Inmate Is Describing The NYF
Inmate just happens to visit his brother at Fire Island 6 months before the murders. Jay MacDonald just happens to share a residence with 4 individuals who match the descriptions of the mythical hippie home invaders. Inmate just happens to be seen by several witnesses conversing with 4 individuals who match the descriptions of his brother's roommates. Who were Jay MacDonald's roommates?
Dubbed by the CID as the "New York Four," Kenneth Barnett, Annette Cullity, Gary Burnett, and Joseph Lee were sharing a residence with Jay MacDonald in the Summer of 1969. Joseph Lee was an African-American male, Gary Burnett and Kenneth Barnett were Caucasian males, and Annette Cullity was a Caucasian female. When the New York Four were arrested in Suffolk County, Lee was wearing an army field jacket and Cullity was known to wear a floppy hat and hip boots.
The number of intruders, their racial make-up, and their clothing items all matched the descriptions provided by Jeffrey MacDonald. CID agent Bennie Hawkins obtained fingerprint exemplars of the New York Four and their prints did not match any of the prints found at 544 Castle Drive. Bennie Hawkins testified to the following at the Article 32 hearing.
Somers: Can you describe this group?
Hawkins: Yes, sir, it was a group of four. There were three males and one female in the group. The one male, Negro, approximately 5-9 in height, 170 pounds in weight, black hair, brown eyes. There were two Caucasian males, one of them approximately 5-10 in height with dark brown hair, hazel eyes, of about medium build. The other Caucasian male was approximately 5-6 in height, blond hair, and blue eyes. The female approximately 5-5 to 5-6 in height, 110 pounds in weight. She had blond hair and blue eyes.
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