Bonnie Parker's Baby Daughter and the
Devil's Back Porch
Right after her sixteenth birthday, Bonnie married her high
school sweetheart, Roy Thornton. She was disappointed
when her doctor told her she was not genetically capable of having
children. Roy began drinking, disappearing for weeks at
a time. Until one day, he did not return.
Bonnie was living with a friend when she went on her first date
with Clyde. They became inseparable. Then at the
age of twenty, much to her surprise, she became pregnant. Bonnie
went to the Huntsville prison to give Clyde the news. They
fought and Bonnie left in tears. Brokenhearted, she never
responded to Clyde's jailhouse letters.
After two years behind bars, Clyde received an unexpected parole. Bonnie
felt renewed hope when she reunited with Clyde at Teddy
William's apartment. Her Santa Claus, Sugar Daddy had returned,
and a future of riches seemed to be within her grasp.
Clyde Barrow was without a doubt the most underestimated desperado
of the Great Depression. He had amassed a small fortune
and planned to buy a large track of Louisiana timberland, where
he would harvest the timber allowing the outlaw couple to
quietly retire in luxury and reunite with their daughter.
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