She was a short, fat prostitute with short auburn hair and a
bubbly, engaging personality. She was attractive despite her weight and 5’1
height and was often complimented on her shapely legs.
Her common law husband, Carl Austin Hall was the love of her
life and she worried and fussed over him until the day they were executed side by
side in Missouri’s gas chamber.
She and Carl kidnapped and murdered young Bobby Greanlease
from his Catholic school for a ransom. Carl had been dreaming of the crime for
years before he’d met Bonnie. In his heart he felt it was the one last crime he
would have to pull and he’d be set for life. He had thought about it for so
long in fact, he was sure the plan was foolproof.
Once he and Bonnie moved in together he enlisted her help.
She posed as the boy’s aunt and told the nuns Bobby’s mother was ill and she
had been sent to retrieve him. He was released to her with no trouble from six
year old Bobby or the nuns.
She took him straight to Carl and the three of them went
deep into the countryside. On a side road Bonnie and Carl got out. Bonnie
walked along the roadside while Carl spread a blue plastic sheet in the trunk
and set about killing Bobby.
He tried first to strangle him with a length of clothesline but it was too short. Instead, he shot him twice in the face.
He tried first to strangle him with a length of clothesline but it was too short. Instead, he shot him twice in the face.
They buried the body and spent a few weeks drunk travelling
from state to state. When they were finally arrested Carl expressed some remorse
and talked of how badly alcohol had affected his life. Bonnie showed no remorse
and remained her jovial, comical self.
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