Heady, Bonnie (1912–1953)
Heady, Bonnie (1912–1953)
American kidnapper. Name variations: Bonnie B. Heady. Born 1912; executed at State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri, Dec 18, 1953.
Posing as aunt of 6-year-old Robert Greenlease Jr. (son of a wealthy Kansas City automobile dealer), kidnapped the boy (Sept 28, 1953); after her boyfriend Carl Austin Hall murdered the boy and buried him in her yard in St. Joseph, demanded and received $600,000 ransom; was deserted by Hall, who left her only $2,000 (Oct 5); with Hall, taken into custody (Oct 6), found guilty and received death penalty (Nov 19); executed with him in gas chamber. More than half of the $600,000 ransom was never located.
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