The Murder of Bonnie Garland

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Bonnie Garland

The Murder of Bonnie Garland

Bonnie Garland was a beautiful red head with the world at her feet. She attended Madeira School in Virginia living with her family in Scarsdale NY. She was fluent in four languages by the time she was nineteen, including Spanish that learned while she was living in Brazil. Bonnie would graduate from Madeira in 1974 and enroll in Yale. She met Richard Herrin just under two months after arriving on the Yale campus…..

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5 Monsters Who Received Appallingly Light Sentences For Horrifying Crimes

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