Photos of headboard and footboard (includes graphic images)

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Bed and headboard in east bedroom, with body of Colette MacDonald on floor
Bed and headboard in east bedroom, with body of Colette MacDonald on floor
Headboard of bed in east bedroom
Headboard of bed in east bedroom
Headboard of bed in east bedroom
Headboard of bed in east bedroom
Body of Colette MacDonald in east bedroom, with footboard of bed in right foreground
Body of Colette MacDonald in east bedroom, with footboard of bed in right foreground
Footboard of bed in east bedroom, with body of Colette MacDonald in background
Footboard of bed in east bedroom, with body of Colette MacDonald in background
Bed and footboard in east bedroom
Bed and footboard in east bedroom
Footboard of bed in east bedroom
Footboard of bed in east bedroom

CID Findings


March 29, 1972:  USACIL Consolidated Report

USACIL Consolidated Report, page 26  Page 26
USACIL Consolidated Report, page 26


Paragraph 8:  Examination of Exhibit W-5, headboard and footboard, revealed one partial latent palm print on the footboard.


USACIL Consolidated Report, page 29  Page 29
USACIL Consolidated Report, page 29


Examination and comparison of the questioned handprinting appearing on Exhibit W-5 with the exemplars, Exhibits W-2 thru W-4 resulted in the following conclusions:

     a.  The questioned handprinting appearing on Exhibit W-5 was very probably executed by a right handed persion utilizing the index and middle fingers of the right hand.

     b.  The writers of the exemplars, Exhibits W-2 thru W-4 could neither be eliminated nor identified as having executed the questioned handprinting appearing on Exhibit W-5.

Related exhibits


D29 Red-brown stain from footboard of bed in east bedroom
D30 Red-brown stain marked "PIG" on headboard in east bedroom
E300 Blue fibre on floor by east wall by head of bed in east bedroom (2a)
I3 Suspected portion of surgical glove bearing red-brown stains from bed in east bedroom
I21 Suspected portion of surgical glove bearing red-brown stains from bedding on floor in east bedroom
I213 Suspected portion of surgical glove bearing red-brown stains from east bedroom
I226 Suspect portion of surgical glove bearing red-brown stains from Colette MacDonald's body
D30b Red-brown stain marked "PIG" on headboard in east bedroom
W1 Photographs of lettering: PIG on headboard
W2 Notebook, blue, containing handwriting and handprinting, J. MacDonald
W3 Notebook, yellow, containing handwriting and handprinting, C. MacDonald
W4 DA Form 2694, pertaining to Jeffrey R. MacDonald, dtd 9-18-68
W6 Sheet of white onion skin paper bearing questioned handwriting and handprinting

Webmaster note


Although both the USACIL Preliminary Report (page 11 USACIL Preliminary Lab Report, page 11
USACIL Preliminary Lab Report, page 11
) and the USACIL Consolidated Report (page 16 USACIL Consolidated Report, page 16
USACIL Consolidated Report, page 16
) describe Exhibit W-5 as "Headboard, blond wood, bearing handprinting in suspected blood," the Fingerprint Findings show that the footboard was also included in the examination of Exhibit W-5 (page 26, paragraph 8 USACIL Consolidated Report, page 26
USACIL Consolidated Report, page 26
of the USACIL Consolidated Report).

NOTES

February 17, 1970 - April 10, 1972: Excerpts from CID Reinvestigation    

August 10 and September 11, 1970: Cpt. Somers at the Article 32 hearing

August 20, 1974: William Ivory (CID) at the Grand Jury

January 17, 1975: Alfred Kassab at the Grand Jury

January 21, 1975: Jeffrey MacDonald at the Grand Jury    

July 30, 1979: Hilyard Medlin (CID) at trial    

August 24, 1979: Jeffrey MacDonald at trial    

August 28, 1979: Final arguments at trial

July 12, 1984: Excerpts from Affidavit of Richard Mahon (CID)

August 28, 1984: Excerpt from Affidavit of Bernard Segal (3)

March 1, 1985: Excerpt from United States of America vs. Jeffrey MacDonald

December 17, 1985: Excerpt from U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

April 9, 2005: Brian Murtagh on MacDonald's claims re: the "partial bloody palm print"

May 8, 2006: Excerpt from Defense reply to Government response to motion to vacate sentence