The evening of May 4th 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was sitting in her vehicle waiting for her husband when she was fatally shot. The primary suspect was her husband, Robert Blake. Robert Blake was well known in Hollywood for his acting career. Bonny Bakley had been married to Robert Blake for about 6 months. However, several sources discussed that their relationship seemed to be a rocky one, since Bonny was known to be a manipulative gold-digger and was suspected of trapping Blake into marrying her by having his child. Blake’s defense team used Bakley’s questionable character to make the jurors believe Blake was merely one of the many men that Bakley tried to take advantage of and that there were many men who had a motive to kill her.
Moments before the murder Bakley and Blake went to have
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The Walther P-38 was found coated in dirt along with unknown oil matter. They couldn’t recover fingerprints from the weapon nor could they make out the serial number because it had been filed down.
Furthermore, the night of the murder Blake was carrying a registered .38 Special Smith and Wesson revolver so when he was tested for gunshot residue his defense argued that the powder could have been from the revolver he was carrying, not from the murder weapon. Interestingly enough, ABC News reported that Blake was a known gun collector and the Walther P-38 was confirmed to be a World War II gun.
A suspicious list of supplies found in Earle Caldwell’s vehicle led prosecutors to believe that Blake had sent his handyman Caldwell to shop for items to get rid of Bakley’s body, described Murderpedia. Amongst the supplies listed were two shovels, small sledge, crowbar, 25-auto, get blank gun ready, old rugs, duct tape-black, draino, pool acid, and lye. Blake’s attorneys debated that the supplies were necessary for the ongoing remodeling occurring in Blake’s home during that