Florida man, Michael Haim, sentenced to life for the 1993 murder of his wife Bonnie – His son, then three when he witnessed the killing, moved home to dig up his mother’s skull from the backyard 21 years later and make his dad pay
Florida man, 52, is sentenced to life for the 1993 murder of his wife after his three-year-old son witnessed the killing decades earlier
Aaron Haim now Aaron Fraser in 2014 moved home to dig up his mother’s skull from the backyard 21 years later and prove his father’s guilt
Michael Haim was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for killing his wife Bonnie
23-year-old Bonnie Haim disappeared from her Florida home in January 1993Â Â
At three years old, their son Aaron Fraser, indicated that his dad hurt his mother, but at the time, Fraser’s claim was dismissed by law enforcement and his familyÂ
After winning a $26.3M wrongful death suit against his dad in 2014, Fraser acquired the title deed to the property.
He discovered his mother’s skull while digging a pool in the backyard
Haim was arrested in 2015 after remains were found; he was convicted in April
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Michael Haim [pictured on Tuesday], has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1993 murder of his wife – five years after his son discovered her skull in the backyard of his childhood home
Michael Haim seen on trial after being accused of 1993 murder
Michael Haim seen [being escorted out of the court] was convicted last month of second-degree murder![Michael Haim [left] with his wife Bonnie Haim and their son Aaron Fraser 1](https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Michael-Haim-left-with-his-wife-Bonnie-Haim-and-their-son-Aaron-Fraser-1.png?resize=620%2C462&ssl=1)
Haim will live out the rest of his life in prison for the gruesome slaying of his 23-year-old wife Bonnie Haim (pictured with their son on her lap), who would have turned 50 years old on Monday When he was three, Fraser tried to tell police that his ‘daddy hurt mommy’, but no one believed him and no physical evidence tied his father to the crime, according to the Florida Times-Union.
Even his mother’s family members did not believe him.
‘The credibility of a child is something that you have to judge in perspective,’ Robert Pasciuto, Bonnie’s father said in an 2010 episode of the true crime television series Unsolved Mysteries. Â
‘He’s said a couple of things that we know were not true. “Mom’s car is in the lake.” We know her car wasn’t there. No one has asked Aaron why did you say mom’s car is at the bottom of the lake,’ Pasciuto added.Â
Even his mother’s family members did not believe him.‘The credibility of a child is something that you have to judge in perspective,’ Robert Pasciuto, Bonnie’s father said in an 2010 episode of the true crime television series Unsolved Mysteries. Â
‘He’s said a couple of things that we know were not true. “Mom’s car is in the lake.” We know her car wasn’t there. No one has asked Aaron why did you say mom’s car is at the bottom of the lake,’ Pasciuto added.Â
23-year-old Bonnie Haim vanished in January 1993, and was declared dead in 1999
 ‘I honestly don’t feel that different than I did four years ago before I found her’ Aaron Fraser [left], said after Judge Steven Whittington handed his father [right] his sentence
Aaron also stated that “Daddy shot Mommy,” “Daddy placed Mommy in timeout,”‘ and ‘My daddy could not wake her up,’ a 2015 arrest affidavit said.
A spent shell casing found where Bonnie was buried was the same type of caliber as a rifle that Michael owned, the affidavit added.
Aaron was adopted to another family and changed his last name to Fraser as Bonnie’s disappearance remained unsolved for two decades.
Years later, he won the deed to the childhood North Jacksonville home in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against his birth father.
On December 14, 2014, Fraser begun working with his brother-in-law to demolish the swimming pool in the home’s backyard and they made the grisly discovery.Â
A spent shell casing found where Bonnie was buried was the same type of caliber as a rifle that Michael owned, the affidavit added.
Aaron was adopted to another family and changed his last name to Fraser as Bonnie’s disappearance remained unsolved for two decades.
Years later, he won the deed to the childhood North Jacksonville home in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against his birth father.
On December 14, 2014, Fraser begun working with his brother-in-law to demolish the swimming pool in the home’s backyard and they made the grisly discovery.Â
Investigators would find a shell casing along with the bones that matched a rifle that was owned by Haim 
History of domestic: Michael Haim [photo], was abusive to his wife and she had made plans to move into an apartment with their son while he was away on a trip
‘It looked like a coconut shell. I had it in my hand. We looked back in the hole and seen teeth,’ Fraser told police.
‘At that point in time, you could actually see the top of the eye socket. And it was like this part of the head, the top half of the head. I set it back in the hole,’ Fraser said.
Bonnie disappeared in January 1993. Her purse was found in a hotel trash bin, and her car was abandoned near the Jacksonville International Airport in Florida.Â
According to the arrest affidavit, Haim was abusive to his wife and she had made plans to move into an apartment with their son while he was away on a trip.
She had secretly opened a bank account and when Haim found out about it, he made her close it. She then started giving money to a trusted friend to hold for her.
The suspect claimed his wife left their home without their son late one night in January 1993 after they had an argument about their marital problems.
He also said he went searching for his wife, although he didn’t notify law enforcement about her disappearance.Â
‘At that point in time, you could actually see the top of the eye socket. And it was like this part of the head, the top half of the head. I set it back in the hole,’ Fraser said.
Bonnie disappeared in January 1993. Her purse was found in a hotel trash bin, and her car was abandoned near the Jacksonville International Airport in Florida.Â
According to the arrest affidavit, Haim was abusive to his wife and she had made plans to move into an apartment with their son while he was away on a trip.
She had secretly opened a bank account and when Haim found out about it, he made her close it. She then started giving money to a trusted friend to hold for her.
The suspect claimed his wife left their home without their son late one night in January 1993 after they had an argument about their marital problems.
He also said he went searching for his wife, although he didn’t notify law enforcement about her disappearance.Â
At the time of the crime no one believed Fraser [photo], and no physical evidence tied his father to the crime. Last week Fraser (pictured) said he ‘always knew my mom was buried’. ‘I just didn’t know where,’ he added.
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Victim: Bonnie Haim (holding their son, Aaron], vanished in January 1993. Her purse was found in a hotel trash bin, and her car was abandoned near the Jacksonville International Airport in FloridaBonnie Haim was last seen in January 1993. Her purse was later found in a hotel trash bin. Her car was abandoned near the Jacksonville International Airport in Florida.
At the time, Haim told police that his wife of five years left the home after an argument about their marriage. He was arrested in 2015 after authorities confirmed that a skull found by their son, Aaron, belonged to Bonnie
At the time, Haim told police that his wife of five years left the home after an argument about their marriage. He was arrested in 2015 after authorities confirmed that a skull found by their son, Aaron, belonged to Bonnie
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In 1993 Michael Haim [left] told police that his wife Bonnie [photo right with their son Aaron, aged three], left the home after an argument about their marriage. He was arrested in 2015 after authorities confirmed that a skull found by Aaron, belonged to Bonnie. The couple had been married five years at the time
According to an arrest affidavit, Haim was abusive to his wife Bonnie, and she had made plans to move into an apartment with their son [photo], while he was away on a trip.
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‘I love my wife, and I would’ve never hurt my wife,’ Michael Haim [pictured with son Aaron] had maintained that he was not involved with his wife’s death. During his trial.
He wasn’t lying…
They found her bones under the pool..
“Mom’s [car] is in the lake.”
They misunderstood “car.”