Bonnie Lee Bakley

Bonnie Lee Bakley (June 7, 1956 – May 4, 2001) was the wife of actor Robert Blake. Bakley was fatally shot while sitting in Blake's parked car outside a Los Angeles-area restaurant in May 2001.

In 2002, Robert Blake was charged with Bakley's murder, solicitation of murder, conspiracy and special circumstance of lying in wait. In March 2005, a jury found Blake not guilty of the crimes. Seven months later, Blake was found guilty in a wrongful death civil suit brought against him by Bakley's children. Bakley's murder remains officially unsolved.

Read more about Bonnie Lee Bakley:  Early Life, Celebrity Obsession, Marriages and Children, Death, Criminal and Civil Suits

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