Missing Cumberland County Green Beret Clint Bonnell planned to divorce his wife before disappearance
Bonnell’s girlfriend, who works near the gym, told deputies he went to an attorney that day to discuss filing for a divorce. He then visited her workplace to discuss the conversation he had with the attorney before going to Methodist University to study. In court papers, she said Bonnell texted her that night after he returned home. According to her, he said he told his wife about the divorce and that he was going to bed.
On Jan. 28, after he missed classes and could not be reached, both Methodist University and his girlfriend requested well-being checks on Bonnell.
Deputies said his wife declined to file a missing person report at that time. An incident report listing Bonnell as missing was completed by his girlfriend.
On Jan. 31,
Cumberland County investigators returned to Bonnell’s home and found his bookbag and laptop. Both had projectile damage, suggesting Bonnell might have been harmed.
Cumberland County investigators met with Virginia State Police on Feb. 1
to execute a search warrant on Bonnell’s wife and her pickup truck in Troy, Va. Deputies seized her cell phone.
The search warrant affidavit said she admitted at this point she had a confrontation with Bonnell over a note from his girlfriend.
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