Actor Robert Blake Was Worried About Daughter

A private investigator, who was hired by actor Robert Blake a year before his wife was killed outside a restaurant, has testified that the former TV star was concerned that Bonny Lee Bakley would expose their child to a life of drugs and crime and he wanted custody of their infant daughter.

William Jordan, a 78-year-old retired Los Angeles policeman, testified for two hours during a "conditional examination" to be played for a jury if he is unable to testify at trial scheduled to begin Nov. 1. Prosecutors said the 78-year-old retired Los Angeles policeman likely would be available for the trial.

"He didn't think Bonny was a good mother for Rosie," Jordan said in his testimony. "He wanted the baby. ... It was constantly on his mind, I think."

Jordan testified that Blake told him that if Bakley was allowed to raise the girl, Rosie "would be exposed to the wrong elements, including drugs, prostitution and things of that nature."

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