"Baretta" star Robert Blake is accused of killing his wife of six months, Bonny Lee Bakley, in a desperate attempt to retain custody of their infant daughter Rosie. Prosecutors say they have a strong circumstantial case against the 71-year-old actor, but no forensic evidence that directly links him to Bakley's murder.
On May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was shot twice — once in the right cheek and once in the right shoulder — as she sat in the passenger seat of Blake's parked Dodge Stealth. Prosecutors say that when the veteran actor couldn't convince two former stuntmen to murder his new bride, he pulled the trigger himself.
