The Case Study Report: The Life And Crime Of Bonnie And Clyde Barrow

Case Study Report: The Life and Crime of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

The Story of Bonnie and Clyde has been told many times throughout History. The Crime duo spent their last two years on earth striking back at society and those who they saw held responsibility for the downfall that was occurring. The Couple Decided to take action during the Great depression. Their two year crime spree consisted of Murder, Kidnapping, Automobile theft, and Robbery. Bonnie Elizabeth Parker, born on October 1, 1910, to Henry and Emma Parker in Rowena, Texas. The family lived quite a normal life. In 1914, Bonnie’s family moved to West Dallas to be closer to other relatives following the death of her father. She attended a public school,
Clyde’s family were tenant farmers and they didn’t make much money. The family eventually moved to Dallas in 1922 and from there Clyde began his life of crime. In 1926, Clyde got in some trouble for running from the police after being confronted about not returning a rental car. Barrow used a rental car to go visit Anne, who at the time was his girlfriend. After the contract between clyde and the rental company was broken, which stated that he was to return the car after 24 hours, the company became suspicious and asked authorities to look into it. Clyde eventually returned the car and the rental company dropped the charges. Clyde didn’t take his close run in with law into consideration. Back in Dallas he joined a gang. “These miscreants called themselves “The Root Square Gang”.”(Hendley 5). The gang could be found stealing things like car tires, which they would sell for
Not too many articles state exactly what law enforcers were doing to catch the couple but what was stated is how they came about knowing of the couple. The FBI became interested in the duo around December of 1932. Officers responded to the report of a stolen ford which was later found abandoned holding a small piece of evidence. In the car, police found a prescription bottle. Officers researched more and found that the prescription had been filled for clyde’s aunt. Further investigation showed that the aunt had recently been visited by the gang and that they had been seen driving a ford car, identified as one that had been stolen from Illinois. On May 20, 1930, the US Commissioner of Texas issued a warrant for the couples arrest. FBI began their hunt for the exclusive pair. The gang took part in many robberies which made headlines across the country. On multiple occasions they escaped encounters with the law. On April 13, 1933 police received noise complaint and witnesses said that they believed the noisy people were none other than the well known Bonnie and Clyde. Using this tip police surrounded the house and began a