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As of 2014 Alexis/Aundria is 40 yrs old and been missing 25 yrs!! She is loved so much and all we want is to know she is alive!! It does my heart a world of good and keeps my hope intact to see people wishing her a "Happy Birthday" God bless u all!
Sending prayers to Cathy as we near the 26th anniversary of Alexis being missing. </3
Find Aundria M Bowman Posted March 10 at 1:04pm ·
Tomorrow, March 11 will be the 26th anniversary of the last verified sighting of Alexis. Many of you have been asking me to explain the circumstances of my daughter’s life with her adopted family, and her disappearance. So I will explain it as briefly as possible.
In 1976, my daughter Alexis was adopted in Norfolk Virginia by Dennis and Brenda Bowman. Dennis had just gotten out of the Navy, and after they adopted Alexis, they named her Aundria and moved back to their home state of Michigan.
I call her by her original name Alexis. In 1980, when Alexis was 5 years old, Dennis was arrested and charged with attempted murder in connection with an assault on K.A. (18) of West Olive MI. Bowman, while riding a motorcycle along Lakeshore Drive near Kirk Park, spotted KA riding her bicycle alongside the highway. After a couple of U-turns and a couple of passes by KA, he pulled up to her from behind and forced her off the road. He then pulled out a handgun and ordered her to get off of her bicycle and walk into the adjacent woods.
KA stayed seated on her bicycle and didn’t comply. Dennis became agitated, and yelled at her that if she didn’t do what he said, he would “blow a hole right through” her. He fired two shots, one passing her to her right, and the other at the ground next to her foot. Just about then, a motorist in a pickup truck approached on the highway. As Dennis looked back at the truck, KA peddled out into the highway in front of the truck. The truck stopped, and she threw her bicycle into the back and jumped in. The driver of the truck took her away from the scene to her home, and she called the police. Bowman fled, but was apprehended by police shortly afterward, and KA subsequently positively ID'd Dennis as her attacker. He admitted in court that his intent was to engage in (as he put it) “forced sexual relations” with KA.
He pled guilty to "Assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct", and spent five years in the Michigan state prison. While Dennis was incarcerated in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Brenda and Alexis moved up to Kincheloe, and Alexis attended school in Rudyard. In 1986, Dennis was paroled, and not long after that, they moved to Allegan County. Alexis was enrolled in Hamilton High School. Several people have told us that the Bowmans were well known in the neighborhood as strange people. We have also been told by several of Alexis’ classmates that Alexis was teased and bullied in high school. Boys who dated her were urged by their parents to stay away from her because of her family’s reputation.
In December 1987, Brenda gave birth to a daughter Vanessa.
In 1989, Alexis reported to the school counselor that she had been “abused” by her father. The police got involved, but they did not take her allegations seriously. Instead, they advised Alexis that she needed to understand her responsibilities around the household, and advised the Bowmans to do what they need to do to ensure that they don’t have to return.
In March 1989. Dennis reported to the police that Alexis stole $100 from him and ran away. A few months later, the Bowmans moved to a different residence in Allegan County, and they have lived at that location ever since. On several occasions Brenda called the police to report that Alexis had been seen in the city of Holland by various persons. According to Brenda, the persons who saw Alexis said that she was obviously pregnant, and she had bleached her hair blonde. But police were never able to verify any of these alleged sightings.
In 1998, Nine years after Alexis was last seen, Dennis was arrested again for breaking into the home of a co-worker V.V., whom Dennis had been stalking. When police searched Dennis’ home, they found V.V.’s underwear and lingerie in a tote bag. Also in the tote bag was a Halloween mask, dark clothing , and an illegal sawed-off shotgun. The door to V.V.’s home had been forced open with a crowbar, and the corners of her curtains were cut to allow someone to see in to her bedroom from outside. In a letter to the judge pleading for leniency, Dennis stated that he is the proud father of two “lovely” daughters, one 11, and the other 25. He made no mention of the fact that the 25 year old daughter (who actually would have been 24 at the time) had been missing for a decade.
For breaking and entering the home of V.V., he spent another year in county jail.
Other than the unconfirmed “sightings” reported by Brenda, In the 25 years since Alexis allegedly stole $100 and ran away, she hasn’t been seen by anyone.
I'm usually one who keeps my opinion to myself, but you don't need to be a Sherlock Holmes to figure this case out.
Reading about this on facebook and web forums makes this, IMO, the saddest missing person case I am aware of.
Thank u Roselvr and C.K. everything u two have done to help me in dealing with this nightmare!Very sad that LE never questioned anything back then even with the adoptive fathers history
Thank u Roselvr and C.K. everything u two have done to help me in dealing with this nightmare!
It's been a while since I've read this entire thread, so I apologize if this question has already been answered.
Have the house & property that Brenda and Dennis moved away from a few month's after Aundria's disappearance been thoroughly searched with cadaver dogs & ground penetrating radar?
I don't know whether Dennis would have disposed of the body at his own home, but the fact that moved away so quickly seems suspicious, unless of course they were forced out. Most parents with missing children are very reluctant to move.
It's been a while since I've read this entire thread, so I apologize if this question has already been answered.
Have the house & property that Brenda and Dennis moved away from a few month's after Aundria's disappearance been thoroughly searched with cadaver dogs & ground penetrating radar?
I don't know whether Dennis would have disposed of the body at his own home, but the fact that moved away so quickly seems suspicious, unless of course they were forced out. Most parents with missing children are very reluctant to move.