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The case was made famous by the 1983 Joe McGinniss true crime novel Fatal Vision , which chronicled the crime and resulting trial. MacDonald maintains his innocence, citing several facts suppressed at the trial to support his claims. A 1995 book, Fatal Justice , written by Jerry Allen Potter and Fred Bost, also tells the story of the MacDonald murders. In Fatal Justice , MacDonald said he awoke on the living room couch on the night of the murders to the screams of his wife and oldest daughter, and was attacked by three men, suffering multiple stab wounds and contusions. It is this principle that guides evidence examiners to search crime scenes for hair, fiber, and blood evidence, clues that the person who committed the crime has left at the crime scene.