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- Carroll Bonnet, a 61-year-old employee of Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska was reported missing after uncharacteristically not showing up for work for two days. His apartment manager went to the residence to check on him, peeked in the window and saw him lying face down, naked, with a stab wound to his torso. Upon entering his apartment, fire department personnel discovered that he had been brutally murdered with a knife and that his car was missing
- The Murder of Carroll Bonnet
- In the apartment, police found a severed telephone cord, newspapers strewn about, cigarette butts in the garbage and empty beer cans.
- Police also discovered three towels next to the victim, along with a taunting note. “I am leaving this crim (sic) with only one clue. Find it yourself Pig!!! Die Pig. – Helter”
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- Detectives then reviewed all the evidence in storage, including the bloody towels and palm prints and submitted them to laboratory technicians who were able to match the DNA to Watson. In addition, the fingerprints and palm prints matched the IAFIS database for Watson. Upon further scrutiny, a signature of “Jerry W” was written in blue ink and then crossed out in the margin of a newspaper.
- After over 30 years of not getting any new info, detectives used a new IAFIS system to find a suspect, Jerry Watson, who was currently serving time in jail for another crime. It was found that Watson had grown up in Cicero, Illinois, just blocks from where the vehicle had been found, and in March of 1978, he had visited a relative in Omaha who lived very close to Bonnet’s apartment.
- I know you wont have evidence that says I did it
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- On November 15, 2010, Jerry Watson was charged with use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony and first-degree murder. He was convicted by a jury on August 25, 2011, exactly 33 years after the murder, and on October 17, 2011, Watson was sentenced to life in prison
- McMillan, Vanessa. “True Crime Stories - An Arrogant Clue Missed at the Scene.” HID Global Blog, 14 Feb. 2022, blog.hidglobal.com/true-crime-stories-arrogant-clue-missed-scene. Accessed 09 Dec. 2024.
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