Bobbi Gale Johnson
Eighteen-year-old Bobbi Gale Johnson is one of four detainees charged with three counts of capital murder after the violent deaths of a Texas family. Johnson's boyfriend, Charles Allen Waid, is also charged in the case. A former teacher described Johnson as a good student with a strong sense of right and wrong, but many friends say she changed after she began dating Waid.
Fast Facts
- Hometown: Point, TX
- Worked at Sonic Restaurant with Erin Caffey
- Suspect in the murder of Penny Caffey and her two sons
- Boyfriend: Charles Allen Waid
- Bond: $1.5 Million
- Plea: Not guilty
Johnson and Waid
Friends of Bobbi Gale Johnson said she changed drastically after she began dating Charles Allen Waid in November 2007. She was fired from her job, and had skipped many classes. Waid's estranged wife says his personality began to change after he began dating Johnson.
Crime Facts
- Discovered about 4 am, March 1, 2008
- Victims were shot and stabbed
- House was set on fire
- Victims: still alive as house burned
- Family: Members of Miracle Faith Baptist Church
- Dead:
- Penny Caffey, 37, stabbed and shot
- Matthew Caffey, 13, shot in the head
- Tyler Caffey, 8, stabbed
- Wounded: Terry Caffey
- Arrested:
- Johnson and Waid held on $1.5 million bond
- Wilkinson held on $2 million bond
Crime Details
On the night of February 29, 2008, Terry Caffey allegedly said his daughter Erin Caffey was not allowed to date Charlie James Wilkinson. Wilkinson and Charles Allen Waid allegedly shot both parents as the parents lay in bed. Matthew and Tyler Caffey came down to investigate the noise, and Wilkinson told both children to go back to bed. Once the boys were back in their room, Waid and Wilkinson shot Matthew in the head and stabbed Tyler to death with a sword. After Wilkinson and Waid left, Terry Caffey, who had been shot in the head, crawled 300 yards to a neighbor's home for help. According to the autopsies, Penny, Matthew and Tyler were all alive when the house burned. Wilkinson and Erin Caffey celebrated the murders by having sex.
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