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SL 7-429 had to have an address of this type as a mailing point for his parole supervision and that he couldn't afford to let a parole officer know he was living with her without the benefit of a formal marriage as this would be a violation of the parole regulations. She also stated at this point that she had had no tradesmen or repairmen into her home other than a piumber who had fixed the toilet on the first floor a number of weeks prior to September 28, 1953. She also advised that on her trip downtown after arriving home she bought no fertilizer, lime or any other material of this sort. She stated that on Monday evening she prepared the meal, they stayed at home and watched television, She stated that she did not see on the television any news item announcing the abduction or the disappearance of the victim, She stated she recalled that she and CARL HALL had several drinks, in fact she described him as getting "blind drunk" -- that he got drunker that night than he usually did, although she did not imbibe as heavily that night as usual. She stated she recalled they went to bed just as the news flashes were going to be televised, She said they arose the following morning, Tuesday, September 29, around 9:00 or 9:30 A.M. and that either while at the breakfast table or shortly thereafter she picked up the newspaper and saw the news account of the abduction and disappearance of the victim, She stated she immediately asked HALL to tell her what he had done with the victim, claiming that up to this time she had assumed that HALL had returned the victim to the school or had made arrangements to do so. She stated HALL admitted to her then that -he had not returned the victim to school, and that while he did not have personal custody of the boy he assured her that he knew where the boy was and that she shouldn't worry about him--that he was all right. When asked at this point why she did not go to the police or the family of the child she stated that she figured then that she would be caught and would be "in it™ and that HALL would also be arrested on this charge. She stated that she also did not believe at this time that HALL would be responsible for the death of the child, even though she knew that he had knowledge of his whereabouts, On Tuesday morning, September 29, 1953, BONNIE HEADY stated she walked out on the back porch just to Look around as was her custom, and when she did so she saw a place in the dog pen where the dirt had been disturbed for quite a large area, She immediately asked HALL about it and he said he had worked up a bed in preparation for setting out some flowers, BONNIE HEADY admitted that she noticed this plot of newly worked earth after reading of the kidnaping of BOBBY GREENLEASE in the Kansas City Times and received the evasive answers from HALL as to what had become of the victim, BONNIE HEADY stated that she was satisfied with the explanation af the newly unrked aarth eiven her hy HALL and ther dacided to nilent some Vi WS LC FDS Oe hk Be be See iba ka ee le Pee SS chrysanthemums, and accordingly, both she and HALL drove to McInich's Greenhouse and got a dozen chrysanthemum plants, after which they returned POOCRE Te need MO A eee i, il