
← GRIT - Stories of Resilience23 mar · 31 min
Freddy Kassab Says One for Them
<p>On June 23, 1989, Freddy Kassab, the stepfather of Colette MacDonald and grandparent of Kimberley and Kristen, and I met in Tampa, Florida to talk about their deaths 19 years before, in 1970, and the years that followed.</p><p><br></p><p>Freddy wanted to make a statement to the United States Parole Commission in case his former son-in-law, Jeff MacDonald requested parole.</p><p><br></p><p>Freddy and his wife Mildred were not in the best of health, and he worried they would not be there to speak at a future date.</p><p><br></p><p>As it turned out, it was 2006 before such a Hearing was held, but the video conversation we had that day lived on and was shown to the Parole Commission.</p><p><br></p><p>Freddy said one for them that day as he always did. This podcast is the audio recording of that conversation.</p>