The couple got married when Colette was just 20 years old after discovering that she was pregnant. Colettes grieving parents grew suspicious after a November 1970 phone call in which MacDonald claimed he found and killed one of the intruders. The now 76-year-old is serving three consecutive life sentences and is currently housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland . Jeffrey MacDonald had it all. Both brothers married women in Syria and brought them back to the United States. He claimed they chanted, Kill the pigs!Acid is groovy! and scrawled the word PIG on the wall in his wifes blood. Make a one-time contribution to Alternet All Access, Two members of the Tiba family have been charged in relation to the shooting. 1,169 Birth, Marriage & Death. Because that's what crime figures do in the north-west, most of the time. The stakes are too high for it not to work, Detective Inspector Clark said. Then, if someone draws your attention to certain details, suddenly the picture transforms into the profile of an old woman. Psychiatric professionals on both sides pronounced him incapable of having committed the crimes. 2015 NC State University. I used to joke with him when I saw him around Hey Jerry, isnt there something you want to tell us? But he couldnt, and he likely would have gone to his grave carrying the secret of what Helena told him had it not been for that hearing. He was found guilty and given three life sentences on Aug. 26, 1979. We need your support in this difficult time. Grieving mother Mildred Kassab weeps for her daughter while being escorted into JFK Memorial Chapel to see her buried. "There was a young kid that was shot, and he's paralysed from the chest down for the rest of his life. He claimed that he had been asleep on the couch when at least four drug-crazed hippies broke into the home and savagely killed the family. 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. Its a disorienting trick. The Kassab brothers both raised their families in Chester, where they also practiced dentistry. Recently, the Fourth District Court of Appeals ordered Fox to consider new evidence, and to examine all the evidence as a whole. The simple acts of coming and going as I please and caring for my own basic needs have been denied him. or click here to become a subscriber. 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. Often, the spouse turns out to have committed the murder, so its not surprising that the case turned to McDonald. 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. 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. When the show was over, I retired to the security of my bed, safe from unpredictable evils. I dont have that magic. 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. In October 1970, following an investigation and hearing, the military dropped its case against MacDonald, and he was honorably discharged from the army. 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. I held out to the last ditch. A neighbors dog and MP guards securing the MacDonald property. Pennsylvania had the highest population of Kassab families in 1920. Rep. Allard Lowenstein supporting MacDonalds claim that the Army wrongfully accused him and were trying to cover up their mistake. He told authorities that hetried to fight off the attackers but was wounded and eventually collapsed in the hallwaylater regaining consciousness and discovering his family had been killed, according to the new FX docuseries A Wilderness of Error.. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. That was my closing argument. In Fayetteville, an army town, strong tensions existed between army types like Jeffrey MacDonald on one side of the war, and hippies and protesters on the other. And, in media appearances like his interview on The Dick Cavett Show, meanwhile, MacDonald appeared suspiciously at ease. "More senior criminal figures are exploiting the vulnerabilities of younger or less sophisticated offenders," he said. The now 76-year-old is serving three consecutive life sentences and is currently housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland . 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 I thought the world of Judge Dupree. Two members of the Tiba family have been charged in relation to the shooting. None of this has set MacDonald free. Kill the pigs.. Mildred and Freddy Kassab both died, months apart, in 1994. 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. But he is hopeful that the Fourth Court of Appeals, located in Richmond, Virginia, will take a careful look at the case and as a whole be more favorable to MacDonald. LP: Then why did MacDonald, the emblem of law-and-order, the Green Beret, become a suspect? Many felt that his acquittal would be a cinch, but much more was to go wrong. He did interviews. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. But his mother and father-in-law did not want him to do that. 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. Born Jeffrey Robert MacDonald on Oct. 12, 1943, in New York City, the fledgling doctor grew up in Patchogue, Long Island. Thank you. It sickened me and it enraged me.. 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 the west. Is it possible that Jeffrey MacDonald will get justice under these circumstances? We needed the Kassabs to shut up, just calm down, let us do the investigation and well find out who did it.. He tried to take his case to the Supreme Court in 1979, but they declined to review the lower courts decision. 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.. On Sept. 17, 2012, in Wilmington, N.C., a crowd of familiar faces assembled for a new hearing. I even laughed at the idea of hippie murderers in North Carolina. Wadea died in February, 1972; Aelyas in October, 1987. They are the dealers who, as Osman Tiba alluded to, were probably driven to the job because of their own addictions who cannot afford to forgive a middling debt, even if it is only for a few hundred dollars. Nothing unique in any way. In 1984 I was glued to the TV, like millions of other Americans, watching the popular miniseries based on McGinniss book. Every time we pursued a lead it just turned us around and directed us back toward Jeffrey MacDonald. Freddie Kassab and CID investigators returned to the crime scene in 1971 to contrast MacDonalds claims with the evidence and found his narrative implausible. 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. 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. Jeffrey MacDonald behind bars in Terminal Island federal penitentiary. The now 76-year-old is serving three consecutive life sentences and is currently housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland . Waters rubbished that explanation. It didnt make sense. It frustrates police that low-level gangsters without a shred of integrity jut their chins out and shake their heads in a misplaced attempt at honour when asked who shot them, despite, in many instances, being maimed for life. Then he injured himself and set up the scene to make the crimes appear to be the work of intruders. And a victim falls on the concrete. 6,889 Family Trees. Kassab wanted to find justice and began writing letters to the Army and congressmen slamming the investigators for their errors and urging authorities to continue the investigation. 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. He was troubled by MacDonalds apparently cavalier attitude about the brutal murders on an appearance of "The Dick Cavett Show. Its a scary, spooky story that sounds made up. And yet there are thousands of people in North Carolina who do not believe he did it. Even before bureaucratic stalling and federal machinery overtook the search for truth, things were working against Jeffrey MacDonald. 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. He was a nice, presentable young man. Bettmann/Getty ImagesThe bedroom of Kristen and Kimberly MacDonald, mere hours after they were murdered. "There's a lot of luck good and bad in a non-fatal shooting, You can be shot once and die, or you can be shot five times and live. WS: Yes. He claimed that he had been asleep on the couch when at least, 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, We reconstructed the murders using what McDonald said. Marc Smerling thinks he has some idea. Tragically, the comparisons to the Sharon Tate killing were striking. Not only had the word pig been scrawled on the bedroom headboard in his wifes blood but she and her unborn baby were dead. Make a one-time contribution to Alternet All Access, Scott Adams and why American capitalism kneels before a bigger God. Steve Liss/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty ImagesJeffrey MacDonald behind bars in Terminal Island federal penitentiary. Some of the shootings are retribution for the severe prison bashing of Bassam Tiba, underworld sources say. I was born in May of that year, and would thus be the same age as the child Colette MacDonald was carrying when her life was snuffed out. They dont know the truth any more than I do. It begins with Aelyas' grandfather Elyas Kassab, born in 1814, and traces the family through the nineteenth century; particular attention is paid. Soldiers corpses arrived at Fort Bragg stuffed with heroin. MacDonald, it appeared, had been endlessly, unfaithful having at least 15 girlfriends, Vanity Fair reports. LP: In Joe McGinnis book, Fatal Vision, Freddy Kassab, MacDonalds father-in-law, was presented as the protagonist. Lynn Parramore: In all your years as a lawyer, what makes this case stand out? Weve covered everything thrown at us this past year and will continue to do so with your support. You can give it to him.' When police showed their hand regarding the organised crime threat, back in 2011, the Tibas were at war with the Kassabs and Kheirs. Finally, in Wilmington, Jerry Leonard was ordered to tell what she had said to him 30 years ago. For his part, MacDonald called Kassab and made a grandiose claim that he and some Green Beret buddies had gone out on the streets to look for the hippies responsible and found and killed one of them. Vietnam-era Fayetteville was not sleepy Raleigh in the 1980s. They were hardly as connected as the mob in Manhattan, but they had serious clout. 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. In a video published online in December, he spoke about how he had overcome drug addiction, and detailed the cycle of using, getting hooked, needing money, and then committing crime. {{ post.roar_specific_data.api_data.analytics }}. Marc Smerling thinks he has some idea. In 1978, MacDonalds case went to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, who rejected it. These victims include Rachad Adra, who was killed and his four-year-old son injured, when a gunman with a high-powered weapon shot the wrong house in Thomastown in October 2015, and Khaled Abouhasna, who was killed in a shooting ambush six months earlier when he was mistaken for a ruthless standover man. 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. Morris researched the MacDonald case for 20 years and knows each labyrinthine turn of its progress through the criminal justice system. MacDonald later admitted the claim had been a lie. His relentless persistence prompted the government to open a second investigation. Stories about the innocent caught in a machine that perverts every possibility of justice. When we were walking out of the house, I was warned that convicting MacDonald wasnt going to be that simple, Kassab said. There are only two possible pictures, both nightmares. Next, the defense decided to call the suspected blonde woman Helena Stoeckley as a witness. 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. Not only did victims of drug addiction build that fortune, but there are the consequences of maintaining this empire. Desperate to save his family, he said he fought back until they stabbed him and beat him unconscious. 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. By now, many members of the original hearing and 1979 trial are dead, including Judge Dupree. But in the years that followed the gruesome murders, Kassab drastically changed his opinion of his surgeon son-in-law and became one of MacDonalds fiercest adversariesleading the charge to have MacDonald tried for three counts of murder in the case. Wadea and Aelyas Kassab are both buried in Pennsylvania. No particular families run any particular suburbs; they are all dealing, all the time, to whoever buys. Freddy was not going to quit. What do you recall of the in-laws in the 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. All rights reserved. He claimed there was insufficient evidence, while civilian defense attorney Bernard Segal argued the CID had improperly handled the scene and that alternative suspects like local drug addict Helena Stoeckley, believed to be the blonde woman at the scene, continued to roam free. 959 Census & Voter Lists. Which leaves one of the five families the Tibas. No attempt was made to locate the woman that night. But there was, including wax drippings (MacDonald insisted that one of the intruders carried a candle), fibers, and hairs that did not belong to the household or family members. Judge James Fox, a close friend of Dupree's and quite elderly himself, has taken over and has dismissed appeals. But it didnt take long to realize that something was wrong. Kassab said in that moment, as he stood in the preserved crime scene, he realized the man he had once considered a loving partner to his stepdaughter had slaughtered his family and then staged the attack. Walk through the house, walk through the rooms and talk about what we know,investigator Mike Pickering said in the docuseries. He continued to work as a doctor and moved to California. In 1982, she sat down with Gunderson and Beasley in a taped interview, claiming that she had been part of a satanic cult that had killed the family because MacDonald was not cooperative in helping heroin addicts during his time at Fort Bragg. Unfortunately for MacDonald, she would never admit any memory of her involvement in the killings in court. MacDonald sued McGinniss for fraud in 1987, with a mistrial leading them to settle out of court for $325,000. Four men walking to a car, a silver four-wheel drive pulling alongside and obscuring them from view, and then Oueida writhing on the ground, before he hobbles for his life, back towards the Coburg Mosque, where he had just finished afternoon prayer. He was more interested in working with people on hallucinogenic and things like that. Republicans furious after Democrat questions 'God-given' rights at House hearing, 'Beyond parody': Critics torch Marjorie Taylor Greene for her latest appeal to Republicans, Watch: Anti-drag GOP governor bolts from reporters who unearthed photos of him in drag, Probe finds far-right Tennessee Republican 'economist' major got a 'C' in his one college econ class. 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. 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. Worse still, Judge Franklin Dupree seemed to have his mind made up before the trial began. Some of the facts I thought I knew began to look more like ideas conjured by eager prosecutors and a journalist who had dealt so disingenuously with Jeffrey MacDonald in writing Fatal Vision that he was sued after publication. The bedroom of Kristen and Kimberly MacDonald, mere hours after they were murdered. 6,889 Family Trees. Their hold on the region no longer remains absolute. Until recently, most people saw Picture #1. He holds dual bachelor's degrees from Pace University and a master's degree from New York University. Official trailer for FX documentary series. He is outspoken about MacDonalds innocence, and when I called him, I could hear the years of outrage in his voice over the way the case has proceeded. Hes the guy that lives next door. 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. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Kassab surname lived. 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. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. But, they believe, the deterrent effect of jailing them, even if their victim remains tight-lipped, will have an impact. Friends since grade school, he and Colette Stevens began dating as teenagers, and grew serious during college. 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.. Bettmann/Getty ImagesA neighbors dog and MP guards securing the MacDonald property. Smerling is the director of the documentary series A Wilderness of Error, which examines the MacDonald case. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. He was given an honorable discharge. He could get an answer by the end of this year. 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. He also tried to get the case dismissed, claiming double jeopardy and starting an appeals process that would delay his trial for years. Freddie Kassab and CID investigators returned to the crime scene in 1971 to contrast MacDonalds claims with the evidence and found his narrative implausible. I contacted his office, and to my surprise, he was willing to talk to me. 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. Of all places! It is a misconception that the battles are over territory. 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. That kind of story never ends. 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. The ONeills befriended him and altered the course of his life. Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. But there is a reasonable doubt, and because there is a reasonable doubt it is absolutely clear that he should be set free. He looked angry on the stand. A lengthy trial heard Moustafa and Kassab had gone to the Brunswick panel beating shop to confront Moustafa over $50,000 in cash and $10,000 in aftershave they believe he had stolen. The couple sued MacDonald in 1987 to try to prevent him from profiting from Joe McGinniss book Fatal Vision, which served as the inspiration for the mini-series. You trust him. 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. - "Poynter" fonts provided by fontsempire.com. Colette MacDonald and her daughters suffered horrific violence as they were killed on February 17, 1970 at their Fort Bragg home. Yet, the new gangland war fails to capture the imagination. 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. 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. Take a guy like MacDonald. Detective Inspector Wayne Newman, from the North-West Metro region, says there has been an increase in higher ranking organised crime figures in the area insulating themselves from possible harm by using youth networks to do the grunt work. In a 2011 press release, the Innocence Project stated:. Jeffrey MacDonald, a Princeton-educated Green Beret doctor with no history of violence and a sterling record, butchered his pregnant wife and two young daughters using a knife, ice pick and club. 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. Freddy Kassab had inserted himself into the 1970 military hearing and made himself the center of a media circus, holding news conferences and firing off letters to members of Congress. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. And the physical evidence, the circumstantial evidence, just kept mounting against him and contradicting his story for events from that evening.. It appeared to investigators that MacDonald had staged the scene, inspired by the recent Manson Family murders to blame hippies for his crime. But then I felt uneasy. In other words, an FBI lab technician trusted exculpatory evidence to a member of the prosecution team. 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. Theyre the ones that wrote the Congress and said the Army screwed up this crime scene. That, in turn, drives a burgeoning black market for firearms, and has made the north-west the centre of the gun trade in this state. Silverglate predicts that even after examining the new evidence, Judge Fox will not grant Jeffrey MacDonald a new trial. 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. "Memoirs" by Wadea Kassab recounts Wadea's life from his childhood in Damascus and Bloudan, to his immigration to America in 1889, and through his pursuit of education and a career in dentistry. They grew to become serious forces, in part, because of failures by police to respond to the problem. A grandson, also called Abdul, was considered such a threat he was subject to a National Anti-Gang Squad investigation last year the Australian Federal Police led team that represents an even greater escalation in the police response than the formation of Santiago. There was a re-examination of the fibers found on the bodies of Collette and the children. Almost as notable as the endurance of these figures has been the relative indifference of society to the violence, particularly when compared with Melbourne's gangland war. Wherever you see the label psychopath," you could almost substitute monster or vampire youre talking about an unnatural person who does not behave according to normal human rules, and with that label, you can believe anything of them. He was more interested in working with people on hallucinogenic and things like that. The nine-year lag between the murders and the trial is extremely unusual; experts consider such a lag to pose a great danger of wrongful conviction. When the initial military hearing was conducted in 1970, no one in his life could be found who had a bad thing to say about him. That didnt happen here. 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