08-15-2011, 11:29 PM
How does this ex-wife live with herself? The child was held captive in the basement not for a day or two but, up to three weeks are we serious.
Ex-wife says she saw Ohio girl before 1967 killing
by Brian Schwartz
Posted: 08.15.2011 at 2:08 PM
TOLEDO -- The ex-wife of a man on trial in the 1967 killing of an Ohio schoolgirl says she found the teen tied up and alive in their basement before the 14-year-old was killed.
Robert Bowman, who's now 75, is charged with murder in the killing Eileen Adams who disappeared on her way home from school in Toledo.
Bowman's ex-wife, Margaret Bowman, told jurors Monday that she found the girl naked in a fruit cellar in their basement. "She was still alive. I looked into her eyes," Margaret Bowman testified.
She said Adams was suspended with wires to the wall, "Hanging like Jesus." Ms. Bowman said Adams was naked.
Margaret Bowman said that when she discovered Adams in the basement, she fled upstairs where Robert Bowman intercepted her. Ms. Bowman says Robert Bowman confronted her and threatened to kill her baby if she said anything.
Ms. Bowman also testified to being with her then-husband when he disposed of Adams' body. She recollected, "It was someplace in Michigan because I saw 'entering Michigan' signs." Ms. Bowman remembered seeing water and trees in the area where Robert Bowman allegedy dumped Adams' body.
According to the prosecution, Robert Bowman kidnapped Eileen Adams from a bus stop on December 18, 1967 and held her prisoner in his basement for up to three weeks before killing her and dumping her body. Adams' body was discovered in a Monroe County field in January 1968.
Robert Bowman has pleaded not guilty. Police arrested him three years ago. Investigators say DNA evidence links him to the killing.
(The Associated Press contributed to this story)
Have you been following the Bowman trial? Are you old enough to remember when the young girl disappeared?
http://www.toledoonthemove.com/news/stor...?id=651758
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Ex-wife says she saw Ohio girl before 1967 killing
by Brian Schwartz
Posted: 08.15.2011 at 2:08 PM
TOLEDO -- The ex-wife of a man on trial in the 1967 killing of an Ohio schoolgirl says she found the teen tied up and alive in their basement before the 14-year-old was killed.
Robert Bowman, who's now 75, is charged with murder in the killing Eileen Adams who disappeared on her way home from school in Toledo.
Bowman's ex-wife, Margaret Bowman, told jurors Monday that she found the girl naked in a fruit cellar in their basement. "She was still alive. I looked into her eyes," Margaret Bowman testified.
She said Adams was suspended with wires to the wall, "Hanging like Jesus." Ms. Bowman said Adams was naked.
Margaret Bowman said that when she discovered Adams in the basement, she fled upstairs where Robert Bowman intercepted her. Ms. Bowman says Robert Bowman confronted her and threatened to kill her baby if she said anything.
Ms. Bowman also testified to being with her then-husband when he disposed of Adams' body. She recollected, "It was someplace in Michigan because I saw 'entering Michigan' signs." Ms. Bowman remembered seeing water and trees in the area where Robert Bowman allegedy dumped Adams' body.
According to the prosecution, Robert Bowman kidnapped Eileen Adams from a bus stop on December 18, 1967 and held her prisoner in his basement for up to three weeks before killing her and dumping her body. Adams' body was discovered in a Monroe County field in January 1968.
Robert Bowman has pleaded not guilty. Police arrested him three years ago. Investigators say DNA evidence links him to the killing.
(The Associated Press contributed to this story)
Have you been following the Bowman trial? Are you old enough to remember when the young girl disappeared?
http://www.toledoonthemove.com/news/stor...?id=651758
Click on the above link for comments.