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A Doctor, His Family and A Terrible Crime - February 17 2021 - Daily True Crime

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, True Crime, History, Documentary

4.6781 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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February 17th: Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald’s Family Murdered (1970) What makes a perfect man break and do something heinous? On February 17th 1970 the perfect husband and father called police to report that a horrible crime had taken place in his home. A crime which, to this day, no one knows the true motive.  Shop NEW Merch now!  https://www.bonfire.com/store/morningcupofmurder/ Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange local true crime story you want to share, or you just want to say hi? Email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Morning Cup of Murder is Edited and Produced by Dillon Biemesderfer Follow Dillon on instagram: @dungeonsanddillons Information for this episode collected from: Wikipedia, armytimes.com, thoughtco.com, Murderpedia, thejeffreymacdonaldcase.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders.

0:31.8

15 miles away.

0:32.7

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:36.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:38.9

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:42.3

What makes a perfect man break and do something heinous.

0:48.8

On February 17, 1970, the perfect husband and father called police to report that a horrible crime had taken

0:55.7

place in his home, a crime which, to this day, no one knows the true motive. So if you like your

1:03.2

coffee hot, put your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:13.2

Jeffrey McDonald was almost always a well-liked man.

1:16.9

He was voted most popular and most likely to succeed when he was in high school,

1:21.1

was captain of the football team, and earned himself a scholarship to Princeton University,

1:25.8

all while maintaining a relationship and later marrying

1:28.6

his high school sweetheart, Collette Catherine Stevenson. They had a daughter together named

1:34.0

Kimberly in 1964 and would later welcome a second child named Kristen in 1967. After three years

1:41.6

at Princeton, Jeffrey and Collette moved to Chicago where he had been accepted into a medical school.

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