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Neighborhood gossip led them to the KILLER

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#1 -- "The Rumor Mill" -- 1:05 -- A brutal Tucson murder unravels after a single rumor changes the investigation

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20 Comments

@Akire305 7 months ago

What a sick POS taking a mother away from her children over some disgusting obsession he has over his neighbor. Unbelievable.

@SeekingPolymath 5 months ago

I imagine the oldest son felt guilty that while he was sitting in juvi being pissed at his mom, he wasn't home because of his own actions to possibly protect his mom physically or, more likely, keep the killer entirely out of the house simply by the presence of an almost-man in the home.

Hope all the children got on better life paths.

@robsan7847 4 months ago (edited)

Thanks for making this. We really miss my mother Bonnie. She is very loving and a beautiful person. Father and 3 kids are doing great. What a horrible life lesson we went through. Thankfully no family or friends were involved at all. Freddy confessed to being the sole demon. He confessed to being high on cocaine and was drinking. He was caught due to an affair with another neighbor and making a statement that he found a different neighbor attractive. Last I checked Fred is still alive serving life in AZ.

@khankeshkhan1636 7 months ago

The gossip she hated actually brought her family justice. Crazy. This is why being a nosey neighbour is a good thing...sometimes

@A.a.319 6 months ago

This lady had so many dangerous people in her life and she had no idea.
So many horrible mean people and it was the stranger across the street.

@StephenNaler-p7i 7 months ago

I hope he has had a horrible time in prison ...what a total peice of crap

@elena1nicol 7 months ago

There's no way that was the murderer's first crime.... the tucson police better review their cold cases

@DaynaDion-h1i 7 months ago

Every families should make sure the house is securely locked before going to bed. This world is not a paradise

@RosieGoalie31 7 months ago

This one makes me sad. Some guy finds some woman attractive, so he feels like that gives the right to assault and kill her, taking a families mom from them. Makes me angry, too. Why do some guys just think its their right?

@aprilloving9860 7 months ago

" he would routinely talks out his knife and stab himself in the head" woah

@lauratreasures 7 months ago

Never underestimate the power of neighborhood gossip.

@BoringTroublemaker 7 months ago (edited)

These men who think they are entitled to take women’s bodies and do whatever unspeakable crap with them just because want them is sickening. This disgusting POS just sitting there across the street waiting for his chance to snuff out a live and ruin a family because he thinks he’s entitled to it enrages me.

@Kerianne7814 7 months ago

Hate that my mind kept thinking it was one of the kids

@Logician25 7 months ago

NEVER go to bed with an UNLOCKED door.

@alice_in_reality315 7 months ago

Poor Bonnie...I hope her oldest son and daughter took care of themselves and their little brother afterwards....their reactions to the news about their mother showed how much they really did love her. Hopefully they realized that their Mom never doubted their love, throughout all the ups and downs they experienced together. It makes me wonder what became of their lives afterwards. I pray they all found peace after all this time. ❤️

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@JudgeDrey 7 months ago (edited)

These damn POS who get so obsessed over a woman that they have to do something so unspeakable, so evil, that ruins so many lives, for what?

@edwardtdm123 7 months ago

Finding Bonnie's abandoned light blue Chrysler in the desert with her in the back seat was such a devastating moment. 🚗

@mamadukes911 7 months ago (edited)

The Tucson&Arizona newspaper reported on page one that Bonnie Sandborn died in a single stabbing that was not self-inflicted! Even before the detective entered the bedroom, he was warned about how bloody the crime scene was and as MrBallen told us there was blood everywhere, including on the walls, etc. The reporting was so bad it led the readers to believe that Bonnie was assaulted and stabbed once. MrBallen did a much better job of reporting something that happened in 1995 then was reported in that newspaper during the initial time it happened.