Silverglate predicts that even after examining the new evidence, Judge Fox will not grant Jeffrey MacDonald a new trial. WebIn July 1974, a Federal judge acted on a citizen's criminal complaint by Kassab and others, by putting the case before a grand jury. "We're concentrating on the actions of the shooter, because what happens to the victim is outside our control the line between a non-fatal shooting and a murder is wafer thin. The defendant has no obligation to prove anything whatsoever. The military hearing found that the charges against MacDonald were not true. Rep. Allard Lowenstein supporting MacDonalds claim that the Army wrongfully accused him and were trying to cover up their mistake. However, his American dream suddenly became a nightmare in 1970 when his family was found brutally stabbed to death in their home. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesGrieving mother Mildred Kassab weeps for her daughter while being escorted into JFK Memorial Chapel to see her buried. At some time before 3.30am someone brutally attacked the MacDonald family in their home at 544 Castle Drive on what was then the open military base of Fort Bragg. Jeffrey MacDonald, a bright young man with everything in life to look forward to, lost his wife and children to senseless, horrific violence. WebWadea Kassab was born in Damascus in 1872 to an Orthodox family that had long and deep connections to British and American Protestant missionaries in Damascus and Beirut. It didnt make sense. The lead prosecutor for the case, Jim Blackburn began to analyze every piece of evidence from the trial, including MacDonald's pajama shirt, which was draped over Colette's body, and the bedsheet she was wrapped in. {{ post.roar_specific_data.api_data.analytics }}. Oueida amassed a fortune before he was imprisoned in 2011, and had done so through dealing drugs, and doing it more rapaciously than anyone in recent history: hence the $6 million in a Swiss bank account, light plane, Ferrari and $2.8 million mansion he had when he was arrested. Waters rubbished that explanation. This note says: 'Brian, Im giving you this lab report. Or maybe theres something else at work: Picture #2 is even more awful to see than Picture #1. That didnt happen here. No attempt was made to locate the woman that night. But his mother and father-in-law did not want him to do that. In 1989after Freddy Kassab had been diagnosed with emphysemahe decided to videotape his arguments against MacDonalds release and arranged for the tape to be played, if necessary, in front of a parole board after he died, according to the Orlando Sentinel. How I Changed My Mind About the Jeffrey MacDonald Murder Case. MacDonald, bloody but alive, was next to his wife, who had been pregnant with their third child when she was stabbed 16 times with a kitchen knife and 21 times with an icepick. Others relate to significant organised crime figures, and their businesses, such as tattoo parlours. Wadea died in February, 1972; Aelyas in October, 1987. LP: Did anything new come out in the Wilmington hearing in September? The couples youngest daughter, 2-year-old Kristen, had a total of 33 stab wounds. Wadea Kassab was born in Damascus in 1872 to an Orthodox family that had long and deep connections to British and American Protestant missionaries in Damascus and Beirut. His uncle, Salim Kassab, was a long-time assistant to, first, Lady Hester Stanhope and later to Elizabeth Bowen Thompson, who helped found British mission schools in Greater Syria. 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LP: In Joe McGinnis book, Fatal Vision, Freddy Kassab, MacDonalds father-in-law, was presented as the protagonist. Most recently, retired US Marshall Jimmy Britt came forward with information that another suspect in the case, Helena Stoeckley, admitted to the prosecutor that she was in the house on the night of MacDonalds murder and that he threatened to indict her for first-degree murder if she admitted that in court. But, they believe, the deterrent effect of jailing them, even if their victim remains tight-lipped, will have an impact. Eventually, after pressure from Colettes family, MacDonald was indicted and found guilty of the three murders on August 29, 1979. You can give it to him.' On the evening of the murders, Jeffrey MacDonald had taken his kids to ride the pony he had bought them, fed them dinner while their mother took a night class, and put them to bed. It was almost as scary as Helter Skelter the story of the Charles Manson murders in Californa that are said to have inspired Jeffrey MacDonald in the coverup for his homicidal rampage. He remained haunted by the horrific way his stepdaughter and grandchildren had lost their lives. In July 1974, a Federal judge acted on a citizen's criminal complaint by Kassab and others, by putting the case before a grand jury. Not only did the living room show few signs of a struggle, but the murder weapons were found outside the back door. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! He drew on his previous knowledge of MacDonald, who he had met years earlier while courting Colettes mother, Mildred. @2022 - AlterNet Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Tonight when I retire to my bed, I will not feel as safe from unpredictable evils as I did when I was a teenager reading scary stories. Vietnam-era Fayetteville was not sleepy Raleigh in the 1980s. Even before bureaucratic stalling and federal machinery overtook the search for truth, things were working against Jeffrey MacDonald. But Silverglate points out that those lawyers have been up against an increasingly perverse system in which ancient legal rights like habeas corpus have been tossed aside in the name of preserving convictions at any cost. Inside The Assassination Of Detlev Rohwedder, The Politician Who Tried To Unify East And West German Businesses, Someone Just Paid Over $81,000 For A Blood-Stained Lock Of Abraham Lincoln's Hair, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch, Steve Liss/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images. MacDonald settled into bachelor life, buying a yacht and marina-front condominium in Long Beach, California, Vanity Fair reports. Eventually, he turned on the man he had once so ardently defended. The irony not lost on police, community members and other underworld figures is that while Osman may be a victim of that cycle, his family have survived from perpetuating it. Two members of the Tiba family have been charged in relation to the shooting. Friends since grade school, he and Colette Stevens began dating as teenagers, and grew serious during college. The ONeills befriended him and altered the course of his life. Ill be seeing him. Well, Bernie Segal told me that he never saw it.. The simple acts of coming and going as I please and caring for my own basic needs have been denied him. He awoke to the sound of screaming and found three male intruders being overseen by a blonde woman. Shes haunting this case. These were the families police identified in 2011 as causing most of the trouble in the band, which stretches roughly from Coburg North to Campbellfield, then in an arc around to Altona in 6,889 Family Trees. It begins with Aelyas' grandfather Elyas Kassab, born in 1814, and traces the family through the nineteenth century; particular attention is paid. According to her, they wanted to teach MacDonald a lesson and rough up his family the night of the killings. Freddie Kassab and CID investigators returned to the crime scene in 1971 to contrast MacDonalds claims with the evidence and found his narrative implausible. LP: Judge Fox is a close friend of Judge Dupree, who presided over the 1979 trial. In 1920 there were 5 Kassab families living in Pennsylvania. Others would say that that was a healthy thing to do. ", Bob Stevenson, Colettes brother, described his stepfathers reaction to the television appearance as visceral and said it had wrenched his guts., Things werent being said right, inflections of the voice, he said. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. Young woman; old woman. Picture #2. 959 Census & Voter Lists. This manuscript by Aelyas Kassab is a history of the Kassab family and a biography of Aelyas' own life. Bernie Segal, a long-haired Jewish lawyer from Philadelphia, took the lead in the case and managed to alienate the entire courtroom. MacDonald claimed the mysterious blonde woman who oversaw the murders was wearing a floppy hat and high-heeled boots and was holding a candle while chanting, Acid is groovy. Worse still, Judge Franklin Dupree seemed to have his mind made up before the trial began. "I wish it was as simple as saying all our non-fatal shootings went back to five families, because if it did, we would target those five families and we'd kick it in the guts, but it's actually not that simple.". Two members of the Tiba family have been charged in relation to the shooting. That is why, police say, it is important to consider what the shooting represents, rather than the act itself. Wadea left Syria in 1889 with two companions and arrived in the United States that same year. Another page in another chapter in the new gangland war. Their hold on the region no longer remains absolute. And absolutely nothing fit, Kassab told the Orlando Sentinel in 1989. Anybody could. A portrait photograph of Wadea (left) and Aelyas (right) Kassab. Soldiers corpses arrived at Fort Bragg stuffed with heroin. Family members of radio personality Casey Kasem have settled a lawsuit against his widow that alleged her neglect and physical abuse led to his death in 2014. Even back then, if you polled Fayetteville folks, you might have found that a lot of people did not believe that he did it. With their encouragement, he graduated from dental school in Philadelphia in 1895 and set up a practice in Chester. At the moment, the five Haddaras are similarly constrained, with only one of them free, two dead and two in prison. They dont know the truth any more than I do. LP: One of the things that struck me in reading Errol Morris book was the use of the psychopath diagnosis in court and how problematic that is. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! The now 76-year-old is serving three consecutive life sentences and is currently housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland . The strength of the families now almost a decade after the launch of Santiago are largely determined by how many of them have been killed or locked up. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. Wade Smith rarely grants interviews. This was about 31% of all the recorded Kassab's in USA. Colette was relieved to find out her husband would not be stationed in Vietnam and the whole family was overjoyed to learn she was pregnant for a third time. His most significant injury was a puncture wound and deflated lung. Inexperienced military police failed to pick up a woman near the house who fit MacDonalds description. I even laughed at the idea of hippie murderers in North Carolina. Kassab a one-time Canadian Army intelligence operator who had once lost his own wife and daughter in a bombing of London during World War II initially believed MacDonalds account of the night and became a staunch and vocal supporter of his son-in-law, the Washington Post reported in 1984. It has Charles Manson written all over it. It ultimately concluded that MacDonalds wounds were self-inflicted, and his story entirely fabricated. Eventually, after pressure from Colettes family, MacDonald was indicted and found guilty of the three murders on August 29, 1979. McGinniss' publisher settled with MacDonald out of court, after the judge called the author a conman. (This story, in its own right, became a famous book about journalistic ethics by Janet Malcolm.). At the time, Kassab still believed the real perpetrators of the crime had been the four hippies that MacDonald said had broken into the home. We need your support in this difficult time. But it is also hard to feel any empathy, or concern as Victorians do about other crimes against more innocent victims that it could happen to them. View all records. To realize he had done it, and Colette loved him, and when you sit back and picture in your minds eye what happened that night, with him attacking, and I know from the autopsy reports what was done to the two children, you cant help but visualize in your mind, though we dont talk about it, Freddy Kassab told The Washington Post in 1984, just as the popular mini-series Fatal Vision, which depicted the crimes, was airing across the country. I accused the Army of every blunder that they made in the original investigation, he once said, according to the docuseries. He was more interested in working with people on hallucinogenic and things like that. He wanted his son-in-law to stay on the east coast and pursue the killers. Next, the defense decided to call the suspected blonde woman Helena Stoeckley as a witness. He tried to take his case to the Supreme Court in 1979, but they declined to review the lower courts decision. And as is believed to have been the case when a large drug shipment made its way to the region in the past five years, and the Kassab/Kheir family made temporary peace with the Tibas that can sometimes mean forming a truce to distribute the product, and ensure its security. His memoir first describes the family history, especially the career of his uncle Salim Kassab. His honesty and humility regarding these losses give the story its poignancy. View all records. Wadea and Aelyas Kassab are both buried in Pennsylvania. Judge James Fox, a close friend of Dupree's and quite elderly himself, has taken over and has dismissed appeals. They introduced a 1970 issue of Esquire found in MacDonalds house containing a detailed account of the Sharon Tate murders to suggest that he had created a copycat story based on the Manson familys crimes. He went directly to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where a teacher of his had settled. However, instead of the firm defense MacDonald expected, the 1983 bestseller A Fatal Vision described him as a narcissistic psychopath.. Some people would say that was the wrong thing to do. She was the type of girlthe best way I can explain it, I never met a girl that did not like Colette, he once told the Washington Post. He also tried to get the case dismissed, claiming double jeopardy and starting an appeals process that would delay his trial for years. Soon I was reading Morris A Wilderness of Error, feeling skeptical and wondering why this reputable man would involve himself in a case that everyone and their mother (including mine) knew the truth about. In 1970 America was gripped by the horror of the Manson murders a fact used against MacDonald because he subscribed to Esquire magazine, which had run a story about the dark side of hippie culture. But did hippie intruders make sense? Two members of the Tiba family have been charged in relation to the shooting. The persistence paid off and in 1974, a grand jury indicted Jeffrey MacDonald on three counts of murder after seven months of testimony and evidence, according to Vanity Fair. When we were walking out of the house, I was warned that convicting MacDonald wasnt going to be that simple, Kassab said. A neighbors dog and MP guards securing the MacDonald property. MacDonald was convicted twice, both in the courtroom and in the all-important court of public opinion, which was sealed by McGinniss book and miniseries. The bedroom of Kristen and Kimberly MacDonald, mere hours after they were murdered. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesRep. Colette MacDonald and her daughters suffered horrific violence as they were killed on February 17, 1970 at their Fort Bragg home. We even came back at night so we would have the same lighting conditions as the night of the murders. Next, his trial in Raleigh, North Carolina presided over by Judge Franklin Dupree began on July 16, 1979. And absolutely nothing fit, Kassab told the, To realize he had done it, and Colette loved him, and when you sit back and picture in your minds eye what happened that night, with him attacking, and I know from the autopsy reports what was done to the two children, you cant help but visualize in your mind, though we dont talk about it, Freddy Kassab told, Stevenson told reporters in 2005 that he had promised Freddy Kassab on his death bed that he would continue the familys quest to keep MacDonald behind bars, according to. Finally, in Wilmington, Jerry Leonard was ordered to tell what she had said to him 30 years ago. We needed the Kassabs to shut up, just calm down, let us do the investigation and well find out who did it.. Recently, the Fourth District Court of Appeals ordered Fox to consider new evidence, and to examine all the evidence as a whole. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. Wade Smith: Its a very spooky case. Nothing unique in any way. This can drive a surge in shootings, and then be forgotten again just as quickly, said Detective Inspector Stephen Clark of the armed crime squad. MacDonald, bloody but alive, was next to his wife, who had been pregnant with their third child when she was stabbed 16 times with a kitchen knife and 21 times with an icepick. Investigating Officer Warren Rock ultimately recommended the charges be dismissed at the conclusion of the hearing and MacDonald began to move forward with his life, leaving the Army, selling most of the familys possessions in a yard sale, and moving to California. Brighton terrorist Yacqub Khayre allegedly was only a phone call to a north-west contact away from being able to obtain the shotgun he used to kill a man, take a woman hostage and shoot three police last month. Although Kassab didnt join the family until Colette was a teenager, he had always been close with his stepdaughter. He didnt do that. I personally delivered a copy by hand to every congressman and every senator in the country.. I would have told the jury that it doesnt make sense. He explained his lie initially by attributing it to drug addiction-induced paranoia and then said he believed that once he told his family the lies, he had to keep lying.. A judge later awarded MacDonald $50,000 of the proceeds but gave the remainder of his $325,000 share to attorneys, MacDonalds mother and the Kassabs. MacDonald had only one stab wound, which the hospital surgeon later described as a clean, small, sharp incision that made his left lung partially collapse. The lead prosecutor for the case, Jim Blackburn began to analyze every piece of evidence from the trial, including MacDonald's pajama shirt, which was draped over Colette's body, and the bedsheet she was wrapped in. And she told him she had been there, at the MacDonald home, the night of the murders. I thought the world of Judge Dupree. He could get an answer by the end of this year. Psychiatric professionals on both sides pronounced him incapable of having committed the crimes. When the show was over, I retired to the security of my bed, safe from unpredictable evils. Their second child Kristen was born in May 1967. After learning about the case of convicted killer and U.S. Army surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald, read about John List, who killed his family in cold blood and then disappeared for 18 years. But there was no evidence that had ever taken place. Even scarier stories, Ive found, can be true. LP: What has this case revealed about the flaws in our judicial system? Marc Smerling thinks he has some idea. But MacDonalds legal teamled by Bernie Segalpersuaded the Fourth Circuit Court to throw out the charges, claiming that MacDonald had been denied a speedy trial. 1,169 Birth, Marriage & Death. MacDonald invited author Joe McGinniss to write a book about the case before it had reached a verdict. MacDonald claimed he'd broke his arm in the fatal scuffle, but Kearns would later say in an interview that authorities had MacDonald under surveillance at the time and did not observe any broken arm. But it wasnt until Kassab revisited the crime scene himself in 1972 that he finally believed that his son-in-law had been the killer. Ive got the patience of Job.. I have read transcripts, articles, books, opinions, blogs, and bizarre rantings about psychopaths on Joe McGinniss Web site to help me more clearly see the picture of the MacDonald case. They grew to become serious forces, in part, because of failures by police to respond to the problem. When police showed their hand regarding the organised crime threat, back in 2011, the Tibas were at war with the Kassabs and Kheirs. Why the MacDonald Case Matters to Everyone. He read the papers at a little square table and he sat there and he chain smoked three packs a day, day after day after day going over and over everything, Bob Stevenson recalled in the docuseries. 6,889 Family Trees. MacDonald said there had been a stabbing and begged for an ambulance. We even came back at night so we would have the same lighting conditions as the night of the murders. Some said he should never have taken the case because his former son-in-law was the prosecutor in the original army hearing. Years after he was blasted with a shotgun by a crime figure who continues to wield influence in the north-west, one victim is still dealing with his injuries. WebIn July 1974, a Federal judge acted on a citizen's criminal complaint by Kassab and others, by putting the case before a grand jury. The new war involves men with names many Victorians could barely pronounce shooting each other in downtrodden suburbs they have almost certainly never visited. Despite a lack of motive and no history of violence, MacDonald was convicted of the second-degree murders of Colette and Kimberly, and the first-degree murder of Kristen. The Tibas, Haddaras, Chaouks, Kassabs, and Kheirs are north-west Melbourne's version of the Five Families, the major players in the New York mafia. WS: In every murder of a spouse, the remaining spouse is the number-one suspect and is almost always charged. Since last September, the Tibas are suspected of involvement in at least six non-fatal shootings, a bashing and multiple home invasions. There was violence. Its a scary, spooky story that sounds made up. And police officers knowing how to take care of a crime scene and preserve it. One thing about this case is never in doubt no matter whos talking: If Wade Smith had been able to lead and give his closing remarks, MacDonald would be a free man today. Marc Smerling thinks he has some idea. Desperate to save his family, he said he fought back until they stabbed him and beat him unconscious. In 1920 there were 5 Kassab families living in Pennsylvania. Jeffrey MacDonald behind bars in Terminal Island federal penitentiary. Thank you. But it didnt take long to realize that something was wrong. The man is a fanatic.. In the hearing we just had in Wilmington she played an important role, decades after her death. There may be hope that MacDonald will eventually gain his freedom and at least be able to live the last few years of his life outside of a prison cell. Maybe more than I would have thought as a teen. There was a re-examination of the fibers found on the bodies of Collette and the children. The Kassab brothers both raised their families in Chester, where they also practiced dentistry. A finger squeezes a trigger until the chamber empties. 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