On January 6, 1993, Bonnie Haim disappeared from her Jacksonville, Florida home. Bonnie was married to Michael Haim who was often verbally and physically abusive towards her. Bonnie had been planning to leave Michael for several months prior to her disappearance. She even opened up a bank account under her own name. When Michael found out he was furious and ordered her to close it. Although she did so, she still planned on leaving him. She began leaving money with a few trusted friends; she also put a deposit out on an apartment and attempted to enrol their son, Aaron, into a new preschool. On the night of her disappearance, Bonnie arrived home from work around 7:30pm; she planned to go over to Michael’s aunt Eveann’s house, whom they both worked for, she was meant to be there around 8pm. However, at 8:30pm, she called her, telling her that she could not come over. Eveann noticed that Bonnie was crying and upset; Bonnie told her that she and Michael had gotten into an argument. The next morning, Michael called a coworker and said that they would not be coming to work that day and that Bonnie had left the previous night. That same morning, Bonnie's purse was discovered in a bin behind the Red Roof Inn in Jacksonville with her money, credit cards and identification still inside. That’s when Micael reported her missing. Eveann noticed that he didn’t seem upset about her disappearance, He seemed more concerned about the fact that she was hiding money from him. After Bonnie's disappearance, Aaron made statements to a child psychologist indicating that Michael had killed Bonnie in a domestic dispute. He also indicated that Michael had forced him to come along when he disposed of her body. Bonnie’s father did not believe that Aaron's testimony was accurate. Investigators, however, claimed that the overall testimony should not be discredited. Bonnie's father was convinced that Michael was innocent and that Bonnie was still alive somewhere. Eveann, however, believed that he murdered her and that Aaron witnessed it. Authorities considered him the prime suspect in Bonnie’s disappearance. Authorities also believed that Michael had someone else to help him hide the body. However, no one had been charged. Michael's parental rights were later terminated. The judge felt that Aaron was at risk of abuse because he was the "only living witness to Bonnie's murder”. Still, years later Aron claimed he remembers helping Michael hide Bonnie's body when he was three. Bonnie’s sister also recalls that Aron told her "Daddy shot Mommy in the stomach", she also claims that his story did not change over the years; he always told her and investigators that Michael was Bonnie's killer. As a child, he also drew pictures of Michael shooting her. Furthermore, he wrote an essay in eighth grade, describing Bonnie's murder and how his grandparents helped Michael dispose of her body.
Aaron later received the house where he previously lived with his parents. During some renovations in 2014, he found fragment of a skull under a concrete slab in the backyard. It was later identified as a human and In 2015, DNA tests were done on the skull fragment and other human remains that also found in the same area. The remains were positively identified as Bonnie's. suspiciously, after Bonnie’s disappearance, Michael prohibited renters from doing any landscaping or digging in the backyard. Also, a .22 caliber shell was found along with Bonnie's remains. At the time of her disappearance, he owned a rifle of that type. On August 24, 2015, Michael was arrested and charged with Bonnie's murder. He was extradited back to Jacksonville, where he pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. After several delays, his trial began on April 8, 2019. Several witnesses, including Aaron and their family testified against him. Two jailhouse informants also testified that he had confessed to killing Bonnie and burying her body in the backyard. On May 21, Michael was sentenced to life in prison.
