Showing posts with label Carroll Bonnet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carroll Bonnet. Show all posts

Friday, August 26, 2011

JUSTICE AT LAST FOR 1978 CARROLL BONNET MURDER

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THREE decades after his naked body was found dead of a single stab wound, with a taunting note left for cops, justice has finally been served on his killer.
A jury took just a few hours to convict Jerry Watson, now 52 of first degree murder for the weird 1978 murder of the 61-year-old hospital worker.
At the time of the killing, the 19-year-old Watson left a puzzling note which said: "I'm leaving this crime with only one clue. Find it yourself. Die pig. –Helter." 
And after getting away with his crime for 33-years Watson must have thought that he'd gotten away with his crime but the Omaha Police Department's cold case unit, began investigating the case again.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

DNA REOPENS 1978 CARROLL BONNET MURDER

HE WAS found naked, face down on top of couch pillows, gaping stab wounds splurging blood from his stomach. The cut phone cord, scattered newspapers and magazines and towels covered in human waste told cops there had been a struggle before Carroll Bonnet's brutal 1978 murder.
Then there was the puzzling note left at the scene that read, "I'm leaving this crime with only one clue. Find it yourself. Die pig. –Helter." 
But now, over three decades after the death, cops think they have solved the mysterious death and they have charged 51-year-old Jerry Watson is being charged with his murder. Using  modern DNA and fingerprint tests gave they believe a hair follicle found in one of the towels by the body could be his KPTM reports.