Jeffrey MacDonald: Family Annihilator
Who: Jeffrey MacDonald
What: Murder
When: February 17, 1970
Where: Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
**TRIGGER WARNING*** This post contains graphic details of the murder of children. Proceed with caution.
Story —
There are really only two stories here. There’s Jeffrey MacDonald’s story, and there is the truth. This case is solved, but there still seems to be a great deal of controversy in the true crime world over MacDonald’s guilt or innocence. I 100% believe that Jeffrey MacDonald killed his family and is exactly where he belongs, behind bars. First, I’m going to give you the story as told by Jeffrey MacDonald, then I will dig into what the evidence shows, the holes in MacDonald’s story, and what I believe actually happened.
On the evening of Monday, February 16, 1970, Colette MacDonald went to an evening class at a local college where she was taking courses in pursuit of an English degree, hoping to become a college professor. She arrived home around 9:30PM to find that her husband had already put her two young girls, five-year-old Kimberley and two-year-old Kristen, to bed. This was a seemingly normal Monday night in the McDonald home. Colette…
