Fatal Vision1984

Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, MD:
Now, where do we go from here?

Robert Shaw:
That's up to you.

Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, MD:
No, it's not up to me! I told you what I know! Then you throw some pictures in front of me and say that I staged the scene and killed my wife and kids?

Robert Shaw:
I don't know if you did it, Captain MacDonald. I don't know if you did it at all. But my experience tells me that what you say isn't right.

Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, MD:
It took your office six weeks to question me about these things?

Franz Grebner:
We've been all over the United States tracing hippies and girls with long blond hair. We've talked to thousands of people and all of their alibis check out.

Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, MD:
I understand that, but... oh man! This is a nightmare! This is like something out of an Edgar Alan Poe story! Apparently, you don't know enough about me or my family to come up with that kind of conclusion for that matter!

Robert Shaw:
What kind of man are you?

Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, MD:
Well... I'm bright, I'm aggressive, and I loved my wife very much! And I work very hard and I had a terrific family and this is the most asinine thing I ever heard! It's almost as bad as...

[short pause]

Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, MD:
Ask any patient I treated. I've always gone out of my way. I always help people. I loved my wife more than any couple I know! I don't know any other couple that was as happy as we were and you come up with this crap that I killed my wife and two kids in cold blood for no reason! Damn it!

Franz Grebner:
Jeff, I have to go with all the evidence that available to me.

Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, MD:
Bull! You're making a mountain out of a mole hill! No one ever had a good life as I had! Why the hell would I want to wreck it for? Christ... I was a doctor! And I had a beautiful wife who loved me and two kids that were great! I... I couldn't have done it! We just have overall hard times. It doesn't make any sense. Why would I do it? Look... Mr. Grebner, what I told you about that night is true. Some minor details might be hazy and confused but... what happened is the best of what I told you in the best of my ability. What would have to gain by doing this?

Franz Grebner:
[hands MacDonald a photograph] Infidelity possibility. Do you know this woman?

Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, MD:
[looks at the photo] She looks familiar, but I don't know who she is.

Franz Grebner:
[hands him another photo] What about this one?

Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, MD:
[somewhat startled as he looks at the next photo] She looks like Mary... something. I don't know her last name. She was a nurse that worked at a hospital in San Antonio a few years ago where I worked before I enlisted. I was with her one time. We just kissed. I didn't have intercourse with her. She wrote me one letter last year, but I ripped it up and threw it away. My wife never found out about it. No big deal. Oh... you guys are more thorough than I thought.

Franz Grebner:
What?

Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald, MD:
I said you're more thorough than I thought!