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small

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town girl, bonnie, lee bakley always

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dreamed of of marrying, a movie star, girl,

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obsession celebrities resulted in nine,

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divorces until bonnie eventually

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married famous actor, robert blake

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however, bonnie learned being

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close to the the spotlight comes with consequences within

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a year of of her marriage her hollywood dream

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came to a a tragic end when she she

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was found, fatally shot outside of of

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a a diner in in hollywood bonnie's

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traveling path complicated detectives,

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almost year an investigation into her

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murder which had the lapd

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raking through hollywood's underbelly

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of gangsters drug addicts and

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would be hit men her husband

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robert blake remained the prime suspect

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in her murder but the media pointed the

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finger back at bonnie saying

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she had it coming from wandering

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the execution of bonnie lee bailey

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is thrilling new chapter in the hit

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hollywood crime yeah theory robert

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blake new body spent most of her life the

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con artist who dreamed of being

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famous that when robert blake reluctantly

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let bonnie stay in his guest house it

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began the though he become most famous

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for an accused murderer

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you are about to your a preview of the execution

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it a little after nine thirty pm

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on may fourth two thousand and

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one fireworks

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, across the sky in studio city

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just over the hollywood hills cinco

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de maya has come has day early this

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inside a small yellow house on

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quiet street sean stanek

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sit at desk and his robe he

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spending friday night hunched over his keyboard

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writing keyboard screenplay hoping to

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become the next quentin tarantino

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but tonight the neck

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right another word

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he was from

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reading are you have to help my wife

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she's , she's been beads they better

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off off my gosh call nine

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one nine minute clicks jesus

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robert blake the actor stanek

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seen him around seen neighborhood where

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issues blake points across the street

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to a black dodge parked in front of a dumpster

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stance confused how did blake's

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weiss get into the car if she

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was beaten was their domestic

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squabble stanek

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racist his bedroom dials nine one

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racist i'm

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crap we need a woman have almost hello

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this or

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oh my gosh breathing breathing

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, he other com and and

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operator to stand to get dry towel

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to stop any bleeding he

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still in his room he

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runs to the bedroom to change clothes and

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here's blake ya from the other room got

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back to the restaurant

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white and black going to the car to help

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his wife oh

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five years or late fog history

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and dark ,

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set he sees the car next to the dumpster

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and rushes over he veers

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into the driver's window and spots the woman

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i'm stacey

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breathing breathing know are

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you okay are

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you gonna

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go door to ,

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management blood a good here

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rak replacing

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the towel around her head and apply pressure

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and , years play calling from down

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block what's wrong with her when

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apps danny turns

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back to the injured woman he kills

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at her face stomach jumps

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is gaping hole gaping right side

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her head she's been shot

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minutes later paramedics arrived transfer

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the women into an ambulance static

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, blake sitting on the curb curb

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sits next to him and puts his arm around

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his around by

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now street is teeming with squad

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cars one of the officers

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really thanks

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moistened allow shaky that

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, wife wife knew this was going

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happen and knew and she

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was afraid she know i

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carry my know for protection the

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officer asks if still has it on

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him like pulls the gun

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from his pocket the

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owners he tries

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to piece together the cruise he

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didn't see as directory get a woman trusted

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whoever did this a , killer

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walked up and said something to her and then

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too late late ,

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one of the hazards of work in hollywood

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everything feels like movie

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danica won't be first to speculate about

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what happened tonight in the

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next few hours newspapers and tv

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crews soup onto the scene

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hungry for headlines it's

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been a slow news cycle and this

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story has all the the makings of of

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a film noir thriller, the

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faded hollywood actor is

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murdered is everyone

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wanting to know who is

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this mysterious woman woman who

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wanted of

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you

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just heard a a preview of the the of

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of bonnie lee lee bakley listen to to the the rest

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