at this point? i m knowing foul play. a woman separated from her purse is a very bad sign. right. so we re sitting there crying, hoping they don t bring out a body out of the dumpster. but there was no body and no sign of bonnie s car, either. police handed bonnie s purse to mike and advised him it would be best if he just went home. the police told him go home, sit by the phone, wait for a car from her, ransom call, an accident call, or whatever it might be. homicide detective robbie hinson came on duty later that day at the jacksonville sheriff s office. he was assigned the missing person case that would change his life. did you go back out to this airport motel? yes, we did. we spent quite some time out there canvassing the rooms and got the register and saw who was out there and interviewed people. interviewed the security guard. and there were stories circulating about strangely acting men, right? even then,
hinson came on duty later that day at the jacksonville sheriff s office. he was assigned the missing person case that would change his life. did you go back out to this airport motel? yes, we did. we spent quite some time out there canvassing the rooms and got the register and saw who was out there and interviewed people. interviewed the security guard. and there were stories circulating about strangely acting men, right? even then, right? yes. even then. a security guard told the detective a man standing earlier on the second floor balcony seemed to be overly interested in the activity below of the dumpster. but he checked out before detective hinson could talk to him. the same security guard also remembered seeing a woman fitting bonnie s description going into one of those second floor rooms. the detective wondered where was the woman s car? it was still out there? yeah. the car was still missing. the airport was nearby, so hinson cruised the parking lots there. it
inside that modest starter home on dolphin avenue. the young wife, just 23, is restless, the story goes, and she walks out the door. the phone rang early the next morning in the bedroom of eva and bernie haim across town. a funny question at that hour. did they know where bonnie was, the wife of their nephew, mike? we got a phone call from a police friend of ours. and he knew mike and bonnie. he said where s bonnie? we just found her purse in the dumpster at the red roof inn and y all need to get out here. a maintenance man had come upon the purse in a dumpster behind the airport motel. inside were bonnie s i. d., keys, credit cards, and more than $1,000 in cash. bernie and evann got to the motel just before 9:00 a. m. mike was already there. by the time we got there mike and his dad, john, were in