the clock was hatched, this dreadful plot. and it s like a movie script it s family rivalries an betrayal and murder. it was so horrific. what were the last hours o earth like for her it looks here on this storied family estate, a mystery tangled as that was th treat for the sky. i think she s dead. it eats at me, i can t slee most of the time a crime like a stor everyone could see it coming everyone in the town ha their suspicions she was missing, th matriarch with a group on he powerful families fortune, tha someone have a powerful motive to do her harm i saw bruises on bonnie s arms, like somebody had grabbe her. she tried to kill me. who was behind this a search in the dark it s all right a secret in the family, and the jailhouse interview to mak your jaw drop. you said you wished you are dead, and then later she becam that this is a twisted tale deep in the heart of texas. people who are desperat will do desperate things
i can t sleep most of the time. a crime, like a storm everyone could see it coming. i want to ten had a dispositions. she was missing, matriarch with the grip on her power family fortune. did someone have a powerful motive to do her harm? i saw bruisers on bonnie s arm like somebody had grabbed her. so the image that you tried to kill me. who was behind this? a search in the dark. a secret in the family. and they jailhouse interview to make your jaw drop. this is a twisted tale, deep in the heart of texas,. people who are desperate, we ll do desperate things. hello and welcome to dateline, san saba city in texas hill country though tiny in size it was huge in the cloud growing business. even called the pecan capital of the world. the name kharkiv was synonymous with pecan harvesting. so when the matriarch of the family bonnie harkey went missing it sent shockwaves through the community. where was bonnie harkey? harris josh make-a-wish with queen of the count
knew that bruce harkey had never made any secret about ho he felt about his stepmother bonnie excuse my language, but thi is exactly what he said. he said that [bleep] have a decency to die investigators did not kno if bruce gave karl, or jus manipulated him into killing bonnie harkey. but they were sure he wa involved so, two days after carl, investigators went to bomb his body, and bruce harkey was arrested and charged wit murder one law meant came to question bruce in jail, he did not minc words. bonnie was a poor miserable wretch of a human being, okay? she did not have to working i didn t go out there and say, somebody needs to color. i said she needs to go she needs to go. according to bruce, kar pressley had his own motive fo killing bonnie harkey. and that s because a yea
he said he was the poorest military and the county. sean oliver said that bruce harkey was down and out in late 2007, when he resettled insensitive after being away for many years. he had no income coming in and every time he drove by that property, all he could see was the millions that, what he thought was millions, that he was missing out on. by then, bonnie harkey was becoming increasingly frail. hurt dementia made it difficult to she was unable to manage her daily affairs so her daughter, connie, became her guardian. after conte died in 2011, bruce harkey thought that carl pressley should be bonnie s guardian. a judge tried to point someone else, bruce and john challenge that in court. bonnie asked the judge if she could speak. and the judge said, yes. and she said, i don t want them to be my guardians. i m afraid of them.
chasing some dangerous desperado. somebody loose . okay just wondering because of setting up there near miss harkey s place. the harkey place was a local landmark were john wilkinson a san saba sheriff s deputy 2012 was one of the first investigators to arrive. i want to course and karen johnson s body was lifeless found in the doorway. the traits of suppression. no sign of struggle? there was no clear signs of struggle. there are some questionable issues that were a play. like what? the fact that she was dead right at the store that did make any sense. the fact i found a broken fingernail on her hand. carol johnson, the personal call 9-1-1 told investigators been calling playing a game to spare bedroom all afternoon had not heard or seen anything unusual. strange. but also concern the lawman is