NW Indiana labor official's 1989 bombing death still mystery
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Seemingly anyone you could ask who knew Joe Bova agrees on...
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MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Seemingly anyone you could ask who knew Joe Bova agrees on...
MERRILLVILLE â Seemingly anyone you could ask who knew Joe Bova agrees on what kind of person he was: an ordinary, peaceful man who loved his family, largely kept to himself and stayed out of trouble. No one seems to have any idea why somebody would kill the 43-year-old labor official â especially in such a violent, extraordinary fashion. Yet that's exactly what happened on the morning of Sept. 13, 1989. About 6:04 a.m. that day, Bova walked out of his Merrillville home at 6686 Massachusetts St. and climbed into his 1974 Ford pickup truck. Bovaâs wife, Sharon, was in the hom...