JenniferTx
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Did McDonald ever admit that he was on meth that night?
He admitted to taking in the weeks prior to the murders - but not to abusing - Eskatrol, which is a diet pill and amphetamine.Did McDonald ever admit that he was on meth that night?
MacDonald claimed to have mistaken the plank for a baseball bat.I just listened to his old interview with Larry King. McDonald said that one of the attackers was swinging a baseball bat at him. I thought, in actuality, LE found some kind of wooden plank outside the back door- not a baseball bat. Maybe I'm remembering McDonald's story incorrectly. If it was a baseball bat, where did the attackers supposedly get that from? Did McDonald have one in the apartment?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tor-killing-pregnant-wife-daughters-1970.html
Snippet:
U.S. District Court James Fox will consider two types of evidence: three hairs that don't match the family's DNA and a statement from Jimmy Britt, a deputy U.S. marshal when the case was tried. Britt, who has since died, gave a statement to defense attorneys in 2005 that he heard prosecutor Jim Blackburn threaten Helena Stoeckley, a troubled local woman whom MacDonald had identified as one of the attackers.
A previous MacDonald attorney has said Stoeckley was prepared to testify she was in the MacDonald home the night of the murders until Blackburn threatened to charge her with the slayings. She later testified she couldn't remember where she was that night.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted MacDonald's request for the hearing. It's expected to last up to two weeks, and Fox will determine whether to order a new trial.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/15/jeffrey-macdonald-dna_n_1886547.html?utm_hp_ref=crime
I've semi-followed this case for years. It'll be interesting to see what turn this is going to take now!
Wasn't there another author who worked with McDonald?
McDonald agreed to work with this author with the premise that McDonald was innocent.
After much time, money and investigation the author concluded McDonald was guilty.
Anyone else remember this being the case?
Yes, that's Joe McGinniss' book Fatal Vision. This was the first true crime murder that I became fascinated with. I could understand someone killing their spouse in a fit of rage, but not murdering their two young sleeping daughters. I still have the paperback from when it was first published.