Convicted Murderer Gets Parole Hearing
Former Green Beret doctor Jeffrey MacDonald, whose conviction in the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters was dramatized in the best-selling book and TV miniseries “Fatal Vision,” had his first parole hearing.
It could be as much as six weeks before the parole commission decides whether to free the 61-year-old inmate from the federal prison near Cumberland.
MacDonald received three consecutive life sentences for the murders of his 26-year-old wife, Colette, and their daughters, ages 2 and 5, at their apartment at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
MacDonald has been eligible to apply for parole since 1991 but refused until this year, contending it would involve a tacit admission of guilt.
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