A Night Out at Vitello’s: Robert Blake and the Murder of Bonnie Lee Bakley

<p>On the evening of May 4, 2001,&nbsp;actor Robert Blake took his new bride Bonnie Lee Bakley out to dine at Vitello's, a restaurant in Los Angeles' Studio City. On the surface, it looked like the pair shared a romantic evening. But by the end of the night, Bakley would be dead. </p><p>The scandalous, chilling details that would come out about the marriage between the star-chaser and the washed-up celebrity would prove to be tabloid fodder. But no one could guess the outcome of two trials that sought to hold Blake accountable for Bakley's murder —&nbsp;that proved to be a twist ending worthy of a Hollywood thriller.</p><p>Follow the&nbsp;Murder Sheet&nbsp;on social media:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MSheetPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/MurderSheet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/murdersheet/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li></ul><p>And send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.</p><p><em>The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC .</em></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>