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Award-Winning Chef Charged with Killing Wife at UMass Amherst Campus Center Hotel
Court records say the chef admitted killing his wife in a hotel room, and he is also charged with assaulting a police officer.
- On Wednesday night, 36-year-old Jeffrey MacDonald was arrested and charged with murder in the death of his wife, Emma MacDonald, 31, inside the UMass Campus Center Hotel in Amherst, Massachusetts.
- Both the suspect and victim were employees at UMass Amherst; MacDonald, a chef at the university, was named Chef of the Year by the American Culinary Federation last year.
- Police responding to a 911 call at 7:42 p.m. Wednesday found the victim dead after a violent struggle, and MacDonald admitted he had "intentionally beaten his wife to death."
- MacDonald pleaded not guilty Thursday morning in Eastern Hampshire District Court on charges of first-degree murder and assault and battery on a police officer.
- UMass Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes stated there is "no ongoing threat" to the campus or community, and the university is providing counseling resources to staff, faculty, and students.
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