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. The military hearing found that the charges against MacDonald were not true. 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. We need your support in this difficult time. Together, the manuscripts provide a detailed look into nearly a century of one familys history in Syria and the United States, as well as a rich insight into the social fabric and workplace challenges faced by early immigrants. He was more interested in working with people on hallucinogenic and things like that. No particular families run any particular suburbs; they are all dealing, all the time, to whoever buys. What do you recall of the in-laws in the trial? Aelyas (Elias) Kassab, Wadeas younger brother, was born in the Kassabs' summer residence in Bloudan, Syria in 1883. It implicates us all. But did hippie intruders make sense? Desperate to save his family, he said he fought back until they stabbed him and beat him unconscious. In the fall of 1963, they decided to get married and in April of the following year, their daughter Kimberly was born. 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. He was more interested in working with people on hallucinogenic and things like that. Wade Smith: Its a very spooky case. But there was no evidence that had ever taken place. 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. Even after the conviction, the Kassabs remained haunted by the heinous crime. Will artificial intelligence overthrow its capitalist overlords? He didnt do that. The crimes committed by the families were left to locally-based detectives to investigate, rather than specialist squads, until the Santiago Taskforce was formed in 2008. 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. Oh, yes. "More senior criminal figures are exploiting the vulnerabilities of younger or less sophisticated offenders," he said. The defendant has no obligation to prove anything whatsoever. Recently, the Fourth District Court of Appeals ordered Fox to consider new evidence, and to examine all the evidence as a whole. Smerling is the director of the documentary series A Wilderness of Error, which examines the MacDonald case. Now deceased, she remains a pivotal figure in the case. He could have gone on with his life, and he should have. McGinniss made the murders sound like the work of a diabolical genius, a man who could transform in a moment from a loving father to a homicidal maniac, and again, in the blink of an eye, to a calculating conman. Back in the 1979 trial, a lawyer named Jerry Leonard represented Helena Stoeckley. Evidence the defense never saw. 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. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. Such is the power of a good story. Is it possible that Jeffrey MacDonald will get justice under these circumstances? 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. Helena Stoeckley confessed many times that MacDonalds willingness to turn heroin addicts in to the police infuriated local drug dealers. Even before bureaucratic stalling and federal machinery overtook the search for truth, things were working against Jeffrey MacDonald. You sure Errol Morris wrote the book? She was sure. 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. Harvey Silverglate, a renowned civil liberties advocate, has been an appellate attorney for MacDonald. But of the evidence that Morris presents, perhaps most convincing is the piece cited in MacDonalds 2017 federal appeal. Colettes grieving parents grew suspicious after a November 1970 phone call in which MacDonald claimed he found and killed one of the intruders. 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. After 3 a.m. on Feb. 17, 1970, dispatchers at Fort Bragg received an emergency call from the MacDonalds 544 Castle Drive address. In 1984 I was glued to the TV, like millions of other Americans, watching the popular miniseries based on McGinniss book. Kassab testified on MacDonalds behalf, declaring, If I had another daughter, Id still want the same son-in-law.. 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. It has Helena Stoeckley, the dominant person who continues to play a remarkable role. Mundane things that Jeffrey MacDonald has not been able to do for over 30 years. 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. Remember the perceptual illusion where you look at a picture and youre certain that you see the bust of a young woman? Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Freddie Kassab and CID investigators returned to the crime scene in 1971 to contrast MacDonalds claims with the evidence and found his narrative implausible. MacDonald had no history of violence or temper. How I Changed My Mind About the Jeffrey MacDonald Murder Case. He was found guilty and given three life sentences on Aug. 26, 1979. MacDonald claimed that his daughter Kimberly wet his side of the bed, prompting him to go to sleep on the couch. That is the way our legal system is set up. The popular story says there was no evidence of intruders. To do so, they are increasingly trying to appeal to the maternal side of these families, and helping mothers and their children escape the criminal elements in their home, before another brood is infected. 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. Friends since grade school, he and Colette Stevens began dating as teenagers, and grew serious during college. Or maybe theres something else at work: Picture #2 is even more awful to see than Picture #1. When Jeffrey MacDonald came under suspicion for savagely killing his pregnant wife and the couples two young daughters, one man rushed to publicly support him: his father-in-law Freddie Kassab. 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. Eventually, he turned on the man he had once so ardently defended. Some of the shootings are retribution for the severe prison bashing of Bassam Tiba, underworld sources say. Although the family started out as his benefactors, he ultimately became their caregivers as their positions reversed. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA). Picture #2. Two members of the Tiba family have been charged in relation to the shooting. Unfortunately for MacDonald, she would never admit any memory of her involvement in the killings in court. Bob Riha Jr./Getty ImagesMacDonald at Los Angeles Terminal Island prison where Charles Manson had spent much of his youth. Thank you. The couples youngest daughter, 2-year-old Kristen, had a total of 33 stab wounds. 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 The Raleigh News & Observer. As if they had seen it with their own eyes. But it didnt take long to realize that something was wrong. Soldiers corpses arrived at Fort Bragg stuffed with heroin. MacDonald at Los Angeles Terminal Island prison where Charles Manson had spent much of his youth. 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. Colette MacDonald and her daughters suffered horrific violence as they were killed on February 17, 1970 at their Fort Bragg home. He was a true gentleman, even though there were things in the trial and there were decisions he made that I disagree with. Smerling is the director of the documentary series A Wilderness of Error, which examines the MacDonald case. 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. Ive got the patience of Job.. Then, if someone draws your attention to certain details, suddenly the picture transforms into the profile of an old woman. So did I. I grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, about an hour from the Fort Bragg army base in Fayetteville where the murders occurred on Feb. 17, 1970, in the middle of the night. He went directly to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where a teacher of his had settled. After traveling a months-long journey that has led me from certainty to doubt to horror at a grave injustice, Im going to turn in this article and then go run some errands and make myself a bite to eat. Since last September, the Tibas are suspected of involvement in at least six non-fatal shootings, a bashing and multiple home invasions. At one stage last year, there was only one of the six Chaouks, father and sons, that were alive and free. I think that one of the problems MacDonald had was that they expected him to undertake to find these killers, to go on a mission to find them. Wade Smith rarely grants interviews. The bedroom of Kristen and Kimberly MacDonald, mere hours after they were murdered. Jeffrey MacDonald, a bright young man with everything in life to look forward to, lost his wife and children to senseless, horrific violence. A military hearing found charges against him untrue, but he was convicted nine years later in a civilian trial. Kassabs suspicions deepened after he received a copy of a transcript of the Article 32 hearing and began to pore through the evidence himself. 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. Since 1979, the MacDonald case has continued to trouble those who delve beneath the surface of the media narrative. He made fun of them. "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. "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.". It ultimately concluded that MacDonalds wounds were self-inflicted, and his story entirely fabricated. His wife Colette and his children have also been forever denied these things -- but not, I have come to believe, by the man who is currently serving three consecutive life sentences. 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. 959 Census & Voter Lists. Similar to the Chaouks and Haddaras, the Kassabs and the Kheirs who are related clans remain a factor, although their involvement is more peripheral than before. "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. Theyre the ones that wrote the Congress and said the Army screwed up this crime scene. WebIt is reported Ms Kassab entered Syria last year and that her husband, known as Sam, died on the border of Turkey in 2013. It doesnt make sense that this man, with no history of violence, went crazy like that. A finger squeezes a trigger until the chamber empties. Although Kassab didnt join the family until Colette was a teenager, he had always been close with his stepdaughter. 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. 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. 959 Census & Voter Lists. Which leaves one of the five families the Tibas. The second is "Kassab Family History by Aelyas Kassab; it is 125 pages and was composed circa 1958. According to her, they wanted to teach MacDonald a lesson and rough up his family the night of the killings. He continued to work as a doctor and moved to California. I would have said to the jury: they were not there, and neither was I. 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. He survived. MacDonald, it appeared, had been endlessly, unfaithful having at least 15 girlfriends, Vanity Fair reports. 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. Most people who go through traumatic things like this, nowhere near as lengthy, almost always end up in divorce, but with us its drawn us closer.. The Kassab brothers both raised their families in Chester, where they also practiced dentistry. That didnt happen here. First responder Kenneth Mica discovered the bodies, with MacDonald laying wounded but alive next to his battered and lifeless wife. The Esquire story, for all its salaciousness, touched upon real issues that plagued many communities outside of California. MacDonald has had mostly good lawyers, though not always the appropriate ones. Sometimes that doesnt happen. Jeffrey MacDonald had also been at the home at the time, but he suffered only minor injuries compared to what his family endured. Two members of the Tiba family have been charged in relation to the shooting. Many felt that his acquittal would be a cinch, but much more was to go wrong. 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 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. These shootings rarely involve significant figures, such as Oueida, or Nabil Maghnie, who was shot in the head last September but survived, or George Marrogi, who was charged with a shooting murder that same month. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. McGinniss stark rendering of Picture #1 stuck in my mind until recently when a friend from North Carolina told me that Errol Morris had published a book suggesting MacDonald was innocent. While both Detective Inspectors want to reiterate this is rare, it is also their worst fear, and what they are working to stop. At the moment, the five Haddaras are similarly constrained, with only one of them free, two dead and two in prison. 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. 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.. Marc Smerling thinks he has some idea. 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 Aside from being the Wall Street of Victoria's firearms and drugs market, and the enormous consequences this trafficking has on the state, and the impact on the medical system of record numbers of people being maimed, there are the people who die completely innocently because the rules of these markets means shooting first has become an unwritten rule. 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. Stories about the innocent caught in a machine that perverts every possibility of justice. Not only did victims of drug addiction build that fortune, but there are the consequences of maintaining this empire. During this time, he met and became friendly with a number of Americans, including the ONeill family of Chester, Pennsylvania. Waters rubbished that explanation. The cost to Melbourne's north-west is huge. The families have been involved in drug trafficking since at least the turn of the century, or, in the case of Macchour Chaouk, the patriarch of that family, since 1983. WebWe found 33,440 records for Kassab last name. This collection is a part of a larger collection that has been divided into more specific collections. The now 76-year-old is serving three consecutive life sentences and is currently housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland . 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. He remained haunted by the horrific way his stepdaughter and grandchildren had lost their lives. Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. 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. Hes the guy that lives next door. 6,889 Family Trees. But his mother and father-in-law did not want him to do that. Mr Oueida has been overseas for most of the time since the attack, predominantly in Lebanon and Dubai a haunt for a string of Australian organised crime figures. 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. Every reader contribution, no matter the amount, makes a difference in allowing our newsroom to bring you the stories that matter, at a time when being informed is more important than ever. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! His relentless persistence prompted the government to open a second investigation. Eventually, after pressure from Colettes family, MacDonald was indicted and found guilty of the three murders on August 29, 1979. In 1905, Wadea married Sara Hajjar, who had been educated at an English boarding school and was teaching at a mission school for Jewish children in Damascus prior to her marriage. Their second child Kristen was born in May 1967. When Victor Worheide, who was a federal prosecutor, later became interested in the case at the urging of the parents of Colette MacDonald, the case was gone. But while Kassab saw MacDonald as an engaged and loving father and husband, Army investigators grew suspicious of MacDonalds account of the killings and ordered him to appear for an Article 32 hearinga military process used to determine whether there was enough evidence to pursue formal charges against MacDonald. Another page in another chapter in the new gangland war. Make a one-time contribution to Alternet All Access, Out of all the evidentiary and procedural twists and turns, I asked Silverglate to name the one that bothered him the most about the MacDonald case. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesRep. Ill be seeing him. Well, Bernie Segal told me that he never saw it.. But even though Jeffrey MacDonald has spent decades behind bars, his case doesnt seem to be closed just yet. Other witnesses claimed that Stoeckly had confessed at various times that she thought she might have been present during the murders. He adamantly denied all charges but was at a loss for words during cross-examination by the prosecution. Finally, in Wilmington, Jerry Leonard was ordered to tell what she had said to him 30 years ago. To dislodge an idea reinforced by a popular book and TV phenomenon would be hard enough, but to add the sickening sense that the wrong man has been paying is nearly unthinkable. The family claims his body has never been found. 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. Mildred and Freddy Kassab both died, months apart, in 1994. or click here to become a subscriber. In 1921, Aelyas married Soumaya Khoury of Beirut, Lebanon; by all accounts the two were deeply in love, and they died within 48 hours of one another. 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. No one ever knew what it was Helena told him because of attorney-client privilege. These fibers on the bodies didnt match any fibers found in the MacDonald house. (See Silverglate's article on the case in Forbes.). This was about 31% of all the recorded Kassab's in USA. Eventually, after pressure from Colettes family, MacDonald was indicted and found guilty of the three murders on August 29, 1979. 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. Steve Liss/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty ImagesJeffrey MacDonald behind bars in Terminal Island federal penitentiary. His most significant injury was a puncture wound and deflated lung. 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. For all of us independent news organizations, its no exception. View all records. You can give it to him.' 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. Vietnam-era Fayetteville was not sleepy Raleigh in the 1980s. In other words, an FBI lab technician trusted exculpatory evidence to a member of the prosecution team. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. Wadea and Aelyas Kassab are both buried in Pennsylvania. 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. Prosecutors appealed the decision to the Supreme Court and in 1978 the countrys highest court decided to reinstate the indictment. 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. Dupree would not admit overwhelming psychiatric testimony in MacDonalds favor, nor the testminony of witnesses to whom Helena Stoeckley had confessed her involvement. But, soon after MacDonald moved to Long Beach, California to continue his career at St. Mary Medical Center, and the tide turned once more. Kassabs unwavering support of his son-in-law also began to crumble as Kassabwho worked in telephone sales for the Quality Egg Co.began to question MacDonalds account of what happened. When the show was over, I retired to the security of my bed, safe from unpredictable evils. Most notably, the holes in the shirt MacDonald had been wearing appeared too smooth and clear cut to indicate self-defense. Pennsylvania had the highest population of Kassab families in 1920. A staff writer for All Thats Interesting, Marco Margaritoff has also published work at outlets including People, VICE, and Complex, covering everything from film to finance to technology. We even came back at night so we would have the same lighting conditions as the night of the murders. When we were walking out of the house, I was warned that convicting MacDonald wasnt going to be that simple, Kassab said. "The message is, if you get shot, even if you don't tell us who did it, we are still going to investigate it, and we're still highly likely to get a result," Detective Inspector Clark said. Not only did the U.S. Army surgeon marry his high school sweetheart, but he had a flourishing career, two beautiful young daughters, and a son on the way. 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. Maybe more than I would have thought as a teen. It has Charles Manson written all over it. 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. Though the U.S. Army formally charged MacDonald with the murders, presiding officer Colonel Warren Rock recommended the charges be dropped. The chanting blonde, meanwhile, had not been found. Until recently, most people saw Picture #1. Released and honorably discharged by the Army, MacDonald seemed to be in the clear. Together, Mildred who Stevenson said came to mortally hate her former son-in-law and Freddy Kassab pushed for MacDonalds arrest. Silverglate believes that Jeffrey MacDonald has been railroaded, and that this railroading exposes disturbing trends in our federal criminal justice system. Jeffrey MacDonald, Joe McGinnis, prosecutor James Blackburn (who went to prison himself for defrauding his clients), Wade Smith and others newer to the case gathered once again to testify. Because that's what crime figures do in the north-west, most of the time. MacDonald now waits to see if the federal judge will vacate his 33-year-old conviction. My wife and I can sit for hours and days and not talk to each other, but were both thinking, you know. 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. A portrait photograph of Wadea (left) and Aelyas (right) Kassab. However, critics of the book say that while it paints an emotional picture of a man wrongfully tried by the media, it cherrypicks evidence and largely ignores the physical evidence that led to MacDonalds 1979 conviction. Were working to restore it. We even came back at night so we would have the same lighting conditions as the night of the murders. Who else is going to fight this thing if not me? Kassab said, who had moved to Florida from his Long Island home the year before. He holds dual bachelor's degrees from Pace University and a master's degree from New York University. 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. 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