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Robert Blake Criminal Complaint

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Robert Blake Criminal Complaint

This is the criminal complaint filed today (4/22) charging Robert Blake with the murder of Bonny Lee Bakley, the actor's 44-year-old wife. The Los Angeles District Attorney also charged Blake with two counts of solicitation of murder and conspiracy in the May 2001 shooting death of Bakley. Blake, 68, could face the death penalty since he was charged with the special circumstance of "lying in wait" in connection with the killing. Blake's bodyguard, Earle Caldwell, 46, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

The complaint details how Blake plotted to kill Bakley, a desperate attempt that, prosecutors allege, saw the actor direct Caldwell to keep a list "of items for use in the murder of Bonny Lee Bakley." That list, the complaint charges, included, "2 shovels, small sledge, crowbar, 25 auto, 'get blank gun ready,' old rugs, duct tape, Draino, pool acid, lye, plant." (8 pages)

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