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'Fatal Vision' case gets new DNA twist
cnn ^ | Friday, March 10, 2006

Posted on 03/10/2006 4:43:44 PM PST by lunarbicep

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The hair of a former Army doctor convicted in the slayings of his wife and two daughters was found clutched in his dead wife's hand

more proof of guilt

1 posted on 03/10/2006 4:43:48 PM PST by lunarbicep
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To: lunarbicep

It boggles my mind how killers like MacDonald manage to find people to support their spurrious claims of innocence.


2 posted on 03/10/2006 4:46:18 PM PST by Wolfstar (There is no death, though eyes grow dim. There is no fear when I'm near to Him.)
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To: lunarbicep
Never ask a question to which you don't know the answer. The good doctor just had to push his luck. Oops! Cased closed. Just like in the title of Joe McGinnis' best-selling book on the infamous case.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

3 posted on 03/10/2006 4:47:10 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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Don't you love it?


4 posted on 03/10/2006 4:48:18 PM PST by Peach
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To: lunarbicep

His "current wife" - Who are these broads who marry guys who are serving life sentences? Maybe they just like knowing where their husband is? And what about the guy? I mean isn't being in prison bad enough with being married, too?


5 posted on 03/10/2006 4:50:40 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: Peach
Yeah. As a doctor, Jeffrey MacDonald should have known this would drive the nails in his coffin. Oh well, it shows you that murderers can be too smart for their own good.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

6 posted on 03/10/2006 4:50:56 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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It is not like he had anything to lose. He is serving a life sentence and has already exhausted all his appeals. He has had Alan Dershowitz and all kinds of high profile attorneys. His problem is simple. He did it.


7 posted on 03/10/2006 4:51:12 PM PST by Honestfreedom
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To: lunarbicep

Well...

Um...



Er...


Uh...






IT MUST HAVE BEEN MARK FURMAN!!!


8 posted on 03/10/2006 4:54:53 PM PST by Redcloak (<--- Not always a people person.)
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To: Honestfreedom

But for the efforts of Fred Kassab, stepfather of McDonald's murdered wife, he'd have gotten away scot-free.


9 posted on 03/10/2006 4:55:31 PM PST by laconic
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Nah. It's Bush's fault!!


10 posted on 03/10/2006 4:57:33 PM PST by susannah59
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To: lunarbicep

I am not an expert and do not know the case very well, but there seems to be a lot of evidence pointing the other way, chiefly Helena Stoeckley and others being in the house and confessing later. I do not know what to think about all the conflicting evidence.

The crime scene was hopelessly muddled, much like the JonBenet case.


11 posted on 03/10/2006 5:46:26 PM PST by sine_nomine (Every baby is a blessing from God, from the moment of conception.)
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I am not an expert and do not know the case very well, but there seems to be a lot of evidence pointing the other way, chiefly Helena Stoeckley and others being in the house and confessing later.

the test results released today FAIL to link Stoeckley (or Mitchell) as MacDonald had claimed it would.

todays press release
*this is not the easiest copy to read

12 posted on 03/10/2006 6:52:54 PM PST by lunarbicep (Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain)
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The hair of a former Army doctor convicted in the slayings of his wife and two daughters was found clutched in his dead wife's hand, according to long-awaited results of DNA testing made public Friday.
13 posted on 03/11/2006 9:33:25 PM PST by Howlin ("Quick, he's bleeding! Is there a <strike>doctor</strike> reporter in the house?")
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We have known this from the beginning.


14 posted on 03/11/2006 9:47:58 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: Howlin

He's been milking this case for years. His followers are like a cult, few that there are.


15 posted on 03/11/2006 9:59:18 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)
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To: Howlin

What was his motive supposed to be?


16 posted on 03/11/2006 10:55:44 PM PST by claudiustg (Delenda est Iran!)
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To: Howlin

Clearly the bushy-haired stranger had the DNA test faked, too.


17 posted on 03/11/2006 11:06:24 PM PST by denydenydeny ("Osama... made the mistake of confusing media conventional wisdom with reality" (Mark Steyn))
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To: Howlin

----He needs to let it go. He has been caught in one lie after the other during/after the murders and ANY credibility he had was shot to hell years ago.


18 posted on 03/12/2006 1:31:12 AM PST by WasDougsLamb (Get out your checkbook. This is going to cost us.................)
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To: goldstategop; Howlin
IIRC, McGinnis believed MacDonald when he started writing Fatal Vision and gradually changed his mind as the evidence started piling up.

The good doctor is another guy that I hope just goes away, finally.

19 posted on 03/12/2006 3:39:04 AM PST by metesky ("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
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"band of crazed hippies"

IMO, McDonald was playing the public sentiment over the Tate-Labianca murders with Charles Manson and his band of 'Helter-Skelter' crazed hippies.


20 posted on 03/12/2006 5:04:57 AM PST by Rebelbase (President Bush is a Texas jackass when it comes to Border security .)
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