Carla Boone Carla Boone was Craig Boone ' s pregnant wife , who was captured by Caesar ' s Legion . Background . When asking Novac ' s townsfolk about Carla , the Courier discovers that she didn ' t have any friends there . She was beautiful , but had an arrogant attitude that made it hard to like her . She considered the town and its residents beneath her and wanted to move . Jeannie May Crawford describes her as being similar to a cactus flower ; " Real pretty to look at but there ' s no getting close to her " . Ranger Andy describes her as a " knockout " and says that Boone always had a " funny grin on his face " when they were together . Unlike the other residents of Novac , Ranger Andy doesn ' t have a problem with Carla . He acknowledges her sour attitude and the poor opinions the other residents had of her , but he confides in the player that he always believed her cold demeanor was just a cover for her unhappiness , and says he doesn ' t blame her for wanting to think there was " something better out there than this . " Alice McBride has a similar opinion of her . Manny Vargas , Boone ' s long time friend and self - proclaimed best friend , says that he and Carla couldn ' t see eye - to - eye on anything , and he argued with her frequently . Carla wanted Boone to end his service in the NCR ( for reasons unknown ) . This eventually led to a rift between Manny and Boone . Cliff Briscoe states that Carla always had a sour look on her face whenever she was in his Dino Bite gift shop . Jeannie May Crawford says that she may have wanted to go to the New Vegas Strip instead of living in Novac . When questioned about Carla ' s disappearance , Jeannie May states that she thinks Carla simply left Craig . No - bark Noonan says he witnessed the kidnapping but insists that it was done by mole rat men , who he believes have been kidnapping beautiful women with " Promises of riches and fancy mud mansions , equipped with all the new designer appliances . " No - bark firmly believes they kidnapped Carla for her hair so they could make wigs because " they ' re all bald or balding themselves . " Death . With a little sleuthing , one can discover that Jeannie May Crawford , the proprietor of the Novac Dino Dee - lite Motel , sold her for a tidy sum of 1 , 000 , plus another 500 caps for her unborn child , to slavers in Caesar ' s Legion . When she was kidnapped , her husband , Craig Boone , tracked down the slaving party in hopes of rescuing her only to find her being auctioned off with hundreds of other slaves to Legion soldiers . All he had was his rifle and the distance between them . Instead of subjecting her to the horrors of Legion slavery , he chose to take her life in a mercy killing . It is implied that she was held captive at Cottonwood Cove because when the player first approaches the area with Boone he states hesitantly that he ' s been there before . If enough " history points " are gained with Boone , the player can gain more information about Carla . When asked about her , Boone will say they met while he was on leave at the New Vegas Strip . She seemed to him as if she was from a better time . She was talkative , which suited him fine because he " never knew what to say " , and listening to her made him forget about his past . When asked on whether Boone ever talked to Carla about Bitter Springs and the massacre that occurred there , he says he never did , but wanted to . Boone also says he no longer thinks of Manny Vargas as a friend because when he confided in Vargas about Carla ' s death he could tell Manny was glad about it . If Boone is killed it ' s possible to pick a letter off his body entitled ' For Carla ' . The letter seems to be a last testament of sorts , written by Boone for Carla in case he ever died in the line of duty . Why Boone kept the letter after Carla ' s death is unsure , but most likely out of sentimentality . The letter is very intimate . Boone writes that he ' s not sure how to describe his feelings for Carla , but that he thinks she already knows exactly how he feels , and that she always seemed to know what he meant " maybe better than [ he ] did . " He asks her to forgive him for whatever she learns about his past , alluding to the Bitter Springs Massacre , and tells her that he would prefer it if she remarried so she wasn ' t on her own . Apparently if their child had turned out to be a girl , Craig wanted to name her after Carla , but Carla was opposed to the idea . Appearances . Carla Boone is mentioned only in " " .