Autopsy Confirms Remains In Well Are Those of Bonny Anne Cooner
The Franklin County woman with ties to Athens had been strangled and bludgeoned, authorities said.
A body discovered Sunday in a Franklin County well is that of Bonny Anne Cooner, who was reported missing on Jan. 28. The 33-year-old woman had been both strangled and bludgeoned before her body was dumped into a well within four miles of the Canon home she shared with her 12-year-old son and boyfriend. The boyfriend, Brent James Shubert, 43, has been charged with aggravated assault, murder and concealing a death, according to a story in the Athens Banner Herald. He was arrested Sunday in Anderson, S.C., but is now in jail in Franklin County. The story says there was a history of domestic violence between Cooner and Shubert. GBI officials said the cause of Cooner's death was strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head, according to …
Rebecca McCarthy
7:40 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Thanks for writing, Melody. How dreadful for Bonny Anne's family and friends to lose her to such a violent and unnecessary act. The whole business is so very sad. more ›