Title rated 4 out of 5 stars, based on 28 ratings(28 ratings)
Book, 2012
Current format, Book, 2012, , Available .
Book, 2012
Current format, Book, 2012, , Available . Offered in 0 more formats
Early on the morning of February 17, 1970, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, a Green Beret doctor named Jeffery MacDonald called the police for help. When the officers arrived at his home they found the bloody and battered bodies of MacDonald's pregnant wife and two young daughters. So began one of the most notorious and mysterious murder cases of the twentieth century. Morris, who has been investigating the case for nearly two decades, reveals that almost everything we know about that case is ultimately flawed, and an innocent man may be behind bars. In a masterful reinvention of the true-crime thriller, Morris looks behind the haze of myth that still surrounds these murders. Drawing on court transcripts, lab reports, and original interviews, Morris brings a complete forty-year history back to life and demonstrates how our often desperate attempts to understand and explain an ambiguous reality can overwhelm the facts.
From the community