Jeffrey MacDonald Coverage

Numerous area attorneys say Jeffrey MacDonald should be released
A federal judge said Thursday that he needs time to decide whether to release a former Army captain serving life prison sentences for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young children at Fort Bragg due to his deteriorating health during the coronavirus pandemic.

Ex-Army officer guilty in 'Fatal Vision' case seeks release amid pandemic
A federal judge said Thursday that he needs time to decide whether to release a former Army captain serving life prison sentences for the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two young children at Fort Bragg due to his deteriorating health during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jeffrey MacDonald, convicted of murdering family at Fort Bragg, says COVID risk means he should get out of prison
Jeffrey MacDonald, the former Army captain who is serving three life sentences for the murders of his wife and two young children their home at Fort Bragg in 1970, is asking a federal judge free him due to his age and failing health.

50 years after family's murder, Jeffrey MacDonald still argue his innocence
The murders of Jeffrey MacDonald's wife and children became the subject of the "Fatal Vision" books, movies, countless television programs, and podcasts.

50 years later, Fort Bragg murder case still intrigues
Former Army doctor Jeffrey MacDonald, serving three life sentences for the deaths of his wife and daughters, has always maintained his innocence.

'Fatal Vision' doctor again denied new trial in 1970 slayings
A federal appeals court has refused to grant a new trial to a former Army surgeon convicted of slaughtering his pregnant wife and two young daughters at Fort Bragg nearly half a century ago.