A Night Out at Vitello’s: Robert Blake and the Murder of Bonnie Lee Bakley

On the evening of May 4, 2001, actor Robert Blake took his new bride Bonnie Lee Bakley out to dine at Vitello's, a restaurant in Los Angeles' Studio City. On the surface, it looked like the pair shared a romantic evening. But by the end of the night, Bakley would be dead. The scandalous, chilling details that would come out about the marriage between the star-chaser and the washed-up celebrity would prove to be tabloid fodder. But no one could guess the outcome of two trials that sought to hold Blake accountable for Bakley's murder — that proved to be a twist ending worthy of a Hollywood thriller.Follow the Murder Sheet on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagramAnd send tips to [email protected] Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC .See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Murder came to Hollywood after Robert Blake's wife Bonnie Lee Bakley ended up shot to death.

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