At Stake-Part I Candid Conversation
At Stake-Part I Candid Conversation
Sunday, June 20, 2021, 7 PM
Rushford: Great evening, America. I'm Gates Rushford, your host. Welcome to Rushford's BarNon Inmate Talk. My weekly investigative news magazine program airs every Sunday. It advocates for those who believe they have been wrongfully imprisoned. The show's concept is to bring in-depth inmate interviews to the public to determine if they were accused unjustly.
Rushford's BarNon Inmate Talk's legal team, which includes me, takes on an inmate's case pro bono if new information is uncovered during the interview to warrant a new trial. Having served as a defense attorney for over thirty years, I’m on the side of justice.
This evening, I'm at Belford Women's Prison in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. Our subject tonight is Giana Yvette Bonair.
For audience awareness, tell us about your life before your unfortunate incarceration.
Giana: I worked in Daily Discount Food Store in Hamilton Township on Klockner Road and attended Ewing College of Nursing and Allied Health. I had a boyfriend, but he enlisted in the Marines after my arrest.
Rushford: Do you recall your first encounter with Hannah Bolden Faylor?
Giana: She was just a lady shopping at Daily Discount Food Store. I didn't pay her any mind. My goal was to do my job as a cashier, clock out on time, and go to the library to study for my Pharmacology final exam.
Rushford: Do you recall your second encounter with her? What were the circumstances?
Giana: She returned to the store an hour later and accused me of charging her twice for a jar of brown gravy and not putting it in her bag. She reported me to the store manager by insisting management deduct the charge from my pay and replace her gravy.
Rushford: What happened after that?
Giana: A week later, she invited me to her house for dinner to apologize for her mistake. The jar of gravy had fallen out of the bag onto her back seat. It was hidden under some clothes. She found it the day after.
Rushford: So, you’re in prison because of a lady and a jar of brown gravy?
Giana: No. I’m in prison because I was accused of killing her.
Rushford: How did you go from a jar of brown gravy to murder?
Giana: Hell if I know. I accepted her dinner invitation, and one thing led to another. We became friends. She was like the mother I never knew. One evening, while we were having dinner, she collapsed. I called an ambulance immediately. She had no family, so I lied and told them she was my mother. They permitted me to ride with her in the ambulance.
Rushford: What was the cause of her death?
Giana: Cancer. She had Esophageal cancer. I didn’t know.
Rushford: According to news reports, her autopsy revealed Thallium in her system.
Giana: (Silence)
Rushford: Do you know how the Thallium got into her system?
Giana: No.
Rushford: When did you discover she was the founder and CEO of Faylor Consumer Goods, headquartered in Raliegh, North Carolina?
Giana: When her obituary appeared in the newspaper.
Rushford: This is the first time you realized who she was?
Giana: Yes. I don’t usually pay attention to stories about rich folks. I work. I go to school. I enjoy time with my friends and family. They’re in a different league.
Rushford: You didn’t know about her family?
Giana: Not a clue. I have some questions. Why was she living a secret life in New Jersey in a neighborhood of average working people? What was she hiding from? Why did she lie to me and tell me she had no family?
Rushford: Walk me through the day you were arrested.
Giana: It’s not much to walk through. The police asked me if they could search my house. I agreed. I had nothing to hide. One of the officers found the Thallium in my home. I was baffled when they took it from my kitchen cabinet and put it in an evidence bag. That’s when they arrested me for probable cause. That was a year ago.
Rushford: What additional evidence did they have on you?
Giana: Nothing. My lawyers told me there was no other evidence. They said I should get off easy.
Rushford: You were represented by attorneys from Galland, Haskett, and Mayes. They’re not public defenders or defense attorneys. They specialize in representing health care systems.
Why did you allow them to come to your defense? Could it be they want you incarcerated for life so they can take over the other half of Bolden Faylor's assets left to you in her will? The second half of her assets were willed to several cancer research hospitals. Two beneficiaries, you, and cancer research, will split over seven hundred million dollars.
Giana: I don’t know. I was a nineteen-year-old nursing student.
Rushford: Why do you think she didn't leave her family anything in her will?
Giana: I can’t answer that question either.
Rushford: They’re suing you, contesting her will. Claiming she wasn’t in her right mind.
Giana: I don’t know those people. Apparently, I barely knew Ms. Bolden Faylor.
Rushford: Are you afraid?
Giana: Of course, I’m afraid. Wouldn’t you be? There’s a possibility I could spend the rest of my life in prison.
Rushford: What are your plans if you're released?
Giana: If I’m not too old. I want to become a pediatric nurse.
Rushford: Thank you for joining me this evening. We’ll continue this interview next week. Join me then for another candid talk with Giana Yvette Bonair, the naïve nursing student accused of murdering forty-eight-year-old millionaire Hannah Bolden Faylor, founder and CEO of Faylor Consumer Goods.
© 2024 VM Roberts
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Sunday, June 20, 2021, 7 PM
Rushford: Great evening, America. I'm Gates Rushford, your host. Welcome to Rushford's BarNon Inmate Talk. My weekly investigative news magazine program airs every Sunday. It advocates for those who believe they have been wrongfully imprisoned. The show's concept is to bring in-depth inmate interviews to the public to determine if they were accused unjustly.
Rushford's BarNon Inmate Talk's legal team, which includes me, takes on an inmate's case pro bono if new information is uncovered during the interview to warrant a new trial. Having served as a defense attorney for over thirty years, I’m on the side of justice.
This evening, I'm at Belford Women's Prison in Hopewell Township, New Jersey. Our subject tonight is Giana Yvette Bonair.
For audience awareness, tell us about your life before your unfortunate incarceration.
Giana: I worked in Daily Discount Food Store in Hamilton Township on Klockner Road and attended Ewing College of Nursing and Allied Health. I had a boyfriend, but he enlisted in the Marines after my arrest.
Rushford: Do you recall your first encounter with Hannah Bolden Faylor?
Giana: She was just a lady shopping at Daily Discount Food Store. I didn't pay her any mind. My goal was to do my job as a cashier, clock out on time, and go to the library to study for my Pharmacology final exam.
Rushford: Do you recall your second encounter with her? What were the circumstances?
Giana: She returned to the store an hour later and accused me of charging her twice for a jar of brown gravy and not putting it in her bag. She reported me to the store manager by insisting management deduct the charge from my pay and replace her gravy.
Rushford: What happened after that?
Giana: A week later, she invited me to her house for dinner to apologize for her mistake. The jar of gravy had fallen out of the bag onto her back seat. It was hidden under some clothes. She found it the day after.
Rushford: So, you’re in prison because of a lady and a jar of brown gravy?
Giana: No. I’m in prison because I was accused of killing her.
Rushford: How did you go from a jar of brown gravy to murder?
Giana: Hell if I know. I accepted her dinner invitation, and one thing led to another. We became friends. She was like the mother I never knew. One evening, while we were having dinner, she collapsed. I called an ambulance immediately. She had no family, so I lied and told them she was my mother. They permitted me to ride with her in the ambulance.
Rushford: What was the cause of her death?
Giana: Cancer. She had Esophageal cancer. I didn’t know.
Rushford: According to news reports, her autopsy revealed Thallium in her system.
Giana: (Silence)
Rushford: Do you know how the Thallium got into her system?
Giana: No.
Rushford: When did you discover she was the founder and CEO of Faylor Consumer Goods, headquartered in Raliegh, North Carolina?
Giana: When her obituary appeared in the newspaper.
Rushford: This is the first time you realized who she was?
Giana: Yes. I don’t usually pay attention to stories about rich folks. I work. I go to school. I enjoy time with my friends and family. They’re in a different league.
Rushford: You didn’t know about her family?
Giana: Not a clue. I have some questions. Why was she living a secret life in New Jersey in a neighborhood of average working people? What was she hiding from? Why did she lie to me and tell me she had no family?
Rushford: Walk me through the day you were arrested.
Giana: It’s not much to walk through. The police asked me if they could search my house. I agreed. I had nothing to hide. One of the officers found the Thallium in my home. I was baffled when they took it from my kitchen cabinet and put it in an evidence bag. That’s when they arrested me for probable cause. That was a year ago.
Rushford: What additional evidence did they have on you?
Giana: Nothing. My lawyers told me there was no other evidence. They said I should get off easy.
Rushford: You were represented by attorneys from Galland, Haskett, and Mayes. They’re not public defenders or defense attorneys. They specialize in representing health care systems.
Why did you allow them to come to your defense? Could it be they want you incarcerated for life so they can take over the other half of Bolden Faylor's assets left to you in her will? The second half of her assets were willed to several cancer research hospitals. Two beneficiaries, you, and cancer research, will split over seven hundred million dollars.
Giana: I don’t know. I was a nineteen-year-old nursing student.
Rushford: Why do you think she didn't leave her family anything in her will?
Giana: I can’t answer that question either.
Rushford: They’re suing you, contesting her will. Claiming she wasn’t in her right mind.
Giana: I don’t know those people. Apparently, I barely knew Ms. Bolden Faylor.
Rushford: Are you afraid?
Giana: Of course, I’m afraid. Wouldn’t you be? There’s a possibility I could spend the rest of my life in prison.
Rushford: What are your plans if you're released?
Giana: If I’m not too old. I want to become a pediatric nurse.
Rushford: Thank you for joining me this evening. We’ll continue this interview next week. Join me then for another candid talk with Giana Yvette Bonair, the naïve nursing student accused of murdering forty-eight-year-old millionaire Hannah Bolden Faylor, founder and CEO of Faylor Consumer Goods.
© 2024 VM Roberts
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Edited by: Michael A. Robinson Jr
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