OH OH - Linda Bowdre, 39, Springfield Township, 14 Feb 1988

[georgiagirl]

http://www.angelfire.com/mi3/mpccn/bowdre.html
Linda Bowdre
MPCCN Case File: 581F80

Above: Bowdre, circa 1988




Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: February 14, 1988 from Springfield Township, Ohio
Classification: Endangered Missing
<LI>Distinguishing Characteristics: Light brown hair. Bowdre's ears are pierced.



Details of Disappearance
Bowdre resided in the 10130 block of Hamilton Avenue in the New Burlington area of Springfield Township, Ohio. She was employed as an executive at American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) Corporation in Cincinnati, Ohio. Bowdre was last seen on February 14, 1988. She was reported missing after she failed to arrive for work the day after her disappearance. An extensive search of the area produced no clues as to Bowdre's whereabouts.
Authorities suspected that foul play was involved in Bowdre's case since the beginning of the investigation. An anonymous caller contacted the county prosecutor's office in October 2002 and claimed that Bowdre's remains were buried in Springfield Township. A search of the specified area produced animal bones, but no evidence related to Bowdre's case was discovered. Her disappearance remains unsolved.



Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Springfield Township Police Department
330-794-1061

Source Information
WCPO-TV
The Cincinnati Post

 

[PonderingThings]

The link for the photo just showed a blank screen for me.

Here is the Doe Network's page for Linda

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/991dfoh.html

 

[Trino]

I just finished accessing PART of the doe network. It's really depressing to see pages and pages and pages of pictures of those who have disappeared with little trace. A prayer for them all.

 

[Kat]

Some very telling details in this book IMHO:

http://books.google.com/books?id=BR...CB8Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q="Linda Bowdre"&f=false

 

[M86]

NamUs - Linda Bowdre
Charley Project - Linda Bowdre

 

[CastlesBurning]

Updated 2/27/20:

Linda Bowdre – The Charley Project

 

[CastlesBurning]

32 years after Linda Bowdre disappeared, her mom says she's 'always on my mind'

 

[Cimatico]

Restored image from source Linda Bowdre – The Charley Project

 

[Atombudd]

The husbands FB Larry Bowdre says he is widowed. He is the likely suspect in her disappearance. I wonder who the boyfriend was that she planned on leaving Larry for.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Linda Bowdre – The Charley Project

 

[John/Jane Doe]

991DFOH - Linda Bowdre

 

[Pennysmom2]

Oct 14, 2020 much more info in the article

Backstory: After a Valentine's Day breakfast in 1988, Linda Bowdre vanished, left few clues

After Linda Bowdre disappeared in 1988, police learned her marriage was falling apart. 32 years later, the case is still unsolved.

www.cincinnati.com

<<The circumstances: Though no body has been found, police considered Bowdre’s disappearance a homicide pretty much from the start. The 39-year-old had failed to show up for work on Monday, Feb. 15, 1988. That alone was alarming because the AT&T manager had a spotless attendance record. When she still hadn’t surfaced Tuesday, her supervisor reported her missing to police. No part of her has ever surfaced. About a week after she disappeared, Bowdre’s purse turned up in a Cincinnati mailbox.

The last person known to have seen Bowdre alive was her husband of 18 years, Larry Bowdre, then a visiting professor of zoology at Miami University. The two had breakfast together at a Bob Evans. It might sound like a nice Valentine’s Day outing, but when police questioned Larry Bowdre about his wife’s disappearance, he told them she’d been having an affair and must have run off with her boyfriend.

Police confiscated more than 80 computer discs from her husband. One of the discs contained a letter to the wife of Linda’s boyfriend asking the wife for information to discourage Bowdre from continuing the affair.>>

 

[Pennysmom2]

Linda Bowdre – The Charley Project

Lots of details from her disappearance, too much to post here.

 

[spartanx]

he asks her out to breakfast for Valentine's Day even though he knew she was planning on filing for divorce? yeah right... this isn't a crime novel...
but I think he still wanted to be with her and the Valentine's Day breakfast was perhaps in his mind the turning point..realizing that the lady wasn't willing to change maybe triggered a violent response...i imagine we're all thinking the same thing...the husband is the only person with motive and opportunity...it's a real shame the original investigators couldn't gather enough physical evidence to build a good case and put this guy away...it's always upsetting to hear about cases like this where it's very likely someone got away with murder...literally...but when you consider it's been 37 years since the crime and he's already 84, yeah, it seems like he totally got away with it...
either way
rest in peace Linda