A major break in a 1993 cold case leads to the arrest of the victim’s husband.
In December of last year, we told you skeletal remains were found in the backyard of a home on Dolphin Avenue on the Northside. That's the same home where Bonnie Haim was last seen before disappearing in January 1993. Her purse was found in a Northside dumpster, she failed to show for work, and her car was later discovered by the airport.
Earlier this month, the remains were positively identified as Haim, and now JSO has arrested Haim’s husband, Michael.
“It will be a circumstantial case, but one that we will work diligently to prosecute in court,” says State Attorney Angela Corey.
In April 2005, Haim’s son, Aaron, was awarded $26.3 million in a wrongful death lawsuit about his mother. The court found there was enough culpability by Michael Haim to warrant the payout. He hasn’t faced criminal charges until now because JSO says they didn’t have a solid enough case, but that changed with the positive ID on the remains.
“That was the piece of the puzzle that we really felt we were missing,” says JSO Director Mike Bruno.
Bruno says Aaron- who was three-years-old at the time- is their “best and primary” witness to what happened in the home that night. Michael Haim had said Bonnie left following a verbal argument.
Michael Haim was located living with family in North Carolina. He’s been detained for murder and is awaiting extradition.
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