User Reviews

I have been interested in this case for a long time, and done a lot of research and reading on the Macdonald case. I was a child when the miniseries Fatal Vision came out on television, and I remember being so upset as a 5 year old, realizing for the first time that fathers could actually kill their families. It was haunting.

I had high hopes for this documentary, but felt this piece was incredibly biased toward Jeffrey Macdonald. Only his side of the story was told, with his friends, attorneys, and family. Nothing from the prosecutors, Colette's family or friends, or any of the forensic specialists was discussed. I would have liked it to be a more balanced piece of reporting, rather than regurgitating the years of rumor and half truth spread by Macdonald's many defense lawyers.

People all but lied throughout the entire program. They point out only about 10% of the real evidence and only interview those that are totally on the side of Jeffey McDonald. They tell so many lies I'm not sure I can watch or read anything People again without seeing their complete incompetence. DNA was tested and found inconsistent with anyone human. It was a dolls hair. They never pointed out that McDonalds footprint was found in blood in the upstairs bedroom yet he was supposedly knocked out. All weapons were from inside the home yet 3-4 hippies supposedly came in with weapons and they kill a woman and 2 kids but leave the Green Beret with a few scratches and 1 small stab would placed perfectly between his ribs. It was raining yet no wet footprints were found inside the home only on the bottom of McDonalds robe. The robe he apparently laid outside to step on to throw out weapons he used. He was using an weight loss drug that was later removed from market for causing physoctic outbursts. Yet People didn't mention any of this at all. People proving once again they are so left that they would prefer to side with a family murderer than report the truth. They should be ashamed. You want the truth read the book Fatal Vision by the gentleman who worked with McDonald to get his story straight and determined that McDonald was so guilty it totally changed his outlook when writing the book.