TEEANDCEE: CID investigator William Ivory twice interviewed neighbors who lived directly above the MacDonald residence and they reported hearing Colette's angry voice. Later that morning, they were awakened by Jeffrey MacDonald either sobbing or laughing. One thing is for certain, none of MacDonald's neighbors heard the sound of 6 hippie home invaders assaulting 4 people inside a cramped apartment. Colette certainly showed tremendous courage by attempting to protect Kimmie in the master bedroom and Kristen in her bedroom. She endured at least one punch to the face, a thrust to the chest with a club, at least two vicious blows to the head with the club in the master bedroom, and several blows to her arms/head with the club in Kristen's room.
Colette didn't have the opportunity to make much noise due to several factors.
- The fact that this was a rage killing indicates that inmate attacked his wife suddenly and without warning
- The fiber/blood evidence indicates that Colette and inmate initially grappled which resulted in Colette tearing her husband's pajama top
- The totality of the tear was 72 inches in length and resulted in the pocket dislodging from the garment and 81 fibers dispersing in the bedroom
- Colette was then knocked out after receiving a vicious blow to the temple by her club-wielding husband
- Inmate probably thought that Colette and Kimmie were dead or near death, so he went into the living room to contemplate his next move/cover story
- He re-read the Manson article in Esquire and remembered meeting his brother's 4 roommates at Fire Island in the Summer of 1969
- The 4 roommates were composed of 2 white males, 1 black male, and a female who had long blond hair and wore a floppy hat
- The roommates were investigated by the CID in late 1970 and cleared as suspects (e.g., airtight alibis, no matching fingerprints)
- Inmate decided to conflate the details of the Manson murders with the physical descriptions of his brother's roommates
- Inmate transported Kimmie in the blue bedsheet, placed her back in her bed, and then clubbed/stabbed Kimmie to death in her bed
- Blood evidence indicates that inmate was walking to the kitchen to launder the blue bedsheet when he heard Colette staggering into Kristen's room
- Inmate caught up with Colette in Kristen's room, broke both her arms and fractured her skull with the club, and subsequently transported her
from Kristen's room to the master bedroom in the blue bedsheet
Colette's final moments on this earth were both heroic and horrific. It took 9 1/2 years to get MacDonald before a jury, but justice was finally served.
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