First Family Of Murder & Pecans

San Saba, in central Texas, calls itself the pecan capital of the world, and the Harkey family had grown pecans there since the nineteenth century. Riley and Israel Harkey, brothers from Arkansas who scouted for the Republic of Texas, drove the first wagon train into the county and later founded Harkeyville, which by 2012 had twelve residents. Riley Harkey bought 113.9 acres in 1885. details of the account remain covered until revealed The family came to own three groves, a 300-acre pecan farm and a 4,872-square-foot farmhouse at West US Highway 190, next door to a ranch owned by Tommy Lee Jones.

Riley's wife Joan left him and the boys and went to Nevada. In 1963 Riley met Bonnie Sawyer Compton, a divorced telephone operator in Waco with a fourteen-year-old daughter, Connie. They married at Waco's Highland Baptist Church a month after his divorce was final, and Bonnie moved to the farm. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now

details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now He was divorced by January 1971, married seven more times, worked as a Reno police officer from 1978 and from 1987 investigated Medicaid fraud and nursing home abuse for the Texas Attorney General. In 1997 Riley died and Bonnie took over the orchards, which brought in more than $100,000 a year.

details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now She agreed after consulting her pastor. He moved into an upstairs bedroom and his ex-wife Jennifer Carnes moved back in with him.

details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Tommy Lee Jones offered $541,822.50 for the family's land and the brothers accepted, but Bonnie's lawyer blocked the deal because the terms were bad for her.

this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed On Sunday 25 March 2012 Bonnie, eighty-five and in poor health, went to the ten thirty service with her caretaker Karen Johnson, fifty, and Karen's young son. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now

Karen's son found his mother face down inside the front door and called 911. Sheriff Alan Brown knew the house from church suppers. details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed He had walked Bonnie to a ravine and a stream only ankle deep, hit her over the head with a dead branch and held her face under until she stopped struggling, then covered her with leaves and mud. Water in her lungs showed she was still breathing when she went under.

the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it John was being investigated but died of a heart attack three months later. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it this part of the story is covered for now