Helena Stoeckley, I'm sure, WOULD have been charged with the murders if she had told the truth on the stand or told that she had been threatened by the prosecutor and/or the 6 witnesses the defense had ready to swear H.S. had confessed her involvement to them (3 of whom were also law enforcement officials) had been allowed to testify (all were denied by the judge).

H.S. pleaded with the prosecution for immunity, and said she would state who was with her/committed the murders in exchange, but was denied, and then threatened into changing her testimony.....and even then- any reading of the trial transcript shows she was trying not to perjure herself (stating she "couldn't remember" where she was from 12 PM to 4 AM (the timeframe the murders took place) she never said she was NOT there, nor did she supply an alibi.

She stated to numerous people, including her own mother, that she went to the house to teach Jeff a "lesson" (because one of his duties as an Army was to report enlisted men who used drugs) and to look for drugs in the apartment (the post at Ft. Bragg was "open" at the time, so anyone could gain access)- she and her 3 male friends were strung out on 4-5 drugs and she did not participate in the murders but watched 2 of the men hit Jeff with a club or baseball bat and stab him.  She told her mother (and others) that "things got out of hand" b/c the group was so high on drugs.

There was ample physical evidence of Stoeckley's presence in the apt. as well as others, but it was suppressed at trial b/c it did not fit the gov't's "theory" of the case......unsourced blonde wig fibers 22" in length (Jeff said he saw a woman with long stringy blonde hair and a hat and a flickering light, like a candle) unsourced candle wax in the living room where Jeff saw the woman and on the bedspread of one of his little daughters....unsourced black wool fibers on the club used to kill Jeff's wife Colette (Helena admitted to consistently wearing black clothing)- and I should note that said club, nor any other murder weapon had Jeff's fingerprints on it....

The murderers were Helena's boyfriend, Greg Mitchell, who admitted his crimes to his boss, his pastor and many friends (including 3 people who came forward after 2002) and 2 other males who remain unidentified (although referenced by both Stoeckley and Mitchell).  

Jeff never said the intruders were "drug-crazed hippies"...that is a description made and perpetuated by the media.....he described the people he saw in his house - it turns out they existed and were questioned by the Army and FBI- and they were all drug users.....but that phrase was not something Jeff ever said...it has been used to somehow make his account sound "fake"- when in truth it turns out to be accurate.....

Greg Mitchell is dead as is Helena Stoeckley.  Mitchell died at 33 from drinking too much "because of his guilt" and Helena died at 33 from drug use for the same reason....the other 2 males may be dead or imprisoned or in the community, we don't know.

But now I think justice demands that MacDonald get his new trial, where some of these matters might be resolved that you raise, but more importantly where the Doctor will finally have his chance to question and examine the evidence and witnesses that were the basis for his conviction and bring forth the exculpatory evidence wrongfully withheld.

I'd put this case well in the back of my mind many years ago when I went from tending to believe in his guilt after the McGuinness book and movie, then to belief in his innocence after reading about the McGuinness book and movie and after wondering whether he hadn't been tried for failing to act in the normal ways that the innocent victims of crime are supposed to act.

1.  There is no evidence that Helena Stoeckley was ever in the MacDonald apartment.

2. There is no evidence that Greg Mitchell was ever in the apartment.

3. Why did it take Mr. Britt so long to come forth with his testimony?

http://thejeffreymacdonaldcase.com/