always been intrigued by this case and even in studying it questions remain. What caused the murders? An argument that got out of hand? Has anyone given thought to the possibility that the suitcase in the bedroom pictures may have been put there by Colette as she was "fed up" with Jeff and was taking the kids and leaving him? This could have been the last straw for her and him simultaneously. BTW you have a very informative site. Have not been able to even scratch the surface of what you have detailed.
Tony
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I first read Fatal Vision about 20 years ago, and it haunted me. It still haunts me. For the life of me, I can't figure out if he did it or not. The evidence says he did, but WHY??? A sudden anger? Colette angered him? Surely you don't murder your entire family because you're pissed off? I've read Fatal Vision at least 4 times. McGinniss has been vilified of late because of his lame Ted Kennedy book ( a truly innocent man, for sure) and so I began to wonder, could McGinniss have embellished? Was Freddy a deranged fanatic? Was Jeffery MacDonald really a victim? All that Helen Stoeckley information makes you wonder. BUT what man would lie on a couch while his wife and babies were being murdered and escaped with such trifling wounds? Were they attacking him while his wife and daughters lay dead in their bedrooms and he somehow slept through that? OR were there 7 people in that apartment 3 to kill his family, and 4 to attack Jeff and no one heard? This is not even faintly possible unless Jeff was the lightest sleeper ever. I have been fascinated by this case for 2 decades and just now discovered this site! To know that others will never forget Colette, Kimberly, and Kristen.
Lindy
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Christina,
Great job on the website; thank you for all of your hard work. Have you seen that CBS is doing something on the case this upcoming Saturday on the 48 Hours Mystery news show? Do you know if any of the DNA results have been reported???
Kind regards
Shane
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Christine:
Thank you for your efforts to keep this monster in prison. I don't know all the facts of the case as yet, but have been reading your words. I have also reviewed MAcDonald's web site, it reads like he was a celeb. Maybe he is, but he is also a cold blooded killer. I cannot speculate but after investigating cases of child molestation, I have come to the conclusion that the evidence points to it in Macdonald's case. My God, how horrible. I bet Kimberly was "Daddy's Girl" As she pushed MOM out of the bed so Daddy could love her.
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Hearing that JMD was going to be on TV yet again this weekend, I went online to find out just why, since he'd been denied parole. I've been fascinated by this case for many years having read Fatal Vision. It's heartbreaking what was done to those beautiful ladies mother, daughters,and even the son who never had a chance to take his first breath of life. I had never seen most of the crime scene pictures, nor the autopsy pictures, and they are just sad for words. The ones that will stick in my mind for a very long time are the first two on page 7. That giant stuffed animal staring at the carnage inflicted on that lovely child is a powerful image to me.
The thing that bothers me the most about the pictures is the savage way JMD's family was slaughtered, then the pictures of his "wounds". They are over killed while HIS wounds are more accurately described as "booboo's". I'm not sure why I feel compelled to write this, and choose not to worry about why I do, and would just like to thank you for all the work you have done and do to help make sure that monster stays right where he is, rotting in a cell for the rest of his life. This nobody Ohio housewife is glad that so many people still care about this case, and work hard to keep alive the memory of his slaughtered family. I defy anybody to read all the info you have so tirelessly collected and posted here to look at it all, and especially the pictures, to then say JMD is the only true victim as his supporters like to portray him.
With admiration,
Sue
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Hello, I was stationed at Ft. Bragg when this tragedy occurred in 1970. In fact, I worked in the ambulance section at Womack hospital. I have read several times about an ambulance driver that had taken Macdonald’s wallet, but have never come across the name. Do you know it by chance? Also, it was the opinion of many of us at the time that MacDonald did it to his family. The housing area where he lived is patrolled often by the MPs and certainly a group of hippies wandering would have attracted attention, even at 3:30 AM. In addition, it seems too odd that none of his neighbors were disturbed by the fracas. Military housing is notoriously thin walled. We used to joke that you could hear your neighbor butter toast from 3 apartments over.
I enjoyed browsing the site and will be back to read more.
John
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Dear Christina,
I have enjoyed reading all that you have on your website. I was one of those people that truly believed Jeff was innocent. I started writing him years ago, and communicated with him for a long time. When I got married in 1993, I quit writing him. Now that I look back on it, most of his letters were only about "his" rights, and the tragedy that had befallen "him"; not his family! After all these years, and after reading all the things on your website, I believe that he did kill his family. It really sort of "chills" me now that I have letters from him!
Anyway, God bless you for all the work you have done.
Tina
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The MacDonald Case will be the subject of this Saturday night's 48 Hours program on CBS (10
p.m. Eastern, I believe). I'm hoping it's not another whitewash attempting to clear MacDonald, who has had more than enough opportunities to clear himself.
Take care,
Eric
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I was one of CPT MacDonald escort officers in 1970. In his room with his brother I heard Jeffery admit to his father-in-law that he killed one of the attackers "down town"
Wick
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Dear Christina,
After reading Fatal Vision, and after looking at everything on your website, I drove over to 544 Castle Drive(I am a military spouse, and we are stationed at Pope AFB). I wanted to let you now that contrary to MacDonald's claims, the 544 Castle Drive is still standing, and it looks exactly the same as the crime scene photo you have on your site.(It's even still numbered 544 castle drive.) The army has added an awning over the door, that's it. A family lives there now, there were kids toys in front and a small swimming pool. I'm certain they don't know the history of that house. I had never heard of the case until my mother in law, a prior nurse, and spouse to a military doctor in the 70's, told me about it. I would be happy to take a picture for you if you'd like, just to expose yet another MacDonald lie. Thanks for keeping up this site, and for letting the truth be known about Colette and the girls. I drive through Bragg every day, and can't keep them from my mind.
Thanks,
Suzanne, Pope AFB, N.C.
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I was a "friend" (if you could call it that -- a co - druggie, actually) of Helena Stoeckley at the time of the murders, and I have always been totally convinced that Helena and her 3 male friends committed these murders. The night of the murders, Helena borrowed my blue car because where she was going was too far to walk. She was several hours late in returning
my car, and I worried that she had stolen it. She finally returned it and she was in quite a state manic, almost, and drugged, explaining why she was late.
The next night we were all in my apartment getting stoned, and she and her black male companion, Wolf, started talking about what it felt like to stab someone and on and on about killing (always with a knife). She also spoke of her involvement with witchcraft and how the night before they had made sacrifices to Beelzebub! That he so loved the young, innocent sacrifices and that Helena would earn the status of "High Priestess!"
I'd known Helena for quite a while at this point, and the 3 males that seemed to follow and obey her (1 was a black male named WOlf; the other 2 white males). Helena seemed to control them completely. She could be extremely intimidating and scary and could control anyone she wished to get what she wanted. She also bragged about how she had to burn her blond wig after that night just in case.
I've never had any doubts about Helena's guilt, if you knew her, you'd feel the same. I'm so very sorry Dr. MacDonald is paying for Helena's crime; but she always got what she wanted no matter the cost to others.
I would be very glad to see Dr. MacDonald get parole, or better yet, to be exonerated. My soul would be comforted to know that these murders were correctly solved even though Helena is dead now just to make things right.
Maggie Mauney
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I just found your website. I am going to read every bit of it. All I have had a chance to go over is the letters from viewers of your site. I do not have all the facts, and I am not an ex-pert. However, for those who are not sure whether MacDonald did it or not I say this: look at the autopsy photos of dear Colette's arms. Look at the beautiful children's defensive wounds. JM was a GREEN BERET! Look at his wounds. He loved his children and wife so much that he did not suffer broken arms, defensive wounds, etc., in fact, most of his wounds other than the punctured lung are so small you can stare at the photos and never find them. For those of you who say well, look at the Manson killings, it's a real possibility that this was the same sort of killing. Look at all of the victims in the Manson killings. It was overkill, and not one of them survived. Even Manson, the loser that he is told his killers not to go into homes that had children. There is no comparison. Also, in the beginning Mr. Kassab was JM's biggest supporter. How heart wrenching it must have been for the Kassab's to realize that JM was the killer of their babies. What in the world would they have to gain from that realization other than immense unimaginable pain? Many of JM's biggest supporters have turned on him. What does that tell you? Who knew him better than the Kassab's? I know that some evidence was ruined or compromised. But good Lord, how much evidence do you need? There was enough evidence that was NOT compromised to prove WITHOUT A DOUBT that JM is a woman and a baby killer. New evidence? One hair? Some MISSING skin? I am a very good housekeeper and there is so much fiber evidence in my house that you could probably tell whose been in my house for the last year. I will continue to read your site to further educate myself, but common sense tells me that JM is a brutal sadistic killer of FOUR human beings and he sent Freddy and Mildred Kassab to early graves. As for the comments that his poor new wife is a very sweet woman, I am sure she is. She is also just old enough to almost be the age of his children. How sick is that? It is very nice that she teaches acting. She needs to teach her husband some good acting skills, because the world can see right through him. And I am praying that JM will never get out of prison because if he does, the first time his new wife has an argument with him, she will be another dead body. I do not feel sorry for her, she knew what she was getting into. I know how I felt when I viewed the autopsy photos. My God, Colette's family had to view those photos. May JM rot in hell. I am old enough that he could have been my dad. Good God. The thought of that terrifies me. I know what I have done with my life, and it shows me what those babies missed out on. My mother and father were beautiful people and that waste of human flesh JM has already outlived them both. Who wants to listen to him anymore. It is interesting that in the first appearances I saw him in (for example the Dick Cavett show) he has no emotion other than to be sarcastic. Now when I see him on TV right before his parole hearing he can't even talk because he is crying. That in itself shows how crazy this man is to think that he can pull off this poor me act. I will be writing everyone and anyone I can for the rest of my life to help keep this man behind bars. Once he is dead, I will be writing letters to my beautiful children to let them know how much I love them. I wish that JM would have a few good years of clarity before he dies so that he can suffer in his knowing what he did. To Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, if you read this, I will never understand your pain, but I will hug my babies every night in memory of those you lost. Please have peace in knowing that they are being held by God. May JM rot in hell. I doubt you will post this because it is so emotionally rambling. But if you do, please only use my first name. By the way JM killed Freddy and Mildred Kassab just as assuredly as he killed his own wife and children. If there is ever anything I can do for you (I know you hear this often I am sure) to help with your research or website, please let me know. And thank you for reading my ranting. I know how upset I am by this case, I can only imagine how the Stevensons feel. May they find peace someday, although I doubt that will ever be. How could it be?
Amy
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It just don't make sense. The candle wax, the hair fiber, the wig hair, the lady who failed the test saying she wasn't there, all those things and more, it puts doubt that Jeffery did it.
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I think he's innocent. There's so much new evidence, evidence that was kept away from defense during the trial. I'm not a lawyer, but I know the defense is entitled to anything the prosecution has. Hopefully, the completion of the DNA testing will finally free him.
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I just saw the 48 hour special and was astounded that he even had an opportunity for parole. I have grieved for Colette, Kimmie and Kristen since I read fatal vision. I think your site is awesome and I have just started to catch up on everything. I was even more amazed that someone would marry him and believe he is telling the truth. I hope he or she cannot profit from their losses.
I just saw the post that suggested he be tried for the unborn fetus and I though that had merit Do you know what his name was to be?
Keep up the great work you are doing! I wish I could do something.
Darlene
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Did you see Jeffrey MacDonald on CBS 48 Hours Mystery? He made my flesh crawl. How could ANY woman bear to be touched by this slimy egomaniac? The picture of him "dipping" his new, imbecilic wife made me want to vomit. I would like to see the contents of MacDonald's lewd letters to "Toni/Tonette/Big Red" on your website. It would be more damning evidence (if any more damning evidence is needed) of what a sick, vile, detestable dirt bag he is. Keep up good work.
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Dear Christina,
What did you think of the 48 hour TV show? Finally I feel a show was done that did not cater to JM. I was really impressed with what Dick Cavett had to say.
What a wonderful thing you are doing to keep the memory of Colette, Kimberly and Kristen alive. Can one donate in helping to maintain your website?
I saw the name Christina Masewicz in the credits of 48 hours, did you work on the show?
God bless you for what you doing.
Ellen
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I have followed this case for 35 years. This guy is very slick and I'm glad to see that most people aren't falling for it. Just because he's a Princeton graduate, a doctor, and a green beret does not entitle him to any special privileges. A murderer is a murderer any way you slice it. Let's keep this guy where he belongs, in prison!
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I trained at the hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center in the ER when Jeffrey McDonald was on Terminal Island. I can remember at a meeting they had that they all were talking about him and they were talking about sending him food and what they could send etc. (he was just put in there). They were obsessed with the idea that he was innocent. I did not know him but I went to nursing school with a woman who worked with him and they were all convinced that Freddy Kassab was crazy. It seemed to me without knowing the case that they seemed to all have a crush on him. He was, is still very good looking and he also was a very good doctor. I believe he was capable of this after reading about this but also I did hear about a rich man in Texas who killed his ex wife's daughter and her boyfriend and despite the fact that he was totally guilty-totally, he got off. The only reason was he was rich and good looking so I do think that this has an effect. I also worked as a medical librarian years later and our rep from a book company, Majors Books, was a man named Jerry Potter. He later wrote a book about MacDonald and told me (because I believe he is guilty) that MacDonald is innocent and that his book would prove that. I never read it so I don't know what it says but I still think the guy is guilty. I am glad you have this site.
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I became almost obsessed with this case this year, and have read Fatal Vision and all postings and info on MacDonald's own website as well as most others. It AMAZES me that nowhere except here are Colette's own hairpieces mentioned, which for me, completely explains the synthetic hair found on her. This man oozes guilt and it's hard for me to fathom that anyone except someone else seeking media attention or having extremely low self esteem - would actually MARRY him after his imprisonment! It seems he has continued to fool people for decades. Any idea when the DNA results will be in so that maybe this case can be put to rest once and for all?
Janice
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Christina
The childlike innocence Kathryn portrays will disarm many; and her presentation plays well in many peoples eyes, she is a sympathetic person to many.
We just see she is simple minded and a dreamer being used up to the purpose of another and an undeserving other.............
Fortunately, the legal odds of his argument are technically as the burden of proof it has to sustain is such that the court would have a difficult time, it would have to be of such import that in and of itself it would change the mind of any reasonable juror............ I think that is the standard that is up here.
At any rate, Peter was his rock solid self. I told him that he evinces the attitude of one that if he were on the other end of a rope sufficiently long with his heels dug in he "could stop the Queen Mary"........ Seems he has a personal issue with one of the "opposing panelists" ................ the one who he said of that, " you do not know anything about this case ..... your son did all of the research on the case with the exception of that which was given to you by the MacDonald side"
I did not want to go in as I do not want to get on a permanent soap box ...... but use the tool when needed and use it as a lesser tool the rest of the time; I will spend the rest of my life, "chasing MacDonald's rabbits" like Freddy did and I would like to only "come out" when necessary or I have a meaningful message that needs delivering............... that would be different............
This was a prelim ...... featuring the lady-fighter.
He can no longer drum up an audience himself, he IS yesterdays news. After all his stable mates, Scott Petersen, O.J. Simpson, Tookie Williams, ( and the Dutch kid who killed the girl in Aruba and is back in school living a normal life.)...............and all the other newer unrepentant psychopaths.
Many people are really naive about how things really happened and are easily confused about what is and what is not the truth especially when confronted by a visually acceptable member of society like Mrs Mac who dresses properly, and moves and speaks well, cannot be taken for as merely an idiot ( by most people ) and who if believed would be going through a terrible injustice and who looks as innocent as the deacons wife herself.
Now she even continues to speak of the "broken hobby horse"........ The hobby horse was not broken as a matter of fact, and that was one of the incorrect things said by Helena Stoeckley as I remember which tainted her information, but it does not keep Kathryn from referring to the broken horse that was not broken and people would NEVER believe that ...... it would not seem possible to the average viewer.
Now add the "romantics" to the pile of susceptible people ..... no ..... I do not discount her as an adversary. She is a powerful spokesman for yesterdays news on today’s basis. MacDonald repackaged again for a new generation or two. As they coarsely say, "Same shit, different smell". I would like to find a way to disarm her effectiveness.
Fortunately, he is/should be like a mastodon in the LaBrea tar pits by now. I think that somehow each of these tries also cost him because one or the other of us always gets to take a pot shot at him and blacken his eye a little..........(don't ever expect to lay a glove on him however).....but I WILL be persistently annoying on a rather permanent basis and if people take a look at the facts of the case on your site they will stop championing his cause.
Sincerely,
Bob Stevenson
Brother of Colette Stevenson who along with the children were murdered by Jeffrey MacDonald.
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Thank you for clearing up this matter for us. We will continue to peruse your website and we hope to donate to the Colette, Kimberly and Kristen Scholarship fund in the future (when our budget will allow us). We will also be encouraging friends to donate as well. Thank you for all your hard work on behalf of the four murder victims (yes, we include the unborn baby boy). Jeffrey MacDonald must never see the light of the day.
Thanks again,
Jesse and Arabella (Bella) Turner
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Comments: Ms. Masewicz,
You are providing a public service of tremendous value and many of us thank you for all that you have done! I commanded the US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL)when the MacDonald murders were first reported to Army law enforcement at Fort Bragg. I note e-mails from Special Agents (Retired) Pete Kearns and Bill Ivory among the many messages you have received. I've known Brian Murtagh ever since he was assigned this case when he was an Army JAG captain working in the HQ of the US Army Criminal Investigation Command.
Another Special Agent, the late Bob Shaw, was Bill Ivory's investigative partner. My observations now are as they were then; The Army CID in cooperation with the FBI and other forensic professionals, did a masterful investigative job in this case. SAs Ivory, Shaw and Kearns saw the evidence for what it was, and US Justice Department Attorney Murtagh continues to deal with the specious appeals and innuendo offered by Jeffrey MacDonald. Early
on, Dr. Russell S. Fisher, Maryland's Medical Examiner from 1951 to 1984, reviewed the evidence not too long after the murders were committed. He opined that MacDonald was responsible for the death of three innocents.
Having served in the Army CID in numerous assignments since 1970 I know the expertise, objectivity and dedication out agents bring to their work. Those who continue to believe that
MacDonald is innocent refuse to deal with the facts, facts brought to the courtroom by outstanding investigative and forensic specialists. Bill, Pete and Brian, my hat is off to you for all that, you have done in solving and presenting the evidence in this case.
To Jim Blackburn, someone I'd like to meet, "Well done, Sir."
Joel Leson
Colonel, US Army Military Police Corps, Retired
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Christina,
From all that you have done over all of that time, I believe you know the case as well as anyone. As we analyzed the evidence at the USACIL, there were those of us who quickly observed that for a group of hippies to do what was found at the scene and not have left a shard of physical evidence, meant that such hippies would have had to be capable of levitating and not touching a thing in the house during that entire terrible event. Yes, there were some mistakes made at the scene. But you are correct, the horror of what MacDonald did could be heard in the voice of SA Grebner when we spoke early that morning to arrange for a crime scene processing team to be dispatched from the Fort Gordon lab to Fort Bragg.
I retired after 40 years in the Department of Defense (26 in the Army and 14 as a civilian criminal investigative supervisor.) Over those years Brian and I have kept in touch. He has "carried a heavy cross", but has always done his duty as a Department of Justice attorney extremely well. Believe me, with minor exceptions (as in any line of work) those who serve our government try to do their every best every day, just as you are doing on your own to ensure justice is served.
Again, I can't thank you enough for all that you have done and continue to do. May God Bless You and Yours for all of your dedicated and ongoing efforts.
Joel Leson
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Thank you for all the hard work you have done in keeping the memory of those long gone alive without it I would have not know such nice people. Take care from A person who likes to be known as Daze.
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My only doubt has been those people that interviewed on MacDonald's behalf. Okay, I read your email and I had a very bad feeling in my heart and I instantly began to cry, I always knew he was guilty but now it has confirmed any doubts I ever had. Just yesterday I was talking to one of the nuns at St. Marys and people are still donating money to his fund.
Why did he do it? Is the thought about a possible molestation with Kimmy and Colette discovered him the reason why he killed them? It makes sense since it was Kimmy's urine not Kristin's that was found in the MBR bed.
Oh my god!!! What a terrible crime........
Thanks so much Christina I will look forward to this summer to buy your book. I am so sorry the MacDonalds have given you a hard time. You have done nothing wrong!!! I have referred anyone I know at St. Marys that is interested in the case and I have referred them to your website. Sooner or later - no one will donate money to him and instead will donate to the Stevensons. I get payed next Thursday - I will donate as well....
If you celebrate Easter, have a wonderful Easter.....
Thanks again
Sylvia
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Comments: I loved the letter Freddy Kassab wrote Jeffrey. For someone who lost his family MacDonald showed a tremendous amount of indifference and also showed a fear that Mr. Kassab would discover something Jeff didn't want him to discover. An innocent man does not behave that way. The truth always comes out and justice does prevail when people like Mr. Kassab persevere. Maybe Colette and Jeff had an altercation about Kim wetting his side of the bed and his rage took over. A person would have to be a sociopath to over kill his family the way MacDonald did. You have a great site.
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Hi Christina:
After our conversation on Sunday I've spent lots of time going over case files etc. Then I turned my attention to Dr. MacDonald's account of the murders. Something hit me so squarely between the eyes that I wonder why I never really noticed before.
That absolutely absurd comment he made regarding hearing Colette scream "Jeff, Jeff, why are they doing this to me?" and Kim's calling "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy," when the four intruders were supposed to be attacking him makes perfect sense to me now.
Had Colette or Kim been overheard by the neighbors, he was setting up an explanation for what was said. Not exactly what was said, but close enough to challenge any other person's account of what they heard.
Yes, I am now totally convinced there was only one killer in the apartment that night. And he was thinking ahead all the time, convinced that he'd covered every base.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Charlotte
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Dear Christina,
Thank you so much for your persistence in getting those answers to me. I really appreciate it, especially the link to document that addresses the issue of MacD's camp having access to the government's evidence. Obviously, they were quite overconfident and Thornton just dropped the ball.
It is also obvious that Mac Murder's camp does not want the public to see all the actual original documents and transcripts. I am sorry for all the trouble Mr. and Mrs. Inmate have put you through. I look forward to the republication of your book this summer. I had tried to find it at some local bookstores, but was unsuccessful ... now I know why.
I have always been haunted by, yet drawn to, these murders. In the last year, these feelings have increased ... a while back, I was awakened at about 3:00 a.m. ... I had been dreaming of these precious ones whose lives were cut short by their monster of a husband and father ... I then thought of my own precious angels and just had to go check on them .... sleeping so sweetly, safely and secure in their beds ... ages 5 and 3. I, too, would become a tigress fighting for their lives, were anyone ever to harm a single hair on their heads. One thing is for sure, that someone would not be from this family ... I did not marry a monster as poor Colette did.
God bless you and your continued efforts ...t his is just why you are a beacon of light in keeping the memories alive.
Sincerely,
Maria
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Dear Christina:
You are the angel that Colette, Kristy and Kimmy and now the Kassabs have sent to us. I have had sooo many questions since 1983 - (1970 when I was 8 years old) I will never forget watching Walter Conkrite that night, my mother kept talking about it - I couldn't sleep that night. I am a nurse at St. Marys and every time I walk in to the hospital entrance I think of what a pathologic liar Jeff has been and how he is leading all of his friends at St. Mary's to this great lie. His case is sucking not only money but precious time.
Every time a 60's song comes on I think of Colette, and that night. Your website is just the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to the public that have so many questions unanswered. You are so right, this is the only way people can decide for themselves and my only hope is that he rots in jail.
Thanks so much and god is blessing you with this talent you have in building up this wonderful website..
Sylvia
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I was gratified to hear the DNA tests were completed, and that MacDonald's key suspects (Helena and Greg) are now off the hook. I wrote a rather scathing e-mail to his wife, which was acknowledged immediately. In that e-mail, I asked them who they were going to point their finger at now? This damned case has dragged on so long, it is beginning to appear that MacDonald's narcissism is the driving force behind this effort. As long as he garners attention from the media, his fans, and the many women who STILL seek his 'personal' consideration, MacDonald and his coterie of trial lawyers will continue to drum-up some means to get back in the public eye. Personally, I think this DNA ploy was a very long shot, and we are spending way too much money rehashing this conviction. He has had his day in court, and the verdict was as valid in '79 as it is now.
David
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Thank you for taking the time to list all the various documents on your site. Everything I have read has been very interesting and helpful in trying to sort out this case. I would like to ask if there were more pictures of the crime scene and evidence that could be posted on your site.
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Christina,
GREAT JOB !
If Freddy ever wanted to be sure his thoughts were known by the public in order to see that MacDonalds lies and manipulations would be countered; you have surely succeeded.
Just this morning I opened it up where I hoped a curious person might would have gone ... back to when his investigative knowledge and thoughtful process proved to him that his suspicions were correct..
Just looking at the notes he made from the Article 32 hearing tells it all.
My best to you.........
Bob Stevenson
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Christina: The announcement of the DNA test results ends any salient debate about Jeffrey MacDonald's guilt. The limb hair found stuck to the left palm of Colette MacDonald has been the MacDonald Camp's forensic lynchpin for the past 26 years. Now that we know that it wasn't a limb hair from Greg Mitchell, but a hair pulled from the arm of Jeffrey MacDonald, his chances at freedom are slim and Slim left town. The legal end is near for MacDonald. All he has left are the shaky recollections of a former Federal Marshal, who has no idea what's in store for him if the government gets to present their case at a hearing. Your website has played a huge role in de-mythologizing MacDonald as a tortured innocent. The documents you've posted have peeled away the mask of a psychopath, a mass murderer, a child killer. If the MacDonald Camp takes any more shots at you, it's important to remember that you've made a difference. Not many people can say that. Your website speaks for those who can longer speak for themselves. Freddy Kassab, Mildred Kassab, Kimberly MacDonald, Kristen MacDonald, Jack Pruett, Robert Shaw, Franz Grebner, Paul Stombaugh, Jack Bennett, Richard Mahon, and Pat Reese can all be heard loud and clear thanks to you. Keep fighting the fight. Keep making a difference. It's not a bad legacy to have.
Take care.
P.S. If you want to post this e-mail in the letters section, you certainly have my permission to do so. You can also include my full name.
Philip Callahan
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I just discovered your site tonight; and it is awesome! It will take me quite sometime to see all. I must confess, I once believed in MacDonald’s innocence. The autopsy photos told me otherwise. What prison is he in? Also, did he marry; and to whom? Keep up the good work.
Dona
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I never understood why Jeffrey MacDonald wasn't convicted of 4 murders (4th being his unborn son)his wife was carrying a child and he killed her hence killing the unborn child, that child was not given any rights, he took away that child's right to be born and live a productive life and was not punished for it -he should of been convicted of that death as well. Is there a reason he was not convicted of the death of his son, and can't he be tried for the death of the unborn child now since there are no statues of limitation on murder? I think today he would have been convicted of the unborn child's death. I feel three children died on 02/17/1970 at the hands of Jeffrey MacDonald, that man should never get out of prison it would be an injustice to his victims which happened to be his family
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Like yourself and many other people I have been following the MacDonald case for years. While I was only 3 when the murders took place it was of course the mini-series and the book Fatal Vision that piqued my interest. Being the child of a New York City police officer I was naturally suspicious of MacDonald. I always felt contrary to reports that Joe McGinniss' book went back and forth between guilt and innocence allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions and his portrayal of MacDonald I felt was not a hatchet job at all. That being said I believe that MacDonald is guilty as hell. Two reasons in particular 1- as it's been touched on so many times the amount of wounds he received compared to his families is incredible. He got what MAYBE 6 "stab" wounds and his daughter Kristen had what? 33 was it? Just doesn't add up to me. 2- MacDonald’s actions after the murders and his discharge from the army compared to his actions after his own conviction. If he is truly innocent why didn't he try to find the real killers when he was free and hard as he's been trying to prove his own innocence for the past 26 years? I mean if he put that much effort in 1970 to solving this case and he was truly innocent he surely would have found the real killers when the gruesome murders were still fresh in everyone’s minds. I like your site it's probably the least biased one I've come across on this subject. You can e-mail with any comments or questions if you'd like
Louis
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With the DNA results finally in, you would think the case is finally closed, but old Mac is trying to spin this report to his advantage on his website! But it is indeed, over. Thanks for the update.
Eric
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Hi, I live in NC and have always thought Jeffrey MacDonald was guilty. I just have a couple of questions. First, why on the photo of Kristen lying in bed does she have no blood on the right sleeve of her pajama top, but when you see the photo of just the pajama top, the right sleeve is covered with blood? Also, in your opinion, do you believe that Jeffrey MacDonald has actually convinced himself of his story and he actually now believes that that is what happened? I hope he is never released!!
Thank you
Susan
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Christina
How wonderful ..... you are better than the US mail .. or even the electronic version of it.
I had heard nothing from either the MacDonald or the Government release till I read it in your update this morning. I am leaving later in the day for my Detroit trip and felt very incomplete not reading the statement of the government ........ AND THERE YOU ARE.
You have done what a million dollars could not have ... taken the time to bring to light all of the information anyone would need in order to see through MacDonald .......... the thoroughness reminds me of what Freddy would have done himself ........ your dedication and family involvement require that I ask you to be an honorably inducted official member of the Stevenson family ...... your heart and blood are certainly intermixed with ours more than any person alive ........ you have done them all the heartfelt honorable service you meant to and your purpose has been a accomplished.
Setting up the memorial scholarship would have meant a lot to my sister and her girls. I hope we can make it a successful tribute to them as well as your lasting website.
Thank you again.
Bob Stevenson
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Christina,
I thought you'd like to see "their" response to my rather neutral note to them. The article here as posted on your website states surely there were no traces of Helena or that other man there at the house. They will not give up, will they? By the way, the picture of Kathryn gazing into the killer's eyes is pretty sickening, isn't it? Anyway, would love to hear your comments of this new fact -- as stated in the press release. I guess it will never be over until he's 6 ft. under and then she'll try to get him cleared. Thanks for your website of truth.
Rose
Original Message ----- NOTE: I have redacted the name of the sender for privacy
From: MacDonald Defense Committee
To: Rose Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: DNA
Dear Ms.
WRAL got it wrong, and the government's press release is simply full of untruths. Please read our update at our website. Never fear, justice will prevail. Thank you for caring.
CR Laba
Jeffrey MacDonald Website
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Christina,
I hope these results today now lay to rest JM's ridiculous denials after all these years. The sad thing is that the unknown hair from Kristin will be trumpeted as exculpatory while the one from Colette will be minimized. I feel that Colette's is much more important as she would be the one more able to fight back(as we know she did),the one from Kristin was probably from a friend on her bed or something similar, it was certainly not from the other "suspects". I hope this opens some MacDonald supporters eyes to what he is. We know it won't change the view of some, why let the facts get in the way of a cause?
Doug
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Thank you for the site & data I have searched years for. Is there any way possible to find the times of birth of Kimberley & Kristen? I didn't see anything on the birth cert. & wondered if it was in the baby books? Thank you again.
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Comments: HURRAH! Just as we suspected. The DNA tests do NOT show Helena or anyone else but MacDonald in that house. I just saw on my local webpage. www.wraltv.com
Rose
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Comments: Hi, Christina!
Well, today the DNA results will be released according to Brian Murtagh.
He has no idea at this time what will be the result, but the DOJ will analyze the finding and issue a statement and an explanation to me of the significance of the finding in the overall context.
Bob Stevenson
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This is a wonderful informative site. I do however regret that so much time and energy is spent on a man such as Jeffrey MacDonald. I have been following this case for 30+ years and believe that the only person who thinks he is innocent is himself. I do believe that after all this time he does believe he is innocent. He is living this fairy tale that he is spewing. I do regret my interest. I wish this man could be forgotten because he just loves the attention. Years ago I did have the opportunity to go through the house. It was then under renovation and being made ready for new tenants. How sad that few minutes made me.
Mary
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Christine,
It's all so sad. I am about the age Kimberly would be. Jeff and Colette were getting married and having their family at the same time my parents were. I am the oldest of three children. I have a younger sister and brother. Our ages mirror the ages that Jeffrey MacDonald's children would be. You may have heard this before, but the most moving and disturbing pictures on your site are not those of the crime scene or autopsy. The hardest photos to view are of these four people, building a life together. Jeff and Colette should be sitting in the comfy chairs and reaping the rewards of a life filled with loving each other and raising their children. They should be enjoying their children and grand children now. It's not fair. It's incredible sad--almost unbearable. Jeffrey MacDonald wants us all to believe he is innocent. His life and his case have been in the public perception for years. What he's done with that exposure is for his own, personal gain.
He may be innocent -- only he and God truly know truth. But whatever the whole truth is of what happened that cold, rainy night -- what has happened since, is strange to say the least. Jeffrey MacDonald paints a picture of himself that he wants us all to believe. (Indeed, I think HE wants to believe it, too.) But that man would have used these many years to share with us the injustice of his life -- that of the murder of his family -- NOT that of his being "wrongly" convicted of killing them. The fact that they are gone is injustice and the fact that their husband and father doesn't shout that from the highest hilltop just makes it worse. What we hear from him -- screaming, pleading, crying out for, is to set him free. He didn't do it, he says. It would have been much easier to believe him had he EVER spoken ONE passionate public word about the horror his family endured -- not just him. It's all about Jeff and I'm sure it always was. I pray that Colette and the girls have lived happily in heaven, without him, eternally.
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I would like to thank you for all the info. I used to think he was innocent until I found your web site. I am such a fool. I used to write to him for over 3 years, and yes he wrote me back. He even called me on x-mas. I have totally become almost obsessed with this case and it keeps me up at night knowing what suffering they were tortured with. I wish that maybe a psychic could tell us what happened in those last final moments of their lives. I feel like I need to do this mostly for Kristen because she was born exactly one week after me. Thank you for all you have done and I hope I will get to speak to you someday.
Pam
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Christina,
I just found this site and have always believed MacDonald guilty since I saw and then read Fatal Vision. Those horrific autopsy photos only solidify that opinion, the difference between JM and his wife and daughters wounds are so telling that if he ever showed these to one of the shows he goes on to plead his innocence his credibility would be zero. I also, like others, wonder why these DNA tests are taking so long, perhaps the results aren't what they wanted. Like O.J. Simpson. Didn't JM submit to a lie detector test by his own lawyers which he failed? If DNA proves him innocent then so be it but I don't look for that to happen.
Thanks for getting the truth out there.
Best regards,
Doug Snyder
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With regard to Ms Stoeckley and her erstwhile "confessions"; her vague, semi-coherent statements miraculously commenced after a sizable reward was offered for information leading to the killers of MacDonald's family. Ms Stoeckley was an informer for the local police department's drug unit. Her reliability in that capacity was always limited, as her own drug use rendered her unworthy to testify in court, or to accurately relay information to investigators. Helena's own mother insisted that her daughter's so-called "confessions" were utter nonsense, and that she was unable to function rationally.
The MacDonald defense team has flogged this dead horse long enough. It is amazing that, when Helena claims guilt for her complicity in these murders, she is as virtuous as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. However, when she recants her testimony, she's a frothing psychopath. I've never seen such a polemic cabal as this current coterie of lawyers trying to spring this cold-blooded murderer of his family. They absolutely reject any appeal to reason, and cling to time-worn canards to try and reanimate a failed defense strategy.
David
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Dear Christina,
Thank you so much for the massive amount of work you have done to provide the resources for us to arrive at the truth in this case. I have followed it myself for over 20 years. I just read Freddie and Blackburn's 1989 tape to the parole board and Freddie said something that I'd never heard before. He believes that Colette and Kim survived the initial assault and were subsequently killed between 30-60 minutes later. Where can I read more about this theory and what Freddie thought MacDonald was doing during that time period.
Trent
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Christina - Keep up the good work
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This is a fascinating website, and I congratulate you for putting it up.
I do have two questions:
Is there --or will there be-- a transcript of MacDonald's first interview with the CID? It's my understanding that when they played the tape of that interview for the jury, that ended the "presumption of innocence" for the jurors. It would be interesting to read or better still hear that interview.
I was wondering if anyone has done a list of the most telling points against MacDonald and his guilt. For me some things readily spring to mind:
-the fact that he was not badly hurt
-the fact that his wife's blood got on the pajama top before it was torn
-the pajama top cuff imprints in the sheet
-the nature of the holes in the top and the fact that they correspond to the wounds in Colette's chest
Those would be enough for me to convict him, but I have to confess that I get a bit lost trying to understand some of the other points in the closing arguments. I wish I had the time to take the transcripts and itemize them to produce my own list, but of course I don't.
Anyway, good work with your website.
Nick
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This makes me rethink my position on Jeffery innocence. I have been following the case since day one, now I feel like we are being duped. I even convinced my husband that Jeffery was not guilty, now I don't know what to think. Thanks for the info.
Shirley
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Dear Christina,
I've written you once before and forgot to ask you this one question that continually eats away at me. If Jeffrey MacDonald was awakened and attacked by the four intruders in his living room, then who was attacking Colette, Kimberly, and Kristen at the same time in the other rooms of the house? He claims he heard them screaming, but the wounds are so severe that they indicate the inability of the victims to scream! I firmly believe MacDonald knew these individuals and used this knowledge to make up his dramatic story. It's just like his egomaniacal behavior to be the hero of his own story, savagely fighting off these attackers with just a few scrapes and then trying to breathe life back into his family. I wish that he could be forced to tell what really happened and give some answers after all these years. It really dishonors Colette, Kimberly and Kristen for him to lie about the events of that horrible night. Thanks for listening to me spout off once more and you have my heartfelt thanks for all of your dedication and efforts.
Monica
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Thank you for providing this exceptionally valuable site. You are certainly to be commended.
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Hi Christina,
Snippets of love letters from JRM on Valentines Day-Poetic Justice for Jeff? LOL. Seriously, Thank you for sharing these, this is in keeping of your website to share the whole truth about Jeffrey MacDonald.
He will always be what he is and Why would anyone be surprised by him- He wasn't faithful to Colette. I seem to remember from somewhere about a nurse or stewardess in Texas that he had a fling with that he talked with her about Colette and the kids. My personal opinion is that his marrying Kathy was good for publicity- put him back in the spotlight- anything for the cause. What a bonus for him- She doesn't appear to be what I would think of as a jail house bride. She seems to be intelligent, attractive and doing a pretty good job as his propaganda spokesperson. I do not feel sorry for Katherine MacDonald.
I'm curious Christina about what the final piece was for you that made you believe that he was guilty? Personally, I started out that he was probably not guilty. He was a liar and a cheater, but that didn't make him a murderer. I was a teenager when this tragedy happened, it's the first time I remember being interested in something happening in the outside world and I've followed it ever since. I didn't like Fatal Vision the book. As detailed as the book was, I didn't feel like I got a complete story. I really started to identify with Colette after I had my own child and how far I would go to protect my daughter. I can't imagine any parent not willing to giving up their own life for their child. What got me off the fence was his own website- All about Jeff- nothing about help me find the people who murdered my family. And the lies and half-truth's in his website. I hate twisted truth - it's the same as a lie to me.
I was glad to find your website. For the whole truth - good and bad. But most importantly, for the dedication to Colette, Kimberly and Kristen and for the unborn baby boy. As an adult I've come to feel that Colette's been cheated. In life and death. Born the 3rd or 4th Colette, the suicide of her father, married to MacDonald who cheated on her, he must have constantly lied to her, and before her own murder, trying to defend her children to the death from their own father and her husband. Since then, it's been all about Jeff ........ how persecuted he's been. Your website, at least for me, keeps the focus where it should be on the truth and justice for the victim's ... Colette and her children. I was afraid that after the death of the Kassab's there would not be anyone to keep their memories alive.
Wow, in re-reading this e-mail, I wrote it in bits and pieces over 2 days, I went through a whole range of emotions. Sorry about that.....
Alice
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Hi, I just wanted to thank you for the great site. I have been intrigued by the case since I saw the movie when I was 14 years old and have always wondered what the motive was and what was said during all the hearings and trial. Your site more than convinces me that I have been correct the last 22 years in believing he was guilty.. keep up the good work and where can I get a copy of your book - thanks again .
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Hi Christina.
Thank-you so much for your wonderful site! I too like many have been rather obsessed with this case for a long time now. I believe it touches an unsettling, raw nerve with many folks. Frankly it's scary! This man, who on the surface, presents and projects such a wonderful facade and just beneath that facade hides a monster that did those unspeakable things to 3(4) innocent members of his own family! It's truly the dark side of human nature exposed and personified by MacDonald.
There is one fact that above all things that convinces me of his guilt. The simple fact that his two daughters were found in their beds "tucked in". Murderous drugged out hippies, after battering, stabbing and brutally murdering little girls then take the time to neatly tuck them in....PLEASE!!!
I believe this creep after doing what he did came down from his rage and almost as if he was trying to undo what he did, put his children to bed and tucked them in. Thus began the denial of the horror he perpetrated. Scary indeed!!! Please let me know your thoughts.
Neil
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Christina,
Loved your Valentine's Day upload. What a cad he is!!
Sara
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Christina,
Quick note, I was sent to Fort Bragg in 1987. I was so intrigued by "Fatal Vision" I had to go by 544 Castle Drive. I was struck by two things. First, it was not easy to find. It was way up in the corner of Post, far from the main thoroughfares to downtown Fayetteville (Yadkin, Gruber, Skibo, etc..) I can't remember the road I had to take to get there... was it Bragg Boulevard?? Anyway, the second thing that shocked me was how small the house was.. I did not walk around outside I just drove by and pulled over. The house was still boarded up. I believe at that time it was enlisted housing, but I can't remember. Have you seen the house? My question: It is part of a duplex - did the guy in the other half of the house hear anything?? Did a family live there or just one soldier?? Was he home that night?? One note on the post: that section may have been the busy section in the 60's and 70's, a SGT who spent a lot of time there said the way it worked was the Army built up one half of post, and then would shift to the other half and build it up, so the "Main" part of Bragg would seem to rotate..
Also, where are the burial plots for the family? I'm sure they were not buried in Fayetteville, NY perhaps? I live in PA now, if it's close I may go by and lay some flowers, the 36th Anniversary of their passing is coming up.
Thanks, (P.S. Great Website!)
J Snow
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He's guilty, and he's where he belongs, and I believe he'll die in prison as he should. He at least had about 9 years of fun and games before his crimes caught up with him, that's more than the victims got.
Keep up the vigilant work, I'm sure your attention to this is having an impact, you're doing good work.
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Been fascinated with the case for many years like many others. There's one fact that stands out to me and is not often talked about. This fact seals his guilt in my mind above all the other evidence that's been well documented. Kimmy and Kristy were found "tucked in their beds" with sheets pulled over them. Drug crazed people or for that matter any knuckle head in a murderous rage brutally murders two you girls and then tucks them in -- Yea, Right!!!
It's almost as if he tried to undue what he did and the great denial started right then and there. What a monstrous creep, I'd love to gut him myself and "tuck" him in for good!!!
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Good site, as time passes and people forget what he did, his chances of using the minutae of legal technicality to find some way towards freedom increases. Your focus on the truth of his crimes is important. And yes, just as Scott Peterson was convicted of two murders, so should Dr MacDonald be convicted of four.
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Your site continues the unfair and unjust "half truths" and lies regarding this case. The pictures you show of Dr. MacDonald’s wounds particular show this. There were no pictures taken of his wounds because the investigators were bumbling, incompetent fools. The pictures you show are scars left from the wounds. The scanned letters you show from Mr. Kassab are so poorly written with so many spelling errors they attest to the fact of what a stupid man he was. I wonder what Colette would say about your putting hers and her children’s autopsy photos on the web. What purpose does this serve? Brian Murtagh is a deceitful prosecutor and he should be put in prison for his misconduct for hiding so much evidence from the defense which clearly showed evidence of outsiders being in the MacDonald home. Even interviews with the jurors whom found the Dr. guilty have stated that had even one simple hidden piece of evidence (like the type B blood spots in the hallway where MacDonald collapsed)they would have voted innocent. This man is innocent whose life was first destroyed by the murderers, then the scheming prosecutors and now people like you. I will be donating $100 in your name to the MacDonald defense fund and hope that he will be released this year when the DNA results prove him innocent ... of course I'm sure you will find some way to negate even that so that you can continue your vindictive foolishness.
Bobbi
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Thank you for your hard work on this website. I'm trying to find a quote supposedly made by Ms. Kalin (MacD's neighbor). Here it is: "I came out of a deep sleep and heard Colette's voice ...and it woke me up. The voice I heard was mad enough to kill." She was not able to distinguish the words, but said, "I got the gist of it, and I would swear on the Bible that it - that what - what it was like she was saying was, 'What do you think I'm going to be doing, while you are doing all of this? Do you think I am going to be standing here doing nothing? If you touch one hair of those children's head or my head, I'll kill you!'"
I've read the Article 32, Grand Jury, and Trial transcripts and I haven't come across this. Is this an accurate quote and if so, where can I find it? Thanks!!
Ken
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I have been reading your site for awhile and I would like to say that you have done an amazing job on all the information you have gathered on this case. For a long time I was a so called fence sitter on this case (but for one thing. He stated he gave mouth to mouth breathing to all of his family as they lay dying. How the girls were on there sides?) I just wanted to say thank you for keeping Kim, Kristen, and Colette alive by allowing the truth to be known.
Deana
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Your website is very interesting and informative. I read the posts frequently. I first read FV as a teenager (I am now 40!)and have re-read it many times over the years, and have always been interested in this case, probably because even to this day I find it so hard to comprehend that a father could inflict that violence on his own family. I never had any doubt that JM was guilty of this crime and I applaud your efforts to keep the facts of the case in the forefront, and hopefully keep him in prison. Keep up the great work and be a voice for those who can no longer speak.
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Dear Christina,
I just got your e-mail. It is so good to hear from you. I hope you and your family are doing well. I would be more than happy to make a generous donation to the scholarship fund. I have also let my close friends and family know about the scholarship fund, as I am sure they would like to make a contribution. I will be sure to spread the message. Your continued efforts to preserve the memory of Colette, Kimberly, Kristen and Colette's unborn baby are truly amazing. Keep up the good work!
As always, if there is anything at all I can do to help, please let me know.
Fondly,
Christine Capone
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Hey Christina---- I think your website is great! I'm only 29 years old but I have been intrigued by this case for a long time. I just recently read Fatal Vision, and although I was convinced he was guilty BEFORE, I am definitely MORE convinced of his guilt now. I can't believe that there are still people who believe in his innocence. The very thought of him disgusts me, and the fact that he will not confess and has no intention of ever doing so disgusts me as well. Its a travesty that he wasn't given the death penalty, even though I know it wasn't even an option. I have really been touched by reading through your website and by reading Fatal Vision. I am interested in reading your's as well. I'm also grateful that there are prosecutors and detectives, etc. who aren't deceived by slick pieces of scum like "dr" macdonald. His arrogance and lack of empathy for his family in any sense of the word is unbelievable. I believe that everything the prosecutors said he did that night is completely true. I've even started to believe Freddy's theory of molestation as well. It seems that those circumstances could very well start a fight that could build to something that intense between him and Colette. I don't know her and the children personally (obviously by my age), but I am very saddened by their untimely departure from this earth. But I take comfort in knowing that they are being taken care of---- AND, that there is a place in hell just waiting for HIM!
Kelly
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Hi Christina,
Keep up your great work. I wanted to pass on the school was very prompt replying and sending a nicely worded Thank you for the small donation that we sent. That is very important in fundraising these days.
Have a great day!
Alice
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Thank you very much for the information. I am interested in making a donation and will do so as soon as I am able. I would hate for them to be forgotten. Jeff MacDonald makes sure his name is always known -- too bad it's for the wrong reasons. He still never says he wants the "true killers" found, even though we all know HE is the killer.
Take care, and I'll be reading your book when it becomes published.
Thank you for all of your hard work! It is a blessing to many people.
Patricia
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Thank you so much for all of your hard work on this site. It is amazing. I recently had a very vivid dream about Colette. In it Colette came into my bedroom where I was sleeping(in my dream and in real life), shook me awake, called me by name and said she just wanted to let me know she was ok. Then she said, and this is all clear as a bell, as if she were really there, she said, "I never saw it coming" and I said "so he did do it, right" and she said "yes, and I never saw it coming."
So, for Colette, the girls and the sweet baby who never saw the light of day, I will be a loyal supporter of this site and will help in any way I can.
Susan
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Christina, do you know when the DNA test results are supposed to be in? I read somewhere on the internet that they would be back by the end of January and now I can't find where I read it. Have you heard anything?
Forgot to tell you in my last email that I have your book Scales of Justice. I want to thank you for putting out such a fact filled book.
Keep up the good fight.
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A very impressive collection of documents. I believe that they may have convicted the right man, the wrong way. Either way there is much doubt. Most doubt can be attributed to the CID's incompetent investigation from day one. I can point out the inconsistencies, changed testimony by investigators, and other errors but I would guess you know them better than I after assembling this web page. At the very least this man deserves a new trial. One that doesn't include a crooked prosecutor and a clearly incompetent or worse dishonest investigator (Ivory). Just my opinion after reading your ART 32 hearing and other documents.
To any family members of the victim's; I am sorry for your terrible loss.
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Hi Christine, What a wonderful thing to do in memory of Colette, Kim and Kristen establishing a scholarship fund. Will it be marked for girls going into education or child care? I'm just curious. Thank God for people like you. PS: I'm putting my cell phone number down but please don't publish it.
Alice
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Christina,
I agree with you 100%! I was wondering if they checked to see how long Colette & the children had been dead when the MP's arrived, which would prove that he waited some time before calling them. But I don't know if they were able to check that in 1970.
I will definitely spread the word about the scholarship and try to contribute as well.
Keep up the good work! I know you have a lot of people who appreciate everything you do!
Patricia Langdon
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Christina,
I'm sorry for all of the trouble you've encountered from the MacDonalds just for trying to get the truth out there for the public. If he's so innocent, what's he so worried about it for?
I used to work in an adult male maximum security prison in MO. I saw all of the cons & the games these guys play with women. So I guess that's what he did with Kathryn. She bought everything he told her hook, line, & sinker! I still can't believe she's so blind. And to think-- if, God forbid, Jeff should ever get out, she works with children. Can you imagine having your children exposed to HIM? Apparently, she is just as selfish as he is, thinking of no one else.
I will buy your book when you get it released-- and you will get it
released. He can't fight you forever.
Have a wonderful day!
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Christina,
I believe Jeff panicked after he butchered his family until something came over him that made him believe he could lie & get away with it. He tried to call his Colonel at about 3:40 am, before he called the operator for an MP, doctor & ambulance. I believe he was attempting to reach him for assistance. When he wasn't able to speak to his colonel, I wonder if he then saw the Esquire magazine on the coffee table, which gave him the idea to say a hippie group committed these crimes, just like Manson & his gang. Once he caught hold of his emotions, he made up the ludicrous story & has firmly kept it in place for all of these years. He's lied to himself for so long that sometimes I wonder if he has finally come to believe the lie that he is innocent. People who believe their own lies tend to come across as credible to many unsuspecting people.
It just breaks my heart to think of what he did to Colette, the girls, & his own unborn child. I saw the autopsy photos for the first time yesterday, and I cannot for the life of me comprehend how ANYONE could inflict such madness upon not only his wife, but his innocent children.
Jeff will receive his true punishment on Judgment Day. That's the only thing that gives me any kind of satisfaction.
If there's ever any research, etc. I can do to be of assistance to you to make sure he stays behind bars until he's dead, please let me know.
Thanks, Christina, for listening.
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I love this website, great work. I feel this serial killer, more than one person murdered, should never be returned to society. He feels no remorse for the murders whatsoever. If he can do what he did to his own family what could he do to a stranger? Give my prayers to Mr Stevenson, Bob, and let him know that all of the sane in our society are with him and his family and anything I can do to help keep this creep in jail just ask.
Thanks,
Susan
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Comments: I have read about the MacDonald case for many years now. It sickens me to know what this monster did to his wife & innocent children. This is the first time I've seen the autopsy photos of Colette & the girls. It makes me want to get my hands on Jeff MacDonald!
I thank God that he is behind bars, even if he will never admit to what he's done. To think, some woman married him in prison! He must be fairly good at deception, but not THAT good!
Thank you for sharing the information you have on this case. Colette, Kristen & Kimberly have been on my heart from the first time I heard about their brutal murders. Jeff MacDonald only thinks he's faced punishment -- wait until Judgment Day!! Then he will truly pay for what he's done.
Thank you again for the information and for listening.
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As is evident, many people have been obsessed with this case for many, many years. I grew up on Long Island, right "next door" to Patchogue, in Sayville. One of my co-workers was friends with Jeff's mother, and she naturally was of the belief that he was innocent. I think I entertained that thought for perhaps 20 seconds.
Anyway, I am writing to ask where I can find your book? I can't even seem to find it's title here anywhere. Could you point me in the right direction?
Many thanks for your hard work.
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Comments: Hi, I think that you have done a wonderful job on this website. How do you think this week's ruling will affect MacDonald? Is it as optimistic as his website says? Thanks
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I just "stumbled upon" your site. My goodness what a great job you have done. Sad to say, you now have a greater calling -- that of seeing that this new trial Mac wants is not granted. I appreciate your work, I commend you. I live in Raleigh, NC. I have seen the house where he did the horrible crimes. I remember so well watching TV in 1970 and the news of the horrible event. I have never wavered from the fact he is guilty. Much appreication to you. What is next as you try to stop this killer from conning so many others that he is innocent.
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Hello!
Your website is very informative and up-to-date on this horrible crime. It is the only place I have been able to find new information on the case in a long time. I would love to read a copy of your book, Scales of Justice; however, I have been unable to find it, new or used, anywhere. If you know where I can buy a copy, or if it is going to be re-released in the near future, please let me know. Fatal Vision is a great book, but I would really like to read your take on the case. All the best!
Rebecca
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Hello, I have followed this case for almost 20 years and at first thought he was innocent. Now I have access to the trial transcripts I have changed my mind. This sight is very informative. I just regret the fact that I used to write to him to let him know that I believed in him. I saw the AE program American Justice and I am right there with Bob Stevenson that Jeff is blowing smoke up the publics butt. Thank you for the info. Nice to find out the truth after all these years. Keep up the good work! If there is anything I can do to help keep him in there please don't hesitate to contact me.
Pamala
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Christina, Prompted by a story on Court TV or either A&E, I started reading your sight and others on the case. I had certainly heard of this case years ago, but for some reason, the recent show I saw made it seem like he was innocent, a travesty of justice. Wow, but what a confusing case. I just read Fatal Vision for the first time and afterwards am convinced of his quilt. Did you originally think he was innocent? What changed your mind. Forgive me if the answers are here and I haven't found them just yet, as I have just started reading this material, and it's so much out there. At any rate, I am so happy with your site allowing me to see actual transcripts and documents. I recognize what an enormous job you have done. Thank you. I'm going back to reading. If you have any recommendations for me in my new search, please e-mail me. Thanks again, and have a nice day! Tina
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HI! MY MOTHER HAS READ THE NOVEL ABOUT JEFFREY MC DONALD, SHE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF HE IS TO THIS DAY, STILL IN PRISON. THANK YOU! YOU MUST BE A VERY PASSIONATE AND DETERMINED PERSON.
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Christina
Thanks for your answer. It should be very hard to answer all the e-mails you get from this case. So thanks again for your attention.
Like I told you, I started reading about the McDonald´s case and was really evolved in it. I was reading and thinking about it 24 hours a day but then I realized that I couldn’t spend all day on this. It happened so many years ago and so many people are involved in this trying to prove him innocent or guilty until these days. I don’t know if I’m so interested in it because of its cruelty or because I just didn’t understand what really happened after reading so many versions of that night.
I appreciate your work so much. I was reading about your book "Scales of Justice", do you think I can find it here in Brazil? In Portuguese maybe? I hope so. And what do you think about the book "Fatal Vision" ?
I admire you because at the same time that you were in contact with the victim’s family(Colette’s) you were impartial fighting for the truth and justice. You are an angel for this family. Freddy and Mildred Kassab and Robert Stevenson couldn’t ever forget what happened and had to live with this sadness of losing Colette and her babies. The three of them have also showed their own versions of what, why and how it all happened that night.
Since you have always followed and investigated this mysterious and complicated case I need to know what REALLY happened that night. It’s very important for me to hear from you so I can "rest my mind" a little on this.
You said on the Onalaska Community Life: "I wanted to know what is going on in the mind of somebody who would do something like that". Please tell me why Dr. Jeffrey would do this with his wife and kids.
Thank you so much for your attention and I’m sorry about my mistakes in English.
God bless you!!
Love
Carol
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Anyone who believes Jeffrey MacDonald is innocent simply has to consider just one thing: How is it that a strong adult male who supposedly could identify his attackers escaped with a couple of scratches (and an easily self inflicted wound)while his pregnant wife and his two very young daughters were SLAUGHTERED?? Case closed.
Anita
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Thank you so much for such a lengthy and thoughtful reply. I know that it costs money to run the website and to fight off the MacDonald zealots and I'd be happy to contribute, if you indeed take contributions.
I do have one more question, though: Do you know what happened to MacDonald's brother, Jay? Is his court transcript available on the site, or am I overlooking it?
Again, thanks for doing such a tremendous service to justice.
Amanda
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Christina,
Can't wait to hear JM's wife spin the DNA results tomorrow on Larry King, should be good for a laugh, too bad I've never seen a dissenting view who knows the facts of the case when JM or one of his flunkies is on one of these shows. At least on your site, even though you say he's guilty, you present everything, pro JM or anti JM, so a person can see both sides and make an informed opinion.
Doug
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Oh, how sweet is justice? Ha! He got slammed with the DNA results, as we knew he would! HIS hair in Colette's hand! No DNA from Stoeckley or Mitchell!! What a riot!! His last hope GONE!!! LOL!! It could NOT have happened to a better guy!!! Very GOOD news!
Joanna
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I live in Fayetteville, NC, as I have most of my life. I was very young when these murders occurred, but my dad was in the Special Forces and I have always been keenly interested in this case. I have read every book, seen every documentary, seen (and own 3 copies of) Fatal Vision, and have the book, as well. I do believe with all I am, that MacDonald committed these gruesome murders. I would love to "talk" with you sometime. I used to be a nurse's aide in a nursing home. A patient there was J. MacDonald's "pen pal" and I used to read his letters to him. I have argued this case with my dad, my siblings, every friend I ever had, and my own kids and husband. I am so glad I found your website today. I have spent the last several hours reading and looking at it. You have done a wonderful job. I will try to find your book somewhere tomorrow. I can hardly wait to read it. Feel free to get in touch with me. I surely want to hear from you. Best regards,
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Dear Christina,
Thank you for your e-mail. You are truly amazing. You have provided a wealth of information. Much of which I was unaware of. It is interesting to learn about the background of Britt.
The Stevenson family is truly lucky to have you as a "guardian angel". Thank you for your time and consideration. I hope that you and your family have a happy, healthy, and safe New Year.
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Hello, I know you probably already know this but since I enjoy your website and also am not to happy to what I just read. I just read an article on yahoo-http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060114/ap_on_re_us/fatal_vision. And I am appalled! That this man might get another trial! I have been following this case since I was 8 years old. Read the book 3 times and still think he did it. Bought the the movie years ago and I watch it from time to time. This man is guilty! He has no right to have a new trail or anything after what he did! I am sorry I am rambling, now this just makes me angry. You can e-mail if you would like. Thanks, Tina
P.S. Sorry about the spelling errors. Also I put my cell in but please don't post that.
Thanks
Tina
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Comments: I like your web site. Just wanted you to tell Bob Stevenson that I saw him on LKL tonight & good for him for everything he said! I agree 100% with him that Jeff is guilty. If Jeff wants to find the real killer, all he has to do is look in the mirror just like Peterson & O. J. Guess I just want Bob to know that I admire him. And God bless him & his family.
No one can really still believe that man is not guilty! When is all of it going to come to an end?
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Thank you for setting up this site - I saw the Larry King Live show tonight and am always curious to find out just who these monsters are who live amongst us and kill their families - Jeffrey is a psychopathic liar clearly. Colette and her children did not deserve this at all no matter what may or may not have transpired within their family. I looked through the photos and it's heartbreaking to see the sweetness and gentleness of Colette and her kids - thank you for reminding us that they weren't just names in the news. God bless.
Nan
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Jeffrey MacDonald is guilty as sin -- what bothers me with this DNA/hair (limb) found in Colette's hand-if he had blood all over him-how would this hair have gotten on her? I felt really bad for Mr. Stevenson on Larry King last night. I got the impression they expected him to be totally forgiving about this whole thing. I was really appalled. Sorry to go on and on -- I just thought it was awful. Please send me the title of the book so I can get it. Thanks!
Sharon
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I have been in the ministry for years and I have known some pretty good PULPIT men who would put on the tears to affect a response at a certain point in the sermon. I could always FEEL and know when it was faked. I saw that in Jeff on King's show.
But, this is in the news and OUT THERE, big time, Jeff just might get off here. But, his new wife is an idiot. The very nature of women who marry men in prison is twisted. That she would be involved with him PERIOD, shows a level of emotional instability that she herself could never understand.
He will DROP her like a bag of rocks if he gets out.
Larry Petree
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Christina,
Thanks so much for a prompt reply. Your website has tons of info. The haunting autopsy photos will be with me forever. That sad excuse for a man deserves the death penalty. God bless you for setting up the memorial scholarship.
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Christina- I wanted to let you know that I think your website is great- I have always believed that he committed these crimes against his family and I am happy that this new DNA evidence has come out- Do you think he'll still get a new hearing based on the investigator that has just come forward saying that Helena was "intimidated"? Thanks for all of your hard work and updates.
Jeanette
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Hi Christina,
You know I just feel terrible about the last time I contacted you. The truth is that I was very angry yet intimidated. I read your latest post and I wanted to let you know that I e mailed the Larry King Show to tell him how sad I felt it was that Joe McGinniss was scheduled to come on to the show and MacDonald's wife said no.
I can no longer be afraid. You asked if everyone could come together and fight for a fair and balanced show. You can add my name to this list. I even gave accurate information for who I was and my e mail address.
I truly felt so bad last night when Mr. Stevenson tried to talk about the facts he calls half truths or innuendo (I hope I spelled that right)and he was cut off, when MacDonald's wife got to decide who would be on the show? This just doesn't make sense.
Another comment I did make to Mr. King is that until I see that his show is indeed fair and balanced, and also the decision making was done by him only, then I would be glad to tune in again. I also explained the obvious, in that I may just be one person, but millions watch his shows. I also stated that I was confident I wasn't the only one who may feel this way.
I suggested that perhaps Mr. King could invite Mr. Stevenson on to his program when he has plenty of time to interview Mr. Stevenson.
I just keep thinking, what if it were my sister? I would want the support of those who are willing to offer it rather than to become intimidated.
I would really like to hear exactly why Helena Stoeckley and Gregg Mitchell have been ruled out. This is why I was so upset last night because I didn't get to hear anything from Mr. Stevenson. Every time he tried to talk he was rudely cut off! This is Colette's brother, Christina! I know you are aware of this, I am just stating my opinion.
Any way, take care and call when you get a chance, okay? I would really like to hear why both suspects that MacDonald thought he could accuse have been ruled out with the DNA.
I truly apologize to you and to the Stevenson for being intimidated. I thank you for your patience with me!
Cheryl
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Dear Christina,
Larry King is obviously very sympathetic to MacDonald and his present wife and is very definitely biased in their favor. I appreciate so much your website for its inclusion of the complete facts of the MacDonald case, all of which clearly point to his guilt. Perhaps this latest DNS skirmish will provide the last opportunity for the MacDonald's cult follows (as I consider them to be) to spew forth their nonsense on national television.
Thanks, Eric
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MY opinion, the truth is too much for jrm to accept, and does not want the truth (via actual documents) out here for regular people to see and study. He (they) are afraid that we will see the truth and he will lose the few supporters he has.
I think the newly released DNA results have (maybe) opened the inmate wife's eyes to the truth and erased a little of the fairy dust that jrm spun for her. She will become enlightened eventually. I think that IF jrm were to actually face release, that SHE would run, run, run!!!
I enjoyed the "classic" letters where the immoral jrm wrote his version of sexy letters. I laughed at them, because ALL he can do .. is think about it!! It angers me to read the parts about faking credentials to get into larger, unmonitored visit room. Hope he gets caught at it! I hope he ROTS IN HELL!!!!!
I have lived here in Fayetteville, NC , for most of my life. I have-since the 1st day of this incident- thought jrm guilty of these murders. I have NOT changed my mind!!
Keep doing what you do so well!! Your site is AWESOME and you have zillions of supporters.
Take care! Best Wishes!
Joanna Jelmeland
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I'm on vacation and just can't get off your website.
I work as a historical researcher for the JFK presidency and assassination. It is always important to me to find other women involved in solving crimes and documenting the evidence such as you have done.
If it is ok with you, I'd like to speak to you about your work when I get back home next week.
Again, great website.
Sincerely,
Debra
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Excellent website. I'm with you all the way.
Marianne
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YOU ARE SOOOOOOO RIGHT about the King show. It was disgraceful! and now that I know Joe McG was Uninvited, that makes me sick. I tell you we will have to put up with Mrs. Inmate and inmate forever. They won't give up. I just am so thankful for the people who do know the truth.
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Christina,
Thanks for letting me know about your book. That is awful that McDonald is claiming you stole contents -- that is just ridicules!! I am sure there are other websites that have the same contents -- not to mention there have been documentaries about this. I will look for you book this summer:)
I totally agree with you about the hair!! According to MacDonald, he was covered in blood -- all his hair (limb) would have been plastered to him - her arms (I think) were broken so how could she have gotten the hair in her hand if he wasn't the one fighting her.
I am an Army Brat. The first time I had heard anything about McDonald was when I was in high school. This was before the movie came out. One of the girls I knew (Kim Plunkett) told a bunch of us about her friend at Ft Bragg that was killed by her father when she was five. I couldn't believe that someone that put the same uniform on as my father did and that was the
"elite" special forces (something my dad was not) would do something like that. The whole thing disturbed me -- this poor little girl would be a year older than me right now doing things that I would be doing -- then to find out this man was let out jail. A couple of years later when the movie hit when I was a senior my mom had the bridge club over all the ladies were focused on a woman (Cindy Nieding)--I had to listen it was the only time any of those ladies were quiet! She claimed she had a class or something with Colette and McDonald abused her. This when I found out that this they were talking about Kim's friend's mom. I don't know if any of this is true both of them could have just been making it all up-- but my mom and all those
ladies were glued to the TV when Fatal Vision came on. This is when I started following the Jeffery MacDonald case. What Freddie, Mildred, and the entire family went through just broke my heart. I couldn't imagine having to go through what they did and for as long as they did. A few years ago at a party, a bunch of us got on the subject of people we most admired or was our hero -- most everyone was like one of the presidents etc. -- I said Freddie Kassab -- there were quite of few people that didn't have a clue what or who I was talking about --cso I had let them know! I found your website a year or so ago. Mostly, when I have tried to see what was going on with the case -- the sites are all about him being innocent etc or send to his defense fund -- please! Years ago, I want to say I saw it in the early 90's, he claimed about all this DNA evidence that would prove him innocent but no one would test it. I do think that all that is going to come out of this DNA and hairs is that he is guilty.
I have lived in Army housing almost the entire 40 years of my life and all over the world --a lot of them aren't built great and if there that many people in that house with all that going on--someone would have heard it -- there would have been holes in the walls etc. You don't
have to watch Fatal Vision to know that he is full of it. Again, I am going
on and on-sorry!
I am so glad that Mr. Stevenson continues to fight!!!!
And thank you for having your website and your book!
Take Care
Sharon
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I have been following the case since Fatal Vision and I too know he is guilty. I am so sick of him trying to prove his innocence when there is none to prove. I hope that the family can keep him behind bars for the rest of his life and he not get paroled. I commend you and your supporters for having this website to counter attack his which I may say is a crock of lies and misconceptions. Thanks again and keep up the good work!
Nancy
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Hello
I read the book Fatal Vision many years ago. I am stunned that the courts are reviewing this case again. Jeffrey MacDonald is clearly a murderer. What can the public do to assist Mr. Stevenson in his quest to keep this monster locked up.
Mr. Stevenson will be in my prayers. It is sad that the Kassabs not only lost their daughter and grandchildren but were forced to spend their twilight years and resources seeking justice for Colette. Now Mr Stevenson continues. This nightmare never ends.
Arliene
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I SAW THE JEFF MACDONALD PICS HE ONLY HAD THOSE WOUNDS? I THOUGHT THAT HE HAD 19 STAB WOUNDS?
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When I saw MacDonald's wife on Larry King the first thing that went through my mind was how badly I feel for the Colette's family. In this interview she stated she felt a "bond" with Colette and was sure she (Colette) would be appalled MacDonald's situation. She further stated that the man she knows and loves could never have committed this crime. Upon viewing a clip of Colette's brother, this woman had the nerve to say, he never attended the trial of MacDonald, and has never been interested in his sister's murder. I find her comments appalling!
My friend who I mentioned in my initial e-mail has to endure the same types of insults from supporters of the murderer of her son. It just seems to me the families are forever victimized in a cases like these.
Once again, thank you for your time in responding to me.
Darryn Franklin
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Christina, I think this is a wonderful thing that you are doing by honoring the victims of this tragedy as it seems that Dr. MacDonald has made it all about him! I would like to know how you became involved/interested in the case, and are you in the legal profession?
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I AM OUTRAGED AT MRS. MACDONALD'S STATEMENT THAT COLETTE, KIMBERLY, AND KRISTEN IS "HER" FAMILY!!!!!! HOW HORRIBLE FOR COLETTE'S FAMILY TO HAVE HER BE SO BRAZEN AS TO THINK SHE IS PART OF THE COLETTE'S FAMILY! USING THAT AS SOME SORT OF TOOL TO TRY TO SHOW JEFFREY MACDONALD'S INNOCENCE!! SHAME ON YOU!! SHE MIGHT WANT TO BE CAREFUL IN HER FIGHT TO GET HIM OUT OF JAIL. AS WE ARE ALL AWARE OF, JEFFERY MACDONALD HAS NO PROBLEM MURDERING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. AS SOME HAS SAID, BETTER BE CAREFUL IN WHAT YOU WISH FOR!
JANICE HEDDEN
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After reading the DNA results posted on your website, I then checked Jeffrey MacDonald's official site and cannot believe how they've twisted the results around in his favor. Am I missing something? Maybe you can help me with this, because as a follower of the case for years and one who always believed in his guilt, I find it hard to believe that he can actually be celebrating this.
Alicia
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After reading the book Fatal Vision, I was compelled to further research the topic. Thank you for providing me with all the information I needed. I would just like to conclude that I hope that he rots in hell for the acts that he committed on his family!!!!
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Hi,
Great work. I have been weaving through here and I can't find what I am hunting. Can you help? I want to know who requested and signed the exhumation order-did a court order it or did Mr. Kassab approve it for the DOJ? I am also curious about his personal complaint. I would like to read it and know what jurisdiction and court it was filed in?
You have done such an incredible job I am sure it is here some where. I am on about page 1,000 and counting.
Thanks for your time.
Oh, I am a technical writer -- can I help out? A few bucks for your outrageous copy and scan costs even with a Pacer account this is not cheap? I am also a fair web designer. Let me know.
Thanks again
Claudya
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This is well thought out an organized web site. Kudos to you, for this is a very interesting case, with more ups and downs that any other legal case I have seen. I was wondering if you could tell me where things stand right now in light of the DNA findings. Is MacDonald officially done or does he have any more avenues of appeal to pursue. Appreciate any feedback you could present me.
John
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I am an attorney in Florida. I have always been interested in true crime cases and I remember reading Fatal Vision when it first came out. Recently I had seen the articles in regards to an affidavit that a former US Marshall had filed and I began to look at the case again. In the last few weeks I have read through everything- including everything on your website. I have no doubt that Mr. MacDonald is guilty of this horrible crime. Unfortunately, if the retired US Marshall is believed the actions of Mr. Blackburn may be cause for a new trial. If true, Mr. Blackburn's actions are appalling. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
I simply wanted to take a moment to thank you for putting this website together and allowing people to come to their own opinion in regards to this case. I very much appreciated the opportunity to look at the whole picture and decide if I felt he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. In my professional opinion, this case is not even close.
Thank you again.
Jon
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Dear Christina:
Is there anything I can do besides writing an email to Larry King. I Know a lot of people wrote to him after his last program in March with Mrs. Macd. I didn't watch the LK shows in 2003 and 2005 - Maryland. But I ordered them on VHS and watched them both. I was so angered with LK - and Mrs. Macd lied and lied again......(Jeff was in the ICU for 9 days????) He had two surgeries...???? I know about the chest tube - but she made it sound like they were major surgeries................
I will see what people from LK respond. Why does LK allow these untruths about the MacDonald case on his program. I currently think less of him. If there is anytime when the public is able to do more to keep Jeff in jail --- count me in.....
I hope you are well and thank you soooo much for posting the crime scene photos. I have always wondered what it must of felt like being in that house that night ---- And as I looked at those photos I felt like I was there - it was so creepy - but I noooo longer have to wonder about what the crime scene looked like ....Thanks so much for letting the public experience a little of what you have experienced over a lifetime.
Sylvia
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