The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Tuesday, January 01, 2019 03:02 PM
Search On For Man Indicted For 2009 Suffocation of Alleged Numbers Runner In Tennessee
The district attorney's office in Hamilton County said Tuesday that 36-year-old Mallory Aunte Vaughn has been charged with aggravated robbery and felony murder in the death of 68-year-old Franklin Augustus "Kookie" Bonner.
Authorities say Bonner was found by his wife bound and gagged inside their house in Chattanooga in January 2009. A medical examiner determined that tape wrapped over Bonner's mouth and nose led to his suffocation.
The DA's office says Bonner was a known numbers runner and marijuana dealer.
Prosecutors said recently-reviewed latent fingerprints matched Vaughn.
The DA's office says an alleged accomplice has been arrested, but Vaughn has not. He was wanted on unrelated charges.
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