Nearly a decade after the horrific death of Franklin Bonner, a new detective assigned to the cold case retested the fingerprints that came off the duct tape used to restrain the Chattanooga resident on the afternoon of Jan. 16, 2009.
Two of the prints matched Bumpass, who, according to a change.org petition demanding a retrial for the aspiring nurse, was an eighth grade honor student at the time of the crime. Prosecutors claimed she and her alleged accomplice, Mallory Vaughn (who is 13 years her senior), targeted Bonner knowing he had money and marijuana.
But despite testimony from federal inmate Nicholas Cheatom alleging that Vaughn confessed to the murder, he was found not guilty while Bumpass received a life sentence plus eight years for the killing.
“[Vaughn] told me he messed up,” Cheatom shared on the stand. “[He said] he duct-taped someone up like a mummy and it went wrong.”
According to reports, Bumpass won’t be eligible for parole until 2070, but her supporters are determined to see justice properly served.
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