Jeffrey MacDonald

Jeffrey Robert MacDonald was an American physician, US Army Captain, and family annihilator who, on August 29, 1979, was convicted of the 1970 murders of his wife and two daughters. He repeatedly appealed the conviction, and currently proclaims his innocence.

Background
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Fort Bragg Murders
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Trials, Fatal Vision and Second Marriage
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Modus Operandi
MacDonald employed at least four weapons, leaving aside his own fists, during the course of his murderous rampage: He also staged the scene to appear as if a Manson Family-like group invaded his house, murdered his family, and wounded him. He inspired himself to articles he read on Esquire, and, wearing surgical gloves, used Colette's blood to write the word "pig" on their bed's headboard. Finally, he non-lethally stabbed himself with a scalpel, called an ambulance, and discarded the weapons and gloves.
 * A piece of lumber, which he used to club his wife, breaking her arms, and with which his older daughter, Kimberley, was either unintentionally or intentionally hit
 * A Geneva Forge paring knife, which he used to stab his wife
 * An Old Hickory paring knife, which he used to stab both his wife and daughters
 * An ice pick, which he used to stab both his wife and younger daughter

Profile
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Known Victims

 * February 17, 1970: 544 Castle Drive, Fort Bragg, North Carolina:
 * Colette MacDonald, 25
 * Kimberley MacDonald, 5
 * Kristen MacDonald, 2

On Criminal Minds

 * Season Six:
 * "25 to Life" - While yet to be directly referenced in the show, MacDonald seems to have been an inspiration for Donald Sanderson. Both were physicians convicted of murdering their wives and children by stabbing, were thought to have injured theirself in order to appear innocent, and claimed the real killers were a group of people. The only difference between them consists in the fact that Sanderson was revealed to be innocent, while it is generally believed MacDonald is guilty of the crimes he has been convicted for.