Remains of Bonnie Haim MAY have been found!

[crystaldawn]

A skull has been found at the residence where Bonnie Haim lived when workers were doing renovation work.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/police-...e-90s/30230154

[1990 UM fan]

I posted the finding to my Unsolved Mysteries page. They say it will take 3 more days of digging to find more remains and/or any clues. If Bonnie is in the backyard, then that'd coincide with the story that their son witnessed his mom's murder and was forced to help Michael dispose of Bonnie's body. Such a sad case.

[Necco]

I hope they've found her.

[WishfulDreamer]

Agreed, Necco. And I hope that they can charge her husband if he is indeed responsible (very likely, considering where the skull was found).

[RobinW]

Hmmm, I'd like to be more optimistic here, but Bonnie's father is interviewed in this article and he says that the pool had already been there for several years before Bonnie disappeared. If so, it seems like it would have taken a lot of work for Michael to excavate the pool and hide a body down there, but I suppose anything's possible:
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2...hers-northside

Also, kudos to the UM website as they've already added this update to the end of Bonnie Haim's profile page. They used to be notoriously slow at updating their case files, but they're on the ball with this one.

[TheCars1986]

Wow, her father seems like he's still holding out hope that Bonnie is still alive. I had no idea that a judge found Michael liable for her death back in 2004, why not charge the POS?

[Victoria81]

Well damn the irony if it is another person's skull. Her father always sided with his son in law. Scoffed during the UM interview when the guys own aunt thought he did it!

[Spark Of Spirit]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

Wow, her father seems like he's still holding out hope that Bonnie is still alive. I had no idea that a judge found Michael liable for her death back in 2004, why not charge the POS?

Well, if this is her, then here's hoping they go through with it.

I really do hope she's been found.

[LilMissKryssy]

The father might have sided with her husband out of a desperate hope she was still alive. If he could convince himself she took off, then there is still hope she is alive.

[LooksLikeCRicci]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

Wow, her father seems like he's still holding out hope that Bonnie is still alive. I had no idea that a judge found Michael liable for her death back in 2004, why not charge the POS?

Burden of proof in a wrongful death case is different than the burden of proof in a criminal case. I think for a civil claim, the standard is preponderance of the evidence, which is literally "50.1% of me thinks he did it."

In a criminal suit, the prosecution is held to the highest burden, which is beyond a reasonable doubt, which is proof of such a convincing character that one would be willing to rely and act upon it without hesitation in the most important of one's own affairs. You can't really pin a number to it, but I would venture it's somewhere in the 96-99% zone.

My guess is that if the skull turns out to be Bonnie's, you'll see criminal charges. I join with the others, though: I'm curious to see if it actually IS her, given the circumstances with the pool. Fascinating nonetheless!

[Necco]

Has anyone seen if it was an in ground or above ground pool? It would be much easier to hide someone under an existing above ground pool, I would think.

[TheCars1986]

Originally Posted by LooksLikeCRicci

Burden of proof in a wrongful death case is different than the burden of proof in a criminal case. I think for a civil claim, the standard is preponderance of the evidence, which is literally "50.1% of me thinks he did it."

In a criminal suit, the prosecution is held to the highest burden, which is beyond a reasonable doubt, which is proof of such a convincing character that one would be willing to rely and act upon it without hesitation in the most important of one's own affairs. You can't really pin a number to it, but I would venture it's somewhere in the 96-99% zone.

My guess is that if the skull turns out to be Bonnie's, you'll see criminal charges. I join with the others, though: I'm curious to see if it actually IS her, given the circumstances with the pool. Fascinating nonetheless!

IMO, not that I'm a legal expert or anything even remotely close, the case against Michael Haim, circumstantial as it may be, is still strong. Body or no body, you have:

-Michael's own family members who would testify to physical abuse.
-Evidence that Bonnie was planning on leaving Michael (setting up a new bank account, enrolled her son in a different school, put a deposit down on a new apartment), and that she did not intend to run away and start a new life.
-Bonnie's last phone call placed to Michael's aunt about a "discussion" they had had the night before she disappeared.
-Michael never reported her missing.
-Michael called out sick on the date of her disappearance.
-The position of the seat in Bonnie's abandoned car and the pristine footprint that matched a rare shoe owned by Michael.
-On the night of Bonnie's disappearance, Michael called his mother to come over and watch his son, while he "looked for Bonnie". He was gone a full 45 minutes.

The biggest mystery to me is that if it isn't Bonnie's remains, whose are they!?

[Necco]

Originally Posted by TheCars1986

The biggest mystery to me is that if it isn't Bonnie's remains, whose are they!?

With the way things have been being solved in insane ways lately, it wouldn't shock me if the remains were Linda Sohus.

[LooksLikeCRicci]

Originally Posted by Necco

With the way things have been being solved in insane ways lately, it wouldn't shock me if the remains were Linda Sohus.

I really wish the forums had a "like" button. How insane would THAT be?

[Spark Of Spirit]

Originally Posted by Necco

With the way things have been being solved in insane ways lately, it wouldn't shock me if the remains were Linda Sohus.

Planted by Rob Shafer.