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. 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. Who else is going to fight this thing if not me? Kassab said, who had moved to Florida from his Long Island home the year before. The persistence paid off and in 1974, a grand jury indicted Jeffrey MacDonald on three counts of murder after seven months of testimony and evidence, according to Vanity Fair. But things got out of hand. 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. Judge James Fox, a close friend of Dupree's and quite elderly himself, has taken over and has dismissed appeals. McGinniss drew on pop-sociology to render an image of a psychopathic killer in the guise of the friendly doctor-next-door; the kind we know from endless horror movies. Psychiatric professionals on both sides pronounced him incapable of having committed the crimes. The social justice movement is now involved; the Innocence Project, a prestigious nationwide network dedicated to exonerating the wrongfully convicted, has worked strenuously to overturn MacDonalds conviction. The surgical gloves used to scrawl pig on the headboard were identical to the supply MacDonald kept in his kitchen. Smerling is the director of the documentary series A Wilderness of Error, which examines the MacDonald case. One is titled Memoirs by Wadea Kassab; it is 210 pages and was written in 1954. It has Helena Stoeckley, the dominant person who continues to play a remarkable role. Eventually, after pressure from Colettes family, MacDonald was indicted and found guilty of the three murders on August 29, 1979. WebWadea Kassab was born in Damascus in 1872 to an Orthodox family that had long and deep connections to British and American Protestant missionaries in Damascus and Beirut. In 1920 there were 5 Kassab families living in Pennsylvania. As revealed in footage obtained by The Saturday Age, the latest chapter involves the shooting of the mercurial Mohammed Oueida, a man once described as the new Tony Mokbel, who was only two metres away when a gunman shot at him four times from a car, blasting him in the stomach on April 17. But, they believe, the deterrent effect of jailing them, even if their victim remains tight-lipped, will have an impact. Of all places! She allegedly told one person that she recalled holding a candle that dripped with blood. Steve Liss/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty ImagesJeffrey MacDonald behind bars in Terminal Island federal penitentiary. 959 Census & Voter Lists. Anybody could. Two-year-old Kristen had 33 knife- and 15 icepick wounds in her torso, while five-year-old Kimberly was bludgeoned to death. According to her, they wanted to teach MacDonald a lesson and rough up his family the night of the killings. You trust him. A lengthy trial heard Moustafa and Kassab had gone to the Brunswick panel beating shop to confront Moustafa over $50,000 in cash and $10,000 in aftershave they believe he had stolen. The writer had full access to the trial, and appeared sympathetic. Picture #1. To do so, they are increasingly trying to appeal to the maternal side of these families, and helping mothers and their children escape the criminal elements in their home, before another brood is infected. I think that one of the problems MacDonald had was that they expected him to undertake to find these killers, to go on a mission to find them. Tonight when I retire to my bed, I will not feel as safe from unpredictable evils as I did when I was a teenager reading scary stories. Such is the power of a good story. A lengthy trial heard Moustafa and Kassab had gone to the Brunswick panel beating shop to confront Moustafa over $50,000 in cash and $10,000 in aftershave they believe he had stolen. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. That didnt happen here. Bettmann/Getty ImagesA neighbors dog and MP guards securing the MacDonald property. In 1982, she sat down with Gunderson and Beasley in a taped interview, claiming that she had been part of a satanic cult that had killed the family because MacDonald was not cooperative in helping heroin addicts during his time at Fort Bragg. Four military police (MP) officers arrived at 4 a.m. to find an unspeakable crime scene. By the end of 1969, everything seemed in order. 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. Colettes sister-in-law Vivian Pep Stevenson told the outlet that Colette knew of the affairs and was growing tired of the infidelities before she died, at one point lamenting, I dont want to do this anymore.. The family claims his body has never been found. The loving husband and father. WebIt is reported Ms Kassab entered Syria last year and that her husband, known as Sam, died on the border of Turkey in 2013. These fibers on the bodies didnt match any fibers found in the MacDonald house. The now 76-year-old is serving three consecutive life sentences and is currently housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland . In 1905, Wadea married Sara Hajjar, who had been educated at an English boarding school and was teaching at a mission school for Jewish children in Damascus prior to her marriage. ". Aelyas followed Wadea to the United States in 1899. MacDonald later admitted the claim had been a lie. The stakes are too high for it not to work, Detective Inspector Clark said. His honesty and humility regarding these losses give the story its poignancy. 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. Walk through the house, walk through the rooms and talk about what we know,investigator Mike Pickering said in the docuseries. And the physical evidence, the circumstantial evidence, just kept mounting against him and contradicting his story for events from that evening.. Released and honorably discharged by the Army, MacDonald seemed to be in the clear. WebWe found 33,440 records for Kassab last name. It has witchcraft in it. Carl Williams was a boy from Broady, whose fat fingers spread across the state, but we know little about the boys from Broady who are ordering murders and peddling drugs now. Mr Oueida has been overseas for most of the time since the attack, predominantly in Lebanon and Dubai a haunt for a string of Australian organised crime figures. That was my closing argument. Wadea left Syria in 1889 with two companions and arrived in the United States that same year. 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. Vietnam-era Fayetteville was not sleepy Raleigh in the 1980s. It ultimately concluded that MacDonalds wounds were self-inflicted, and his story entirely fabricated. It appeared to investigators that MacDonald had staged the scene, inspired by the recent Manson Family murders to blame hippies for his crime. Did Jeffrey MacDonald Brutally Slay His Pregnant Wife And Daughters Or Did The Cops Get The Wrong Guy? But then I felt uneasy. And so there are going to be cases where there is a reasonable doubt as to what actually happened. 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. Their hold on the region no longer remains absolute. One thing about this case is never in doubt no matter whos talking: If Wade Smith had been able to lead and give his closing remarks, MacDonald would be a free man today. They were successful, and a grand jury indicted MacDonald for murder the following year. Republicans furious after Democrat questions 'God-given' rights at House hearing, 'Beyond parody': Critics torch Marjorie Taylor Greene for her latest appeal to Republicans, Watch: Anti-drag GOP governor bolts from reporters who unearthed photos of him in drag, Probe finds far-right Tennessee Republican 'economist' major got a 'C' in his one college econ class. Not only did the U.S. Army surgeon marry his high school sweetheart, but he had a flourishing career, two beautiful young daughters, and a son on the way. It frustrates police that low-level gangsters without a shred of integrity jut their chins out and shake their heads in a misplaced attempt at honour when asked who shot them, despite, in many instances, being maimed for life. A judge later awarded MacDonald $50,000 of the proceeds but gave the remainder of his $325,000 share to attorneys, MacDonalds mother and the Kassabs. Mildred and Freddy Kassab both died, months apart, in 1994. 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. Kassabs suspicions deepened after he received a copy of a transcript of the Article 32 hearing and began to pore through the evidence himself. No particular families run any particular suburbs; they are all dealing, all the time, to whoever buys. 741 Immigration & Travel. Though the U.S. Army formally charged MacDonald with the murders, presiding officer Colonel Warren Rock recommended the charges be dropped. Oh, yes. 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. Remember the perceptual illusion where you look at a picture and youre certain that you see the bust of a young woman? MacDonald claimed he'd broke his arm in the fatal scuffle, but Kearns would later say in an interview that authorities had MacDonald under surveillance at the time and did not observe any broken arm. He was the lawyer she was talking to one-on-one who had been appointed to advise her of her rights. After completing high school in Chester, he too went to dental school and set up practice in Wadeas office. He could have gone on with his life, and he should have. He is, of course, one of many ensnared in that cycle, particularly in the north-west, which consistently ranks among the worst in the state for employment, education and substance dependence. He drew on his previous knowledge of MacDonald, who he had met years earlier while courting Colettes mother, Mildred. 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. 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. Despite a lack of motive and no history of violence, MacDonald was convicted of the second-degree murders of Colette and Kimberly, and the first-degree murder of Kristen. A grandson, also called Abdul, was considered such a threat he was subject to a National Anti-Gang Squad investigation last year the Australian Federal Police led team that represents an even greater escalation in the police response than the formation of Santiago. The irony not lost on police, community members and other underworld figures is that while Osman may be a victim of that cycle, his family have survived from perpetuating it. None of this has set MacDonald free. 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. According to exclusive statistics from the armed crime squad, there has been a five-fold increase in non-fatal shootings in the north-west in four years and the region now sees almost two thirds of Victoria's non-fatal shootings. 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. He didnt do that. The one hardly anyone sees, but that rages, nonetheless. Will artificial intelligence overthrow its capitalist overlords? Some people would say that was the wrong thing to do. Wade Smith: Its a very spooky case. Although Kassab didnt join the family until Colette was a teenager, he had always been close with his stepdaughter. 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. Waters rubbished that explanation. Colettes grieving parents grew suspicious after a November 1970 phone call in which MacDonald claimed he found and killed one of the intruders. "I wish it was as simple as saying all our non-fatal shootings went back to five families, because if it did, we would target those five families and we'd kick it in the guts, but it's actually not that simple.". A crime scene was left open to bystander traffic. Stevenson told reporters in 2005 that he had promised Freddy Kassab on his death bed that he would continue the familys quest to keep MacDonald behind bars, according to The Raleigh News & Observer. View all records. It is hard not to be shocked by the footage of Oueida's shooting. 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. His most significant injury was a puncture wound and deflated lung. He claimed that he had been asleep on the couch when at least, 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, We reconstructed the murders using what McDonald said. Many felt that his acquittal would be a cinch, but much more was to go wrong. Years after he was blasted with a shotgun by a crime figure who continues to wield influence in the north-west, one victim is still dealing with his injuries. That is why, police say, it is important to consider what the shooting represents, rather than the act itself. A staff writer for All Thats Interesting, Marco Margaritoff has also published work at outlets including People, VICE, and Complex, covering everything from film to finance to technology. In October 1970, following an investigation and hearing, the military dropped its case against MacDonald, and he was honorably discharged from the army. For all of us independent news organizations, its no exception. ", 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. How I Changed My Mind About the Jeffrey MacDonald Murder Case. 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. Ive got the patience of Job.. Although Kassab didnt join the family until Colette was a teenager, he had always been close with his stepdaughter. And absolutely nothing fit, Kassab told the, 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, Stevenson told reporters in 2005 that he had promised Freddy Kassab on his death bed that he would continue the familys quest to keep MacDonald behind bars, according to. Some criminal networks were recently identified as having more than 1000 members, of various ages and ethnic backgrounds; unlike the five families, they were not simply the first generation of children born in Australia to parents hailing from northern Lebanon. However, critics of the book say that while it paints an emotional picture of a man wrongfully tried by the media, it cherrypicks evidence and largely ignores the physical evidence that led to MacDonalds 1979 conviction. There was a re-examination of the fibers found on the bodies of Collette and the children. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. Inside The Assassination Of Detlev Rohwedder, The Politician Who Tried To Unify East And West German Businesses, Someone Just Paid Over $81,000 For A Blood-Stained Lock Of Abraham Lincoln's Hair, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch, Steve Liss/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images. The military hearing found that the charges against MacDonald were not true. Bernie Segal, a long-haired Jewish lawyer from Philadelphia, took the lead in the case and managed to alienate the entire courtroom. MacDonald claimed the mysterious blonde woman who oversaw the murders was wearing a floppy hat and high-heeled boots and was holding a candle while chanting, Acid is groovy. - "Poynter" fonts provided by fontsempire.com. He read the papers at a little square table and he sat there and he chain smoked three packs a day, day after day after day going over and over everything, Bob Stevenson recalled in the docuseries. He was given an honorable discharge. Prosecutors appealed the decision to the Supreme Court and in 1978 the countrys highest court decided to reinstate the indictment. The Tibas are the only clan in the five families that can boast three generations of serious offenders from murderers to drug traffickers. My friend and I sat around in her backyard, tossing up what facts about the case we could recall. Detective Inspector Wayne Newman, from the North-West Metro region, says there has been an increase in higher ranking organised crime figures in the area insulating themselves from possible harm by using youth networks to do the grunt work. 6,889 Family Trees. The new war involves men with names many Victorians could barely pronounce shooting each other in downtrodden suburbs they have almost certainly never visited. Often, the spouse turns out to have committed the murder, so its not surprising that the case turned to McDonald. Donor retains full ownership of any and all copyright currently controlled in agreement with Khayrallah Center. Almost all the of shootings in the north-west, one underworld source said, relate to those at the bottom of the criminal food chain. Shortly after relocating to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, he was made Group Surgeon to the Green Berets. In 1978, MacDonalds case went to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, who rejected it. And, in media appearances like his interview on The Dick Cavett Show, meanwhile, MacDonald appeared suspiciously at ease. In 1982, she sat down with Gunderson and Beasley in a taped interview, claiming that she had been part of a satanic cult that had killed the family because MacDonald was not cooperative in helping heroin addicts during his time at Fort Bragg. During this time, he met and became friendly with a number of Americans, including the ONeill family of Chester, Pennsylvania. MacDonald has had mostly good lawyers, though not always the appropriate ones. It is also a Manson-like killing. Why the MacDonald Case Matters to Everyone. WebIn 1971, his father-in-law, Freddy Kassab, became progressively suspicious of MacDonald and sought formal reopening of the case. So MacDonald was the logical choice. Smerling is the director of the documentary series A Wilderness of Error, which examines the MacDonald case. And police officers knowing how to take care of a crime scene and preserve it. The defendant has no obligation to prove anything whatsoever. At the time, Kassab still believed the real perpetrators of the crime had been the four hippies that MacDonald said had broken into the home. MacDonald was convicted of the three murders in 1979, nine years after Colette and her children were slain. There was violence. The family moved to Chicago after MacDonald was accepted into Northwestern University Medical School. 959 Census & Voter Lists. He was a nice, presentable young man. Earlier, evidence came to light that a FBI forensic examiner mislead the jury about synthetic hair evidence. MacDonald in late 1970 after the Army acquitted him of all charges. 1,169 Birth, Marriage & Death. I wouldnt allow myself to believe it, because it made it so much worse that it was he instead of strangers, she later said in an interview, according to the docuseries. 2015 NC State University. Jeffrey MacDonald had it all. We even came back at night so we would have the same lighting conditions as the night of the murders. After reading the full transcript of his Article 32 hearing, the Kassabs were convinced that MacDonalds story didnt add up. 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. This was about 31% of all the recorded Kassab's in USA. 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. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! I was keeping Freddy happy, he said, according to Vanity Fair. MacDonald had been just a teenager at the time and was dating Colette, his high school sweetheart. Helena Stoeckley confessed many times that MacDonalds willingness to turn heroin addicts in to the police infuriated local drug dealers. Take a guy like MacDonald. He was a true gentleman, even though there were things in the trial and there were decisions he made that I disagree with. Now, it appears the Tibas are at war with everybody. We even came back at night so we would have the same lighting conditions as the night of the murders. When the show was over, I retired to the security of my bed, safe from unpredictable evils. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagesGrieving mother Mildred Kassab weeps for her daughter while being escorted into JFK Memorial Chapel to see her buried. His memoir reads as a classic Syrian rags-to-riches story, except for the fact that he lost everything when he speculated in real estate just before the Great Depression. His relentless persistence prompted the government to open a second investigation. He claimed they chanted, Kill the pigs!Acid is groovy! and scrawled the word PIG on the wall in his wifes blood. They dont know the truth any more than I do. And she told him she had been there, at the MacDonald home, the night of the murders. Others relate to significant organised crime figures, and their businesses, such as tattoo parlours. These shootings rarely involve significant figures, such as Oueida, or Nabil Maghnie, who was shot in the head last September but survived, or George Marrogi, who was charged with a shooting murder that same month. Aelyas kept the practice going while Wadea gave himself to real estate; when Wadea lost everything, he was able to resume his practice seamlessly by rejoining his brother. Mr Oueida has been overseas for most of the time since the attack, predominantly in Lebanon and Dubai a haunt for a string of Australian organised crime figures. LP: Did anything new come out in the Wilmington hearing in September? But even though Jeffrey MacDonald has spent decades behind bars, his case doesnt seem to be closed just yet. Inexperienced military police failed to pick up a woman near the house who fit MacDonalds description. Marc Smerling thinks he has some idea. 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. She knew this world, and was herself a police informant. Jeffrey MacDonald, Joe McGinnis, prosecutor James Blackburn (who went to prison himself for defrauding his clients), Wade Smith and others newer to the case gathered once again to testify. Im giving you an extra copy for Bernie Segal [the defense counsel]. No attempt was made to locate the woman that night. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Wade Smith rarely grants interviews. Completing high school sweetheart webin 1971, his father-in-law, Freddy Kassab died. 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