CHATTANOOGA MAN INDICTED IN 2009 COLD CASE HOMICIDE
Chattanooga Man Indicted in 2009 Cold Case Homicide
This week the Hamilton County Grand Jury returned indictments of felony murder robbery and especially aggravated robbery against Mallory Aunte Vaughn (dob: 02/20/1982) in the 2009 homicide of Franklin Augustus “Kookie” Bonner.
Background
Linda Bonner returned home from work to her Washington Hills house late in the afternoon of Friday, January 16, 2009, to find it ransacked and her husband murdered.
68-year old Franklin A. Bonner had been left bound and gagged inside the house at 4707 Enterprise Lane. A medical examiner determined that duct tape wrapped over Bonner’s mouth and nose led to his death by suffocation.
Bonner, a retired Chattanooga Public Works employee, was a known numbers runner in the neighborhood. He also sold marijuana and was known to have large amounts of cash.
Recent Developments
A member of the Bonner family recently reached out to the DA’s Cold Case Unit, prompting a review of the case. We submitted unidentified latent fingerprints to the TBI, which led to the arrest of Vaughn and a woman who was 13-years old at the time of the murder. Under Tennessee law, the female accomplice cannot be identified unless her case is transferred to Hamilton County Criminal Court.
Mallory Aunte Vaugh is currently a fugitive from justice on unrelated warrants and we need the public’s help to find him. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office or the DA’s Cold Case Unit.
Reminder: An indictment is not evidence of guilt. Charges are allegations and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Media Avail
2:00pm Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Cold Case Unit – 117 East 7th Street
General Pinkston, Cold Case Supervisor Mike Mathis, representatives of CPD and HCSO will be there, along with members of the Bonner family.
DA’s Cold Case Unit
District Attorney General Neal Pinkston created the Cold Case Unit upon taking office in September 2014 to review the nearly 200 unsolved homicides and missing persons cases in Hamilton County. The Unit is led by retired CPD Captain Mike Mathis. Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy and Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond each provide investigators to the unit. If you have information about any cold case, please contact us using the Cold Case Hotline at 423-209-7470 or by email at coldcases@hcdatn.org.
This week the Hamilton County Grand Jury returned indictments of felony murder robbery and especially aggravated robbery against Mallory Aunte Vaughn (dob: 02/20/1982) in the 2009 homicide of Franklin Augustus “Kookie” Bonner.
Background
Linda Bonner returned home from work to her Washington Hills house late in the afternoon of Friday, January 16, 2009, to find it ransacked and her husband murdered.
68-year old Franklin A. Bonner had been left bound and gagged inside the house at 4707 Enterprise Lane. A medical examiner determined that duct tape wrapped over Bonner’s mouth and nose led to his death by suffocation.
Bonner, a retired Chattanooga Public Works employee, was a known numbers runner in the neighborhood. He also sold marijuana and was known to have large amounts of cash.
Recent Developments
A member of the Bonner family recently reached out to the DA’s Cold Case Unit, prompting a review of the case. We submitted unidentified latent fingerprints to the TBI, which led to the arrest of Vaughn and a woman who was 13-years old at the time of the murder. Under Tennessee law, the female accomplice cannot be identified unless her case is transferred to Hamilton County Criminal Court.
Mallory Aunte Vaugh is currently a fugitive from justice on unrelated warrants and we need the public’s help to find him. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office or the DA’s Cold Case Unit.
Reminder: An indictment is not evidence of guilt. Charges are allegations and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Media Avail
2:00pm Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Cold Case Unit – 117 East 7th Street
General Pinkston, Cold Case Supervisor Mike Mathis, representatives of CPD and HCSO will be there, along with members of the Bonner family.
DA’s Cold Case Unit
District Attorney General Neal Pinkston created the Cold Case Unit upon taking office in September 2014 to review the nearly 200 unsolved homicides and missing persons cases in Hamilton County. The Unit is led by retired CPD Captain Mike Mathis. Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy and Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond each provide investigators to the unit. If you have information about any cold case, please contact us using the Cold Case Hotline at 423-209-7470 or by email at coldcases@hcdatn.org.
