Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Kassab surname lived. In the hearing we just had in Wilmington she played an important role, decades after her death. The new war involves men with names many Victorians could barely pronounce shooting each other in downtrodden suburbs they have almost certainly never visited. 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. Not only were three hairs discovered at the crime scene that didnt match any of the familys DNA, but an affidavit revealed that Blackburn had allegedly threatened Stoeckley not to tell the truth in court. Thinking that he could never reveal it? It has Charles Manson written all over it. Until recently, most people saw Picture #1. Its a disorienting trick. He could get an answer by the end of this year. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. They were successful, and a grand jury indicted MacDonald for murder the following year. Picture #1. No attempt was made to locate the woman that night. The couple got married when Colette was just 20 years old after discovering that she was pregnant. 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. Even scarier stories, Ive found, can be true. We need your support in this difficult time. The idea that people that were so certain who dont know any more than I do -- I dont believe Ill ever understand how they could be so sure. Even his in-laws Mildred and Freddie Kassab believed him and testified at his hearing. Although Kassab didnt join the family until Colette was a teenager, he had always been close with his stepdaughter. Although Kassab didnt join the family until Colette was a teenager, he had always been close with his stepdaughter. I remember saying, It doesnt matter. 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. Though the U.S. Army formally charged MacDonald with the murders, presiding officer Colonel Warren Rock recommended the charges be dropped. On the evening of the murders, Jeffrey MacDonald had taken his kids to ride the pony he had bought them, fed them dinner while their mother took a night class, and put them to bed. 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. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. Melbourne's north-west has become a hotbed for armed crime. But his story crumbled under scrutiny and he was charged with killing his family. And she told him she had been there, at the MacDonald home, the night of the murders. Dupree would not admit overwhelming psychiatric testimony in MacDonalds favor, nor the testminony of witnesses to whom Helena Stoeckley had confessed her involvement. 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. The solution will not be found in just policing, Detective Inspector Newman said, in a common refrain from the modern police force. I used to joke with him when I saw him around Hey Jerry, isnt there something you want to tell us? But he couldnt, and he likely would have gone to his grave carrying the secret of what Helena told him had it not been for that hearing. Evidence the defense never saw. However, his American dream suddenly became a nightmare in 1970 when his family was found brutally stabbed to death in their home. 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 Smerling is the director of the documentary series A Wilderness of Error, which examines the MacDonald case. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. Or maybe theres something else at work: Picture #2 is even more awful to see than Picture #1. 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. 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. 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. 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. While none of the hairs found at the scene matched Stoeckleys DNA or that of any of her known associates, MacDonald maintains they prove something more essential to his freedom that someone else was there that night. When Jeffrey MacDonald came under suspicion for savagely killing his pregnant wife and the couples two young daughters, one man rushed to publicly support him: his father-in-law Freddie Kassab. My wife and I can sit for hours and days and not talk to each other, but were both thinking, you know. Similar to the Chaouks and Haddaras, the Kassabs and the Kheirs who are related clans remain a factor, although their involvement is more peripheral than before. But while Kassab saw MacDonald as an engaged and loving father and husband, Army investigators grew suspicious of MacDonalds account of the killings and ordered him to appear for an Article 32 hearinga military process used to determine whether there was enough evidence to pursue formal charges against MacDonald. No one ever knew what it was Helena told him because of attorney-client privilege. Others would say that that was a healthy thing to do. Additionally, much of what Morris introduces as new evidence was already including in the trial that convicted MacDonald. Theyre the ones that wrote the Congress and said the Army screwed up this crime scene. It has witchcraft in it. Freddie Kassab and CID investigators returned to the crime scene in 1971 to contrast MacDonalds claims with the evidence and found his narrative implausible. After traveling a months-long journey that has led me from certainty to doubt to horror at a grave injustice, Im going to turn in this article and then go run some errands and make myself a bite to eat. During this time, he met and became friendly with a number of Americans, including the ONeill family of Chester, Pennsylvania. 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. Worse still, Judge Franklin Dupree seemed to have his mind made up before the trial began. My friend and I sat around in her backyard, tossing up what facts about the case we could recall. Like Wade Smith, Ive been struck by how many people speak of absolute certainty about what happened that February night over 40 years ago. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Kassab surname lived. Also last year, Osman, 32, one of the middle brothers, was released from prison. Then, in 2012 Jeffrey MacDonalds most famous defender, filmmaker Errol Morris, was so intrigued by the case that he wrote the 500-page book A Wilderness of Error. 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. LP: Then why did MacDonald, the emblem of law-and-order, the Green Beret, become a suspect? Ive had many cases in court. Remember the perceptual illusion where you look at a picture and youre certain that you see the bust of a young woman? I dont have that magic. It doesnt make sense that this man, with no history of violence, went crazy like that. Not only did the living room show few signs of a struggle, but the murder weapons were found outside the back door. Friends since grade school, he and Colette Stevens began dating as teenagers, and grew serious during college. A finger squeezes a trigger until the chamber empties. Morris researched the MacDonald case for 20 years and knows each labyrinthine turn of its progress through the criminal justice system. Colette MacDonald and her daughters suffered horrific violence as they were killed on February 17, 1970 at their Fort Bragg home. 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. 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 couples youngest daughter, 2-year-old Kristen, had a total of 33 stab wounds. The loving husband and father. Two members of the Tiba family have been charged in relation to the shooting. His relentless persistence prompted the government to open a second investigation. 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. They grew to become serious forces, in part, because of failures by police to respond to the problem. He also tried to get the case dismissed, claiming double jeopardy and starting an appeals process that would delay his trial for years. Anybody could. An arm extends out of the passenger side window of a car. 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. 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. 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.. McGinniss stark rendering of Picture #1 stuck in my mind until recently when a friend from North Carolina told me that Errol Morris had published a book suggesting MacDonald was innocent. 741 Immigration & Travel. It all was intruders. 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. He looked angry on the stand. Some of the shootings are retribution for the severe prison bashing of Bassam Tiba, underworld sources say. 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. They dont know the truth any more than I do. In 1978, MacDonalds case went to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, who rejected it. 959 Census & Voter Lists. 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. That, in turn, drives a burgeoning black market for firearms, and has made the north-west the centre of the gun trade in this state. I dont know what the odds are. WebIn 1971, his father-in-law, Freddy Kassab, became progressively suspicious of MacDonald and sought formal reopening of the case. Four military police (MP) officers arrived at 4 a.m. to find an unspeakable crime scene. Soldiers corpses arrived at Fort Bragg stuffed with heroin. 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. He continued to work as a doctor and moved to California. He explained his lie initially by attributing it to drug addiction-induced paranoia and then said he believed that once he told his family the lies, he had to keep lying.. And so there are going to be cases where there is a reasonable doubt as to what actually happened. He drew on his previous knowledge of MacDonald, who he had met years earlier while courting Colettes mother, Mildred. Then he injured himself and set up the scene to make the crimes appear to be the work of intruders. He was found guilty and given three life sentences on Aug. 26, 1979. When the initial military hearing was conducted in 1970, no one in his life could be found who had a bad thing to say about him. MacDonald at Los Angeles Terminal Island prison where Charles Manson had spent much of his youth. Ill be seeing him. Well, Bernie Segal told me that he never saw it.. Police agree it would be futile to appeal to gun-slingers on the grounds that they could ruin a rival's life. 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. MacDonald had been just a teenager at the time and was dating Colette, his high school sweetheart. It ultimately concluded that MacDonalds wounds were self-inflicted, and his story entirely fabricated. Bettmann/Getty ImagesA neighbors dog and MP guards securing the MacDonald property. Nothing unique in any way. Bernie Segal, a long-haired Jewish lawyer from Philadelphia, took the lead in the case and managed to alienate the entire courtroom. Waters rubbished that explanation. In 1984 I was glued to the TV, like millions of other Americans, watching the popular miniseries based on McGinniss book. Waters rubbished that explanation. We reconstructed the murders using what McDonald said. 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. Jeffrey MacDonald had also been at the home at the time, but he suffered only minor injuries compared to what his family endured. LP: What has this case revealed about the flaws in our judicial system? After completing high school in Chester, he too went to dental school and set up practice in Wadeas office. 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. Some of the facts I thought I knew began to look more like ideas conjured by eager prosecutors and a journalist who had dealt so disingenuously with Jeffrey MacDonald in writing Fatal Vision that he was sued after publication. One is titled Memoirs by Wadea Kassab; it is 210 pages and was written in 1954. The family moved to Chicago after MacDonald was accepted into Northwestern University Medical School. Brighton terrorist Yacqub Khayre allegedly was only a phone call to a north-west contact away from being able to obtain the shotgun he used to kill a man, take a woman hostage and shoot three police last month. But he is hopeful that the Fourth Court of Appeals, located in Richmond, Virginia, will take a careful look at the case and as a whole be more favorable to MacDonald. 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. However, instead of the firm defense MacDonald expected, the 1983 bestseller A Fatal Vision described him as a narcissistic psychopath.. And a victim falls on the concrete. LP: Did anything new come out in the Wilmington hearing in September? Yet, the new gangland war fails to capture the imagination. Judge James Fox, a close friend of Dupree's and quite elderly himself, has taken over and has dismissed appeals. The couple sued MacDonald in 1987 to try to prevent him from profiting from Joe McGinniss book Fatal Vision, which served as the inspiration for the mini-series. 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.). Grieving mother Mildred Kassab weeps for her daughter while being escorted into JFK Memorial Chapel to see her buried. MacDonald settled into bachelor life, buying a yacht and marina-front condominium in Long Beach, California, Vanity Fair reports. Waters rubbished that explanation. The military hearing found that the charges against MacDonald were not true. His most significant injury was a puncture wound and deflated lung. You think you know what youre seeing, but then you arent so sure. Abdul Tiba has eight sons, aged from their 50s to their 20s. He was more interested in working with people on hallucinogenic and things like that. 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. There is no finality in injustice. In 1920 there were 5 Kassab families living in Pennsylvania. The family claims his body has never been found. Then, if someone draws your attention to certain details, suddenly the picture transforms into the profile of an old woman. Segal took up nearly all the time in the critical period for closing remarks and left only a few minutes for co-counsel Wade Smith, an eloquent native North Carolinian who understood the jury. 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. Judge Fox is also a good man. He adamantly denied all charges but was at a loss for words during cross-examination by the prosecution. Since MacDonald was convicted of the murders in 1979, considerable evidence of his innocence has come to light. Every time we pursued a lead it just turned us around and directed us back toward Jeffrey MacDonald. "There was a young kid that was shot, and he's paralysed from the chest down for the rest of his life. Earlier, evidence came to light that a FBI forensic examiner mislead the jury about synthetic hair evidence. The bedroom of Kristen and Kimberly MacDonald, mere hours after they were murdered. 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. Pennsylvania had the highest population of Kassab families in 1920. After reading the full transcript of his Article 32 hearing, the Kassabs were convinced that MacDonalds story didnt add up. He is both a careful researcher and a profound investigator of the human condition. 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. Kassab testified on MacDonalds behalf, declaring, If I had another daughter, Id still want the same son-in-law.. It begins with Aelyas' grandfather Elyas Kassab, born in 1814, and traces the family through the nineteenth century; particular attention is paid. 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. 6,889 Family Trees. 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. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! In July 1974, a Federal judge acted on a citizen's criminal complaint by Kassab and others, by putting the case before a grand jury. Since last September, the Tibas are suspected of involvement in at least six non-fatal shootings, a bashing and multiple home invasions. Now, it appears the Tibas are at war with everybody. MacDonald said there had been a stabbing and begged for an ambulance. WS: Yes. These fibers on the bodies didnt match any fibers found in the MacDonald house. He didnt do that. Nonexclusive right to authorize all uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA). How I Changed My Mind About the Jeffrey MacDonald Murder Case. And were very fortunate. As I read Morris meticulous examination the evidence, the picture in my mind became less clear. By the end of 1969, everything seemed in order. He is outspoken about MacDonalds innocence, and when I called him, I could hear the years of outrage in his voice over the way the case has proceeded. 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. 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. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Materials provided by the families of Wadea and Aelyas Kassab. 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. Through his aggressive pursuit of the case, MacDonald was indicted. Some said he should never have taken the case because his former son-in-law was the prosecutor in the original army hearing. Not only had the word pig been scrawled on the bedroom headboard in his wifes blood but she and her unborn baby were dead. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. He tried to take his case to the Supreme Court in 1979, but they declined to review the lower courts decision. Silverglate predicts that even after examining the new evidence, Judge Fox will not grant Jeffrey MacDonald a new trial. But just what changed Kassabs mind about the man he once called a nice, presentable young man?". All rights reserved. He could have gone on with his life, and he should have. 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 crimes committed by the families were left to locally-based detectives to investigate, rather than specialist squads, until the Santiago Taskforce was formed in 2008. 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. LP: In Joe McGinnis book, Fatal Vision, Freddy Kassab, MacDonalds father-in-law, was presented as the protagonist. 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. In this case, it carries particular weight: police are trying to break the hold, in some cases, of family ties that go back generations. McGinniss had to be creative, because the mans character never fit the crime. 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. Lynn Parramore: In all your years as a lawyer, what makes this case stand out? Sometimes that doesnt happen. 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. 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. And as is believed to have been the case when a large drug shipment made its way to the region in the past five years, and the Kassab/Kheir family made temporary peace with the Tibas that can sometimes mean forming a truce to distribute the product, and ensure its security. Four men walking to a car, a silver four-wheel drive pulling alongside and obscuring them from view, and then Oueida writhing on the ground, before he hobbles for his life, back towards the Coburg Mosque, where he had just finished afternoon prayer. Recently, the Fourth District Court of Appeals ordered Fox to consider new evidence, and to examine all the evidence as a whole. At least six have faced significant criminal charges. By now, many members of the original hearing and 1979 trial are dead, including Judge Dupree. LP: She said that to her lawyer at the time of the 1979 trial? MacDonald invited author Joe McGinniss to write a book about the case before it had reached a verdict. 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. But just what changed Kassabs mind about the man he once called . He had biblical levels of persistence, Bob Keeler, a reporter for Newsday, recalled in A Wilderness of Error.. Some people would say that was the wrong thing to do. 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. To dislodge an idea reinforced by a popular book and TV phenomenon would be hard enough, but to add the sickening sense that the wrong man has been paying is nearly unthinkable. He was more interested in working with people on hallucinogenic and things like that. Colette MacDonald and her daughters suffered horrific violence as they were killed on February 17, 1970 at their Fort Bragg home. The strength of the families now almost a decade after the launch of Santiago are largely determined by how many of them have been killed or locked up. 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 is hard not to be shocked by the footage of Oueida's shooting. Hes the guy that lives next door. There were few major drug or weapon importations in the state that police could not, in some way, trace back to these families. 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. WebThe Kassab family name was found in the USA in 1920. 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. 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. 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