He also claimed that a woman who was part of the hippie group chanted, “Acid is groovy, kill the pigs.” He claimed that “drugged-out hippies” broke into his home and killed his family. He also killed their two daughters, Kimberley, 6, and Kristin, 2. While living in a home on the Fort Bragg Army base in February 1970, MacDonald beat and stabbed his wife, Colette Stevenson MacDonald, 26, to death. “They died a horrific death, just horrific. “ I remember it very well,” Blackburn told WRAL. He said he clearly remembers the case and what MacDonald, who was an Army captain, a doctor, and former Green Beret, did to his family. Jim Blackburn was the prosecuting attorney during MacDonald’s 1979 trial. The attorneys argued that MacDonald’s health issues make him more susceptible to death or serious illness if he were to contract the COVID 19 virus. He also reportedly has chronic kidney disease. MacDonald, according to his lawyers, is suffering from a variety of health issues, including skin cancer and high blood pressure. The Daily News & Observer reports that 77-year-old Jeffrey MacDonald, who’s currently serving three life sentences for killing his pregnant wife and two children in 1970, is scheduled to appear in a Raleigh, North Carolina, courtroom at 3 p.m. A former doctor and the centerpiece of the best-selling true crime book, “Fatal Vision,” could possibly walk out of prison on a “compassionate release” due to his failing health.
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