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 On Sept. 17, 2012, in Wilmington, N.C., a crowd of familiar faces assembled for a new hearing. But his story crumbled under scrutiny and he was charged with killing his family. When you accept Picture #1, youre deciding that Jeffrey MacDonald is the Person Who Must Pay. Nothing unique in any way. We reconstructed the murders using what McDonald said. Evidence the defense never saw. I held out to the last ditch. Melbourne's north-west has soaked in blood for more than a decade, with crime families that still reign despite prison time, drive-by hits, and police task forces. Rep. Allard Lowenstein supporting MacDonalds claim that the Army wrongfully accused him and were trying to cover up their mistake. First responder Kenneth Mica discovered the bodies, with MacDonald laying wounded but alive next to his battered and lifeless wife. I was keeping Freddy happy, he said, according to Vanity Fair. MacDonald claimed the hairs were from the wig of one of the murders, but the forensic examiner incorrectly claimed they were from one of the childrens dolls. ", Bob Stevenson, Colettes brother, described his stepfathers reaction to the television appearance as visceral and said it had wrenched his guts., Things werent being said right, inflections of the voice, he said. Since adapted into a documentary series of the same name directed by Marc Smirling, the project aims to detail how much evidence Morris believes was lost, mismanaged or glaringly unreliable from the start. Despite the young familys financial burdens, the important things seemed secure. The family moved to Chicago after MacDonald was accepted into Northwestern University Medical School. This manuscript by Aelyas Kassab is a history of the Kassab family and a biography of Aelyas' own life. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. 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. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. Because that's what crime figures do in the north-west, most of the time. I would have told the jury that it doesnt make sense. 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. It didnt make sense. The writer had full access to the trial, and appeared sympathetic. Eventually, he turned on the man he had once so ardently defended. The solution will not be found in just policing, Detective Inspector Newman said, in a common refrain from the modern police force. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. It is hard not to be shocked by the footage of Oueida's shooting. 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. 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. Its a case that if you were telling scary stories around the dining room table and you had all your family gathered, people could hardly believe it. @2022 - AlterNet Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Until recently, most people saw Picture #1. 6,889 Family Trees. 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. His honesty and humility regarding these losses give the story its poignancy. Mildred and Freddy Kassab both died, months apart, in 1994. Now, it appears the Tibas are at war with everybody. It is a misconception that the battles are over territory. Colette had been stabbed 16 times and punctured 21 times with an ice pick, while 5-year-old Kimberley was killed by six blows to the head and eightto 10 stab wounds, according to a. Jeffrey MacDonald had also been at the home at the time, but he suffered only minor injuries compared to what his family endured. The ONeills befriended him and altered the course of his life. But many of the major players now are either related to these families, or closely linked within the criminal milieu. How I Changed My Mind About the Jeffrey MacDonald Murder Case. The walls will tell you what happened if you keep it pristine. Every time we pursued a lead it just turned us around and directed us back toward Jeffrey MacDonald. Wadea left Syria in 1889 with two companions and arrived in the United States that same year. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be catastrophic not only to our health - mental and physical - but also to the stability of millions of people. Since 1979, the MacDonald case has continued to trouble those who delve beneath the surface of the media narrative. Prosecutors appealed the decision to the Supreme Court and in 1978 the countrys highest court decided to reinstate the indictment. He drew on his previous knowledge of MacDonald, who he had met years earlier while courting Colettes mother, Mildred. In other words, an FBI lab technician trusted exculpatory evidence to a member of the prosecution team. In addition, DNA testing on evidence that was recovered from the fingernails scrapings of one of the victims and a hair found under another victim did not match MacDonald. We would frequently meet at the crime scene and brainstorm the whole scenario. He theorized that diet pills caused MacDonald to fly into a fit of rage. I accused the Army of every blunder that they made in the original investigation, he once said, according to the docuseries. Tragically, the comparisons to the Sharon Tate killing were striking. 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. 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. I dont have that magic. They were successful, and a grand jury indicted MacDonald for murder the following year. We need your support in this difficult time. That is the way our legal system is set up. There was violence. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. Brian Murtaugh says, Sure, Ill give it to him. Steve Liss/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty ImagesJeffrey MacDonald behind bars in Terminal Island federal penitentiary. No particular families run any particular suburbs; they are all dealing, all the time, to whoever buys. 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. The Tibas are the only clan in the five families that can boast three generations of serious offenders from murderers to drug traffickers. MacDonald at Los Angeles Terminal Island prison where Charles Manson had spent much of his youth. The story many of us think we know tells that MacDonald's wounds were superficial. MacDonald was ultimately convicted in 1979 for killing his pregnant wife Colette MacDonald and their two young daughters, Kimberley and Kristen. Recently, the Fourth District Court of Appeals ordered Fox to consider new evidence, and to examine all the evidence as a whole. 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. He also tried to get the case dismissed, claiming double jeopardy and starting an appeals process that would delay his trial for years. Morris researched the MacDonald case for 20 years and knows each labyrinthine turn of its progress through the criminal justice system. Even back then, if you polled Fayetteville folks, you might have found that a lot of people did not believe that he did it. 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. 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. Freddie Kassab and CID investigators returned to the crime scene in 1971 to contrast MacDonalds claims with the evidence and found his narrative implausible. Aelyas (Elias) Kassab, Wadeas younger brother, was born in the Kassabs' summer residence in Bloudan, Syria in 1883. Lynn Parramore: In all your years as a lawyer, what makes this case stand out? Although Kassab didnt join the family until Colette was a teenager, he had always been close with his stepdaughter. Allard Lowenstein supporting MacDonalds claim that the Army wrongfully accused him and were trying to cover up their mistake. At least six have faced significant criminal charges. He was the lawyer she was talking to one-on-one who had been appointed to advise her of her rights. But MacDonalds legal teamled by Bernie Segalpersuaded the Fourth Circuit Court to throw out the charges, claiming that MacDonald had been denied a speedy trial. ". But of the evidence that Morris presents, perhaps most convincing is the piece cited in MacDonalds 2017 federal appeal. 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. Though the U.S. Army formally charged MacDonald with the murders, presiding officer Colonel Warren Rock recommended the charges be dropped. 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. Who else is going to fight this thing if not me? Freddy Kassab said of his years-long quest to put his son-in-law Jeffrey MacDonald behind bars for killing his stepdaughter and two young granddaughters. Released and honorably discharged by the Army, MacDonald seemed to be in the clear. Good potential for the future, so therefore we saw nothing wrong with them getting married, Kassab once said of his son-in-law, according to the docuseries. They grew to become serious forces, in part, because of failures by police to respond to the problem. Other witnesses claimed that Stoeckly had confessed at various times that she thought she might have been present during the murders. 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. There were fibers from a blonde wig that matched the description of Helena Stoeckley. 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. Thank you. While both Detective Inspectors want to reiterate this is rare, it is also their worst fear, and what they are working to stop. 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. Why the MacDonald Case Matters to Everyone. This collection is a part of a larger collection that has been divided into more specific collections. WebWe found 33,440 records for Kassab last name. But for every Khayre, a case most people have heard of with a clear link to the north-west, there are dozens more that barely make a ripple. 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. Then he injured himself and set up the scene to make the crimes appear to be the work of intruders. "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. 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. A finger squeezes a trigger until the chamber empties. Inexperienced military police failed to pick up a woman near the house who fit MacDonalds description. My wife and I can sit for hours and days and not talk to each other, but were both thinking, you know. MacDonald sued McGinniss for fraud in 1987, with a mistrial leading them to settle out of court for $325,000. Although the family started out as his benefactors, he ultimately became their caregivers as their positions reversed. Others would say that that was a healthy thing to do. 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 This was about 31% of all the recorded Kassab's in USA. But his mother and father-in-law did not want him to do that. Back in the 1979 trial, a lawyer named Jerry Leonard represented Helena Stoeckley. When we were walking out of the house, I was warned that convicting MacDonald wasnt going to be that simple, Kassab said. or click here to become a subscriber. Picture #2. MacDonald invited author Joe McGinniss to write a book about the case before it had reached a verdict. 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. Two-year-old Kristen had 33 knife- and 15 icepick wounds in her torso, while five-year-old Kimberly was bludgeoned to death. Four military police (MP) officers arrived at 4 a.m. to find an unspeakable crime scene. In 1920 there were 5 Kassab families living in Pennsylvania. But things got out of hand. Almost all the of shootings in the north-west, one underworld source said, relate to those at the bottom of the criminal food chain. 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 filed a citizens criminal complaint in April 1974, petitioning a federal court to convene a grand jury and determine if MacDonald could be charged. 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. 1,169 Birth, Marriage & Death. The second is "Kassab Family History by Aelyas Kassab; it is 125 pages and was composed circa 1958. LP: Judge Fox is a close friend of Judge Dupree, who presided over the 1979 trial. But Im an optimist generally about our system of justice, and I hope that MacDonald gets a break. According to her, they wanted to teach MacDonald a lesson and rough up his family the night of the killings. 1,169 Birth, Marriage & Death. Waters rubbished that explanation. 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. View all records. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesRep. Kill the pigs.. The popular story says there was no evidence of intruders. LP: Did anything new come out in the Wilmington hearing in September? 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. Not only did the living room show few signs of a struggle, but the murder weapons were found outside the back door. 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. All rights reserved. Staying on top of the machinations of the underworld can be difficult, Detective Inspector Clark said, but the increased strength of police intelligence meant they were able to increasingly charge gunmen, regardless of whether their victims spoke. 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. 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. 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. Friends since grade school, he and Colette Stevens began dating as teenagers, and grew serious during college. Two years into MacDonalds undergraduate studies at Princeton, Stevens became pregnant. In this case, it carries particular weight: police are trying to break the hold, in some cases, of family ties that go back generations. Even scarier stories, Ive found, can be true. He continued to work as a doctor and moved to California. 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. Anybody could. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. And the physical evidence, the circumstantial evidence, just kept mounting against him and contradicting his story for events from that evening.. I contacted his office, and to my surprise, he was willing to talk to me. In the fall of 1963, they decided to get married and in April of the following year, their daughter Kimberly was born. There was a re-examination of the fibers found on the bodies of Collette and the children. Investigating Officer Warren Rock ultimately recommended the charges be dismissed at the conclusion of the hearing and MacDonald began to move forward with his life, leaving the Army, selling most of the familys possessions in a yard sale, and moving to California. Investigators identified at least 240 leads in the casebut the evidence continued to point back to the MacDonald. In 1920 there were 5 Kassab families living in Pennsylvania. 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. Ive got the patience of Job.. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. 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. Materials provided by the families of Wadea and Aelyas Kassab. WS: Yes. 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. The Jeffrey MacDonald murder case is one of the most disturbing in living memory. Is it possible that Jeffrey MacDonald will get justice under these circumstances? One is titled Memoirs by Wadea Kassab; it is 210 pages and was written in 1954. Ive had many cases in court. I personally delivered a copy by hand to every congressman and every senator in the country.. Colette MacDonald and her daughters suffered horrific violence as they were killed on February 17, 1970 at their Fort Bragg home. WS: For me to say that he is innocent would require magic. And so there are going to be cases where there is a reasonable doubt as to what actually happened. The couples youngest daughter, 2-year-old Kristen, had a total of 33 stab wounds. Wadea and Aelyas Kassab are both buried in Pennsylvania. Will artificial intelligence overthrow its capitalist overlords? Smerling is the director of the documentary series A Wilderness of Error, which examines the MacDonald case. It has witchcraft in it. But Silverglate points out that those lawyers have been up against an increasingly perverse system in which ancient legal rights like habeas corpus have been tossed aside in the name of preserving convictions at any cost. It appeared to investigators that MacDonald had staged the scene, inspired by the recent Manson Family murders to blame hippies for his crime. 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.. 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. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Pennsylvania had the highest population of Kassab families in 1920. Not only had the word pig been scrawled on the bedroom headboard in his wifes blood but she and her unborn baby were dead. Finally, in Wilmington, Jerry Leonard was ordered to tell what she had said to him 30 years ago. The couple got married when Colette was just 20 years old after discovering that she was pregnant. MacDonald had only one stab wound, which the hospital surgeon later described as a clean, small, sharp incision that made his left lung partially collapse. Not only did victims of drug addiction build that fortune, but there are the consequences of maintaining this empire. McGinniss' publisher settled with MacDonald out of court, after the judge called the author a conman. (This story, in its own right, became a famous book about journalistic ethics by Janet Malcolm.). His most significant injury was a puncture wound and deflated lung. Im giving you an extra copy for Bernie Segal [the defense counsel]. For all of us independent news organizations, its no exception. 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