Welcome to all the new people who have questions about this murder. I've been here a while, but this is the first time I heard about it. I have questions about possible involvement by both adoptive parents in the murder of Alexis.
The documentary seems to leave a lot of people with their jaw on the floor. Dennis Bowman has some similarities to
Russell Williams. He broke into women's homes and stole underwear. He got away with it for a long time, and his level of assault/injury/violence increased over time.
Alexis was not Dennis' first murder. That was probably nine years earlier in Virginia, where a young woman was murdered in her home while her husband was on military tour. Dennis was vicious with her. Furniture and bedding was moved, she was strangled, stabbed, raped, murdered. There must have been signs of struggle, blood, and death in the upstairs bedroom when Alexis was murdered. I do believe that she was killed in the house.
In the documentary we hear that both parents were present when Alexis was starved, abused, and humiliated. Dennis inflicted the assaults and his wife was the enabler. She condoned the abuse through silence. When Alexis reported the abuse, Dennis' wife called Alexis a liar.
Friday, March 10, 1989 - Alexis returns home from school. Is this when she allegedly fell down the stairs? Wife was allegedly not home when Alexis was murdered.
On Saturday, March 11, 1989, Alexis was reported by her adoptive father as a runaway who stole $100.00. His wife later increased the amount to $150.00, which triggered a larceny warrant (murderer listed as victim).
Saturday, March 11, evening - Alexis planned to meet friends for bowling.
- What is the last time anyone outside the home saw/spoke to Alexis?
- Was she murdered on Friday after school?
- What day and time did Dennis' wife come home to learn that Alexis had runaway?
- What time on Saturday did Dennis report Alexis to police?
It takes time to cut off the legs of a 5'5" teenager, wrap the dismembered body pieces in plastic, stuff the pieces into the barrel, hide the barrel, and clean up the blood ... in case police looked around the property after the
runaway report (they didn't).
How much time did Dennis Bowman spend in the barn alone during the 48 hours after Alexis disappeared? Was there blood in the house? How could his wife not know that something bad happened? Was it his wife's idea to report Alexis as a thief and runaway?
Thoughts?
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