Robin Elford

Dyersburg is a very small town. Also really good at keeping secrets.

It's horrific. Your friend is missing. All I knew is that she had gone to a Halloween party the night before.

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.

No.

So I needed to walk in and check and just make sure that she was OK.

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.

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.

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.

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She would vent to me a lot. She felt as if she was controlled.

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.

Well, she definitely gave me a lot to think about.

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.

Anything I can do to help. He couldn't have done this to her. I just don't think he could have.

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.

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.

David helped me unload the hay.

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?

Yes, and I just said, honey, she'll be here when she gets here.

He did. I could tell by the look in his eyes. He was just physically looked just beaten, and then emotionally as well.

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.

That's something that I want everyone to know.

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.

Up for anything.

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.

That's correct, yes. And we had a good laugh about that.

That's probably why they moved from Arkansas, is to get out of that situation, maybe have a new beginning.

She told him in front of me, I don't love you anymore, David. I don't want to be married.

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.