Infamous outlaw Bonnie Parker depicted in mural outside the Swiss Circle cafe she formerly worked at as a teenager

Before Bonnie Parker met Clyde Barrow and became one half of the most notable outlaw couple in the U.S., she was a waitress in East Dallas.

And now, she’s back in town to haunt us forever. Or at least, show up in a mural painted on what used to be her former workplace, Hartgraves Cafe (sometimes called Mrs. Hartgraves’ Cafe), near the intersection of Swiss Avenue and Hall Street. Oak Cliff Advocate reports that she worked there between 1928 to 1929.

The law firm Texas Defenders, which ironically focuses on criminal defense, moved into the crescent-shaped building last year. Attorneys Robert Abtahi and David Payma were fascinated by the idea of working in a historical location. Abtahi said it had been vacant for a while.

“It’s a piece of Dallas history,” Abtahi said in a previous article. “I thought it was a great opportunity to save a piece of history and really be stewards of it for the future. People talk about buying their forever home. David and I talked about this being our forever office.”

In fact, when setting up shop, the lawyers knew they eventually wanted to do something to commemorate Parker. So they recruited Jeremy Biggers, a Dallas native and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts alumnus, to paint the mural.

In a March Instagram post showing off the finished mural, Biggers wrote the photo he depicted was taken when Parker was still a teenager nearly a hundred years ago at “a more innocent time in her life.”

“In general, it’s crazy to think about the people 100 years ago walking the same streets you’re currently walking, but when you add in that layer of fame or infamy, seeing and touching that same building almost feels like ‘meeting a celebrity,’” Biggers said in his post.

However, the artist also clarified that the portrait could be seen as controversial and wasn’t meant to glorify Parker’s life and crimes.

“I think it’s important to document Dallas’ deep, rich history, and for me, that includes the good, the bad and the ugly,” he said on Instagram. “Especially now in a time where so many are trying to erase history. It’s not a ‘celebration’ of what Bonnie and Clyde did, but rather, identifies a historical landmark in the city that is part of their story.”