AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – A vigil was held Wednesday on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst to honor Emma MacDonald, who was killed at Hotel UMass last week. The event brought together ...

As the public learned last Thursday morning, April about the murder of 31 year old Emma MacDonald at a hotel on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in the same building the annual ...

Jeffrey C. MacDonald was arraigned Thursday morning at the Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown on a murder charge for allegedly killing his wife at the UMass Campus Center Hotel Wednesday ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

AMHERST — Hours before he allegedly bludgeoned his wife to death at Hotel UMass, executive chef Jeffrey C. MacDonald reportedly dove into the chilly campus pond, fully clothed in his jacket and apron.

Emma MacDonald had a big personality and a laugh that could be heard across a room. She was compassionate, hard-working, and joked that her mission in life was to make her 10-year-old daughter as ...

FROM MEMBERS HEARING FROM STUDENTS WHO CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED. THIS IS SHOCKING. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY DAY HERE. UMASS AMHERST STUDENTS GETTING THE NEWS LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY A WOMAN HAD ...

Emma MacDonald, 31, was found dead from what authorities allege was a "violent assault" by her husband Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal writer at PEOPLE's crime desk. Her work also appears in The New ...

Jeffrey MacDonald, a chef at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is in the headlines after being charged with murder, assault, and battery on April 23, 2026 (ET). The charges are associated with ...

AMHERST, Mass. (Court TV) — A Massachusetts chef is being held without bail on charges he brutally beat his wife to death inside a hotel on the campus of UMass Amherst. Jeffrey MacDonald appeared at ...

FROM MEMBERS HEARING FROM STUDENTS WHO CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED. THIS IS SHOCKING. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY DAY HERE. UMASS AMHERST STUDENTS GETTING THE NEWS LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY A WOMAN HAD ...