middle of the night. haunted for more than two decades, he would make a chilling discovery that would unlock this mystery. now you know the whole story. yes, sir. everything kind of clicked. it s just so unbelievable. i knew he was telling his mom s story. hello and welcome to dateline. aaron fraser was only 3 years old when his mom left the house, never to be seen or heard from again. police soon learned that aaron may have witnessed the unspeakable, the murder of his own mother. the boy would become a man before the whole truth was revealed. and though memories faded, the evidence pointing to the killer couldn t stay buried. here s dennis murphy with she never left. she d been gone from his life, unaccounted for, for more than 20 years. his mother, bonnie. it was odd to be the one that found her. because you d spent a lot of your life looking for her, right? yes, sir. there s a poignant video of the mother and child s last christmas morning toget
three years after she went missing, an anonymous letter was sent saying the body is buried in the back yard. so, as a result of that anonymous letter do they come back again no, they don t. and that is the problem. attorney tom fallas suggested maybe that letter was sent by the real killer. now, our theory of defense was that she was killed somewhere else and then somebody else came and buried the body. to point the blame at the husband? yeah. the last witness called by the defense was to everyone s surprise mike haim himself. after 26 years in the bonnie haim case it would truly boil down to jurors believing either father or son. composed and speaking in a monotone, mike described his wife s state of mind the night she disappeared, and told the same story he told all along, that bonnie walked out on him. she d been unhappy for maybe a month, maybe two. i can t put
my finger on how long. but it had been going on where she wasn t real her bubbly self like she was at one time. i was trying to find out what was making her so unhappy. mike said he told bonnie he was so concerned about her state of mind that he d spoken to her mother. i don t think she appreciated me calling and getting her mother involved in our relationship. around 11:00, he says, bonnie grabbed her keys and drove off. where did you think she was going? i didn t know. i thought she might have went to her mom s house to ask her about our conversation. but by 3:00 a. m., when she didn t return, mike says he went to look for her. he drove to her mother s house, didn t see her car, so, he says he drove around a while longer, then returned home. i was very upset because i didn t know really what to do. the final question, from defense attorney tom fallas, was one mike had to address. you ve been hearing a lot of people who point the finger at you. clearly calling you
a month, maybe two. i can t put my finger on how long. but it had been going on where she wasn t real her bubbly self like she was at one time. i was trying to find out what was making her so unhappy. mike said he told bonnie he was so concerned about her state of mind that he d spoken to her mother. i don t think she appreciated me calling and getting her mother involved in our relationship. around 11:00, he says, bonnie grabbed her keys and drove off. where did you think she was going? i didn t know. i thought she might have went to her mom s house to ask her about our conversation. but by 3:00 a. m., when she didn t return, mike says he went to look for her. he drove to her mother s house, didn t see her car, so, he says he drove around a while longer, then returned home. i was very upset because i didn t know really what to do. the final question, from defense attorney tom fallas, was one mike had to address. you ve been hearing a lot of people who point the fin
received by authorities in 1996. three years after she went missing, an anonymous letter was sent saying the body is buried in the back yard. so, as a result of that anonymous letter do they come back again no, they don t. and that is the problem. attorney tom fallas suggested maybe that letter was sent by the real killer. now, our theory of defense was that she was killed somewhere else and then somebody else came and buried the body. to point the blame at the husband? yeah. the last witness called by the defense was to everyone s surprise mike haim himself. after 26 years in the bonnie haim case it would truly boil down to jurors believing either father or son. composed and speaking in a monotone, mike described his wife s state of mind the night she disappeared, and told the same story he told all along, that bonnie walked out on him. she d been unhappy for maybe