UPDATE:
Kimberly Boone MySpace Page
Kimberly Boon Jail Booking Report
Winter Spring, Florida (The Weekly Vice) -- Kimberly Boone, a 42-year-old Winter Springs woman who admitted to shooting her husband in a darkened garage last March was in deep financial trouble - now investigators say she stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from her former employer.
In late March, The Weekly Vice reported on a horrific story in which a wife lured her husband into their darkened garage and then shot him in the chest. Although she claimed burglars shot her husband, investigators believe she was the shooter . After changing her story several times, she finally admitted to shooting her husband.
Our story ended on the speculation that there was more to the story. Just months before the shooting, the Boone's house caught fire. A short time after Kimberly Boone left their residence, the house burst into flames. Robert Boone, who had fallen asleep, was pulled to safety through a bedroom window.
Now, the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place. Kimberly Boone, who played the role of a loving wife who was kind to her neighbors and family, was in deep financial trouble and about to become the target of an FBI investigation.
Authorities say Kimberly Boone is under investigation for embezzling more than $765,000 from a company in Fredrick, Maryland where she worked. They believe Boone embezzled the money from her employer, I-Hire, while handling the company's finances from her home in Florida.
The company began to investigate it's finances in November when it discovered Boone had wired herself $10,000 from company accounts. Investigators say she used the money to pay down her personal credit card.
After conducting an internal audit, the company discovered it was missing more than $765,000. Worse yet, the company learned Boone hadn't paid it's federal withholding tax for three years - another $380,000 missing.
On Dec. 18, she reportedly admitted to her now-former employer that she had stolen the money. When Robert Boone learned of the theft, he warned that he was going to leave her. One month later, the family home burst into flames just minutes after witnesses saw Kimberly Boone leave. A subsequent investigation revealed the fire had been set in the bedroom nightstand.
Investigators followed the money, discovering Boone was trying to pay down the mortgages of two homes. She and her husband resided in one home, while Robert Boone's parents lived in the other home.
Kimberly Boone is also reported to have been generous with the money, paying large amounts of her relative's living expenses in $4,000 and $5,000 increments. She also spent lavishly on herself, spending thousands of dollars on cosmetic surgery and shopping sprees.
"We have a great life," Boone told Sheriff's Office investigators after the shooting. "We get along, we don't have any financial difficulties, we have quite a bit of money in the bank."
Now that the money has been seized by federal investigators, the lavish life she lived is over. Kimberly Boone applied for state-provided legal council, claiming herself indigent. Her account balance at the John E. Poke Correctional Facility? $21.66 as of today's date.
She now faces charges of Attempted Homicide for the shooting, Attempted Homicide in connection to the fire at her house. Arson, for setting fire to the residence and Embezzlement. Her next hearing date has been set for August 19, 2009.
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Danny Vice
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But why did she try to kill her husband if he already knew about the theft?
iwink, it appears he found out about the stolen money (or suspected it) and threatened to leave her.
Perhaps by killing him, she could collect insurance money.
She tried to burn the house down while he slept in the bedroom. When that didn't work, she went for the direct approach.
What's still unknown is how she expected to get away with all of this.
She had already been convicted of embezzlement in an earlier case and was sentenced to probation. Perhaps she was planning on grabbing the insurance money and then disappearing. Hard to say.
I'm going to really feel a void if we don't have an anonymous poster tell us what a good person she is.
She spent money for cosmetic surgery? Where? On her ass? Because her face looks methed up.
This looks like another "little princess" syndrome. She felt herself entitled to a life that she couldn't afford. To maintain her status as 'princess' she was willing to lie, steal, cheat, and kill.
Thou shalt not covet...
When you look at her 'my space' page they look like the perfect family. How does one get so far off base?
When Ida Slapter finally snaps and runs around giving all of these people their much deserved .45 caliber enema Danny's going to post the Ida Slapter 'my space' page and say, "Wow! Look! Tom was his only friend"
Not to be mean or anything, but if she looks that way coming out of plastic surgery, then a doctor somewhere needs to be giving a refund.
But besides that, I agree.
Even knowing what she did, it's hard to believe that's the same woman as in the myspace page. It seems like such a close family. So normal. Maybe a family I'd like to go to the lake with on the weekend (wearing bullet proof vest of course).
I cant believe she actually looked pretty good in a few Myspace pics. What an ugly old bat (now.)
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