Robin Elford
Appearances
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
Dyersburg is a very small town. Also really good at keeping secrets.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
It's horrific. Your friend is missing. All I knew is that she had gone to a Halloween party the night before.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
Karen just kind of out of control, not herself. She had had a drink or two and got a little crazy wanting to get into a hot tub and eventually with no clothes on. I saw her get up out of the hot tub and she kind of stumbled her way into the house.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
So I needed to walk in and check and just make sure that she was OK.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
I witnessed Mr. Bona standing over her. And I was just, what are you doing? And I threw a towel to cover her up, please. And I said, go get her husband.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
I think he was just kind of shocked, too, and probably a little embarrassed, to be honest. But I didn't witness him say anything to her other than just, let's get her home.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
I was scared because I knew the type of mother she was. I know even though she had her priorities kind of messed up at that time, there would be nothing that would keep her from taking her girls trick-or-treating.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
She would vent to me a lot. She felt as if she was controlled.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
She's not from Dyersburg, so she's not scared of people. She's not going to be intimidated by the who's who of Dyersburg, Tennessee. And she was going to seek out the truth, whether a certain person liked it or not.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
She would vent to me a lot. She felt as if she was controlled and always expected to let him know where she's at and what she's doing.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
Anything I can do to help. He couldn't have done this to her. I just don't think he could have.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
And I thought, you got premeditated first-degree murder. I just knew they have it. They've got something I don't know or that none of us know. And all these rumors are finally going to be put to rest.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
He was on crutches at that time, so he wasn't able to walk up and down the neighborhood like we were going to with the girls. So he dropped them off, and he looked horrible.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
I ended up taking the girls trick-or-treating that night, and David brought them over. Boy, that was difficult. The girls constantly asking, you know, where's their mom?
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
Yes, and I just said, honey, she'll be here when she gets here.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
He did. I could tell by the look in his eyes. He was just physically looked just beaten, and then emotionally as well.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
I don't see how they can convict him on what they have. I just don't feel like it is strong enough to say that he did this. I don't know whether David killed her.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
She always was ready to go and do fishing and riding four-wheelers and taking the kids to the water parks. We would have karaoke night. I mean, she was the most fun.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
She called me and said, the girls want to do something fun, and they thought it would be fun to go and roll your house.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
That's probably why they moved from Arkansas, is to get out of that situation, maybe have a new beginning.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
She told him in front of me, I don't love you anymore, David. I don't want to be married.
Dateline NBC
After the Halloween Party
Something big happened. I never saw David get upset. When she told him, I don't love you anymore, he just said, yes, you do, Karen. Yes, you do. Well, she's already divorced me once. I'll get her back. That's what it kind of seemed like to me.