337: The Murder of Franklin Bonner

This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)

This Feels Criminal | Formerly Killer Queens

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

January 16th, 2009 was just like any other day for Linda Bonner. She got up, went to work, and likely thought anything more about it. Her husband, Franklin Bonner, was home, though, as he was retired from his job with the City of Chattanooga. When Linda returned home from work that evening, she walked into something from a nightmare. Her home was ransacked and Franklin was lying on the ground bound with duct tape and he was unresponsive. It took nine years for any arrests to be made in the case and when the Bonner family finally thought they had justice, the conviction was reversed and the case remains open.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome to Killer Queens, a true crime podcast. I'm your host, Tarela, and like most
0:09.5	millennials, I've always had an obsession with true crime. On KQ, you'll find light true crime
0:14.8	stories, millennial hypes and gripes, some adult language, and maybe a special guest here
0:20.2	and there. Just like a 90s sleepover,
0:22.7	we're just a couple BFFs hanging out. So gather around and let's launch right into it.
0:32.9	This episode contains discussion of murder by suffocation, robbery, and drugs.
0:38.2	Listener discretion is advised.
0:41.4	January 16th, 2009, was just like any other day for Linda Bonner.
0:45.8	She got up, she went to work and didn't think anything about it, right?
0:52.0	Her husband Franklin Bonner was home, though, as he was
0:54.6	retired from his job with the city of Chattanooga. When Linda returned home from work that evening,
0:59.7	she walked into something from a nightmare. Her home was completely ransacked, and Franklin was
1:05.1	lying on the ground bound with duct tape, and he was unresponsive. It took nine years for any arrests to be made in the case, and when the Bonner family
1:14.0	finally thought that they had justice, the conviction was reversed, and the case remains open.
1:20.6	All right, y'all.
1:21.9	Tennessee people, we don't look great here, okay?
1:27.1	It's not looking good for us. We've got another kind of
1:31.2	Centoya Brown case to me. We covered the Centoya Brown documentary on Doc Jams if you want to check
1:38.9	out more like detailed coverage of that case, but just um, just get ready to be angry and angry for
1:48.3	what happened in the case, but also for the Bonner family. Because again, this case is now
1:54.0	just open again. Very frustrating. We are going to, uh, well, actually, let me find out who requested this before I start the case.
2:03.4	My God.
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