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Greenlease Kidnapping — Part 1

77 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Kidnapping & Ransom · Topic: Greenlease Kidnapping · 76 pages OCR'd
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Sa Tr Oe ba ehar t big ie ae A eA oc Be Sed a ae heat GE Shi A ed abba tee al Pande SEL ne bene a SL 7429 " the neighborhood that he could cbserve and as soon as BONNIE HEADY left for downtown he immediately got a shovel and proceeded to dig a grave for the victim, which grave is located about two and one-half feet fron the house and about one and one-half feet fram the back porch in a corner. He stated he dug this grave about two and one-half to three feet deep. He stated he was so excited and panicky at this time that he was digging very rapidly and that he dug a good size grave which he was certain would hold the victim, He stated he stopped downstairs, took the blue plastic sheet, put the victim's body on it and decided to bury him. He stated he made one trip up the stairway, went outside, decided the hole was not suitable, carried the body back downstairs and then arrived at the conclusion that he would wait until BONNIE HEADY got home, wag going to get the station wagon, put the body in it and carry 4t out to the Missouri River and disnose of it in this fashion. He stated, however, that prior to BONNIE’s return he realized that this plan would not work and at this point he was becoming so extremely nervous and panicky he had carried the body upstairs into the kitchen and then had carried it back downstairs the second time. He stated on all occasions bleed was dripping from the bady, in the basement, ite cn the back stairway, on the kitchen floor and on the back screen door ‘ ae frame. He sdvised that he did not carry the victim in a sling fashion oa with the blue plastic sheet, but carried him in his arms, and it was entirely possible he could have slung the body arcund, splattering blood as he did so. He advised that shortly thereafter, BONNIE HEADY came home in a drunken condition, that he did not speak to her or have any other conversation with her and that she went in the house to the bedrocm and began to sleep, He stated that he then carried the body back up the stairway another time, placed it in the station wagon and then realized that he might be detected while he was disposing of the body and finally decided to bury it in the previously dug grave. He stated he then removed the body from the station wagon, although considerable blood had dripped in the station wagon at this period. He stated that he then wrapped the body in the blue plastic sheet, placed the body in the grave and put a quantity of lime on top of the body to facilitate decomposition as he had read that this was the thing te NE . eemntitiinmen ald tin ener | ma me ete tag Ee do to get rid of a body. He stated that he only filled the grave about aA half in at this particular time as he was in a rush to return to Kansas : F City to mail the first ransom letter, which he had prepared a week or a \ two before, He stated he had been carrying this letter around in his y coat pocket but had not addressed it, and that he rushed upstairs and addresses it at BONNIE’s writing desk, after which he got in the
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