A Case Of Bad Parenting: Jeffery MacDonald



Colette, Kimberly, and Kristen



February 17, 1970. Fort Bragg, North Carolina. An army doctor's wife and two children murdered; the doctor was wounded.

Jeffery MacDonald joined the army after he was married and was having his second child. Times were tough but the future looked extremely bright for this young family. MacDonald travelled up through the ranks rather quickly. Soon, he was appointed Group Surgeon to the Special Forces group. Now, he was expecting a new baby boy. Life wads great. Unfortunately, one event could bring that life to a tragic end.

On February 17, 1970, a 911 call was recieved. Dr. Jeffery MacDonald was on the other end begging for help and an ambulance. When the police arrived, they found his wife and two daughters dead. MacDonald was lying beside his wife with his arm stretched over her; he was wounded.

MacDonald's wife's head was battered along with her face, and she was covered in blood. Kim, his daughter, had stab wounds around her neck and her face was battered as well. Kristen had been stabbed multiple times both in the back and the chest.

MacDonald told police that three men and a hippie-type woman attacked them.

In the hospital, MacDonald was treated for cuts and bruises, wounds on his head, and various puncture wounds around his heart. A knife wound had punctured his lung, causing it to collapse.



Jeffery MacDonald



MacDonald was intensively interrogated by the Army police. It was decided that his wounds were superficial and self-inflicted. It was also decided that the story was a lie created to cover up the fact that he was responsible for the murders.



He now sits in prison for the murders he so brutally committed. He remains in a prison in Cumberland, MD.  He has decided, after fourteen years, to apply for parole.



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