GUILTY OH - Eileen Adams, 14, Toledo, 18 Dec 1967

[Claudette]

In the article about the girl that survived, she said he showed her a piece of paper and said "this is how many girls I've had". What was the number? I think this is significant.

 

[MaryLiz]

The trial of Robert Bowman starts today in Toledo.

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2011/08/04/Case-of-1967-slaying-goes-to-trial-Monday.html

 

[JoeFromLB]

Jury seated. Opening statements expected tomorrow morning:

http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/local/Jury-seated-in-Bowman-murder-trial

 

[MaryLiz]

Murder victim's sister testifies

Bowman's attorney disputes facts

More than four decades after she waited at her West Toledo home for her little sister's arrival after school, Mary Ann Brimmer testified in Lucas County Common Pleas Court Thursday that for the first time, Eileen Adams "didn't come" to the front door.
"I just kept standing at the door, waiting for her," Mrs. Brimmer said Thursday, recalling the cold and rainy day in December, 1967. "…It got to be 6 or 6:30. She'd never done anything like that. Ever."

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2011/08/12/Murder-victim-s-sister-testifies.html

 

[MaryLiz]

Trial reveals Bowman's life running from police

TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - Robert Bowman, 75, joined an "offbeat" religion and mutilated dolls after he kidnapped and killed a 14-year-old Toledo school girl back in 1967, that's according to the opening statements in his murder trial Thursday.
Assistant Lucas County Prosecutor Chris Anderson told the jury Eileen Adams, 14, was supposed to go to her sister's west Toledo home after school on December 18 of 1967 – but she never got off the bus.
Adams' sister Mary Ann Brimmer testified that their father came to her place to pick Eileen up at 3:45pm. When Eileen wasn't at the school or the bus stop, her father filed a missing person's report.
"He was getting very, very jumpy. It was making me nervous. She was never late," Brimmer testified.
A month and a half later, two Michigan brothers found a rolled up rug tied up with a lamp cord in a field. Prosecutors say Adams was inside wearing the suit she had on the day she disappeared. She had a three inch nail drilled in the back of her heard and cord wrapped around her neck.
"Around her neck, down her back and to her ankles were bound," Anderson stated. An autopsy concluded Adams had been strangled.

http://www.wtol.com/story/15253548/bowman-trials-reveals-bowmans-life-after-murder

 

[MaryLiz]

Bowman's ex-wife testifies.


http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=8308057

 

[sversellie]

Does anyone happen to remember where exactly this poor girl was found in Whiteford Twp? I grew up hearing the stories about a girl who was found murdered in a field/wooded area near my grandparents house. They later bought the house that this land sits on, and I now live in that house, and was curious as to how accurate the story (I've been told) was.

 

[JoeFromLB]

Does anyone happen to remember where exactly this poor girl was found in Whiteford Twp? I grew up hearing the stories about a girl who was found murdered in a field/wooded area near my grandparents house. They later bought the house that this land sits on, and I now live in that house, and was curious as to how accurate the story (I've been told) was.

The only references I can find refer simply to a "frozen field" in Whiteford Twp, no other details.

There are some crime scene photos at this link. Not too graphic, but still disturbing:

http://csafd.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=drusjodin&action=display&thread=84

By the way, WELCOME to Websleuths!

 

[JoeFromLB]

Both sides have rested, and the judge has told the jurors to expect closing statements on Monday morning.

 

[JoeFromLB]

The jury is now deliberating.

 

[JoeFromLB]

http://www.wtol.com/story/15316227/hung-jury-in-bowman-trial-pre-trial-hearing-schedule

TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - BREAKING: The judge presiding over the trial of Robert Bowman declared a hung jury Tuesday.

The jury began deliberation Monday at 12:30 p.m.

A pre-trial hearing has been scheduled for Monday, Aug. 29 to set a date for a new trial.

 

[MaryLiz]

http://www.wtol.com/story/15316227/hung-jury-in-bowman-trial-pre-trial-hearing-schedule

TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - BREAKING: The judge presiding over the trial of Robert Bowman declared a hung jury Tuesday.

The jury began deliberation Monday at 12:30 p.m.

A pre-trial hearing has been scheduled for Monday, Aug. 29 to set a date for a new trial.

Wow, I can't believe that. With the DNA evidence and his ex-wife's testimony, I thought sure he would be convicted. Hopefully he will be the second time around.

 

[UdbCrzy2]

Jurors declined to comment as they were escorted out of the courthouse by security. One juror, who would not give her name, said the indecision came down to 10-2 vote.

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2011/08/24/Judge-declares-mistrial-in-Bowman-murder-case.html

 

[JoeFromLB]

New trial date set for October 11

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2011/08/30/New-trial-date-set-in-slaying-of-girl-in-1967.html

 

[UdbCrzy2]

Ohio retrial under way for suspect in 1967 killing

It's the second time 75-year-old Robert Bowman has been in court recently. He has pleaded not guilty to murder.

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/17/3985580/ohio-retrial-under-way-for-suspect.html



Prosecutors detail graphic slaying, dog hair evidence in Bowman retrial
http://www.northwestohio.com/news/story.aspx?id=675369#.TpxaFZuXuso

 

[Kat]

Another article about retrial:

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2011/10/18/Bowman-s-retrial-starts-for-67-death-of-girl-14-2.html

Published: 10/18/2011
BY ERICA BLAKE
BLADE STAFF WRITER

 

[UdbCrzy2]

Ex-wife, Florida cop testify in day two of Bowman re-trial

http://www.wtol.com/story/15725164/ex-wife-florida-cop-testify-in-day-two-of-bowman-re-trial

 

[UdbCrzy2]

DNA testimony continues in Bowman case

Despite attempts to find further DNA evidence on the clothing of Eileen Adams more than 40 years after she was found dead in a Monroe County field, no conclusive data was found, a DNA analyst testified Friday.

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2011/10/21/DNA-testimony-continues-in-Bowman-case.html

 

[UdbCrzy2]

State rests case in Bowman trial
The teenager remained missing for more than a month. Her body was found Jan. 30, 1968, witnesses testified. Her hands were tied in front of her and her ankles were bound with a cord that attached to her neck. A nail was protruding from the back of her shattered skull.

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2011/10/24/State-rests-case-in-Bowman-trial.html


Jury hears interrogation tapes in Robert Bowman murder trial

http://www.wtol.com/story/15864901/jury-hears-interrogation-tapes-in-robert-bowman-murder-trial


I hope the jury convicts this guy. In the article above it says that they used interrogation tapes not used during his original trial. It also says that they found dolls with nails in the head and Bowman says that it was just to 'play a joke' on the police.

 

[UdbCrzy2]

Bowman takes stand in own defense in 1967 murder trial

When recalling his first interviews with detectives as a suspect in the 1967 slaying of Eileen Adams, Robert Bowman said Tuesday that he knew of the case, specifically “the fact that she had a nail in her head was quite memorable.”

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2...tand-in-own-defense-in-1967-murder-trial.html