ID ID - Kevin Jay Bowman, 33, Twin Falls, 10 Oct 2010

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Kevin Jay Bowman

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Bowman, circa 2010

  • Missing Since 10/10/2010
  • Missing From Twin Falls, Idaho
  • Classification Endangered Missing
  • Sex Male
  • Race White
  • Date of Birth 09/19/1977 (44)
  • Age 33 years old
  • Height and Weight 6'0, 170 pounds
  • Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair, brown eyes. Bowman has a laceration scar extending from the top of his skull down past his ear.
Details of Disappearance
Bowman was last seen in Twin Falls, Idaho on October 10, 2010. On October 5, he had accidentally been given twice his normal paycheck. Bowman promised he would give the extra money back to his employer.

However, that night he bought a car and a prepaid cellular phone, and three days later when his roommates woke up, Bowman and his belongings were gone. The last time his phone was used was on October 14, and his accounts haven't been accessed since he disappeared.

Bowman's family in California reported him missing on January 21, 2011, after he didn't contact them over Thanksgiving or Christmas. On May 7 of that year, a hunter found his vehicle in a remote area off a dirt road ten miles from Wells, Nevada; it had collided with a tree.

The vehicle had evidently been parked there throughout the winter months. Bowman's luggage and his keys were inside it, but there was no sign of him. He is considered missing under suspicious circumstances and his case remains unsolved.
 
JAN 23, 2022
Magic Valley's Missing and Murdered: What happened to Kevin Bowman?
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Windows down, packrats inside, it was obvious the vehicle had been there for a while. The hunter reported it to police and when they ran the license plate the discovery brought more questions than answers.

[...]

... At the time he went missing he was living in Twin Falls at 1221 Monaco Street with a co-worker. Bowman worked as a roofer for Moller Construction.

[...]

Bowman was married to SB but they were reportedly split up.

At the time of his disappearance, Bowman had an arrest warrant out theft in Colorado, said Detective Eric Strassner with the Twin Falls Police Department. It was a nonextraditable warrant meaning it wouldn't have affected him while he lived in Idaho.

On Oct. 5, 2010, his employer accidentally paid him extra, Strassner said.

KM, owner of Moller Construction and Kevin's boss at the time, said the extra money was approximately $300.

[...]

Bowman was well-liked by the crew and was a good worker, Moller said. He was physically very fit and always on-time for work.

[...]

Soon before he disappeared, Bowman bought a 1997 red Mercury Tracer from a local dealership. He also purchased a prepaid phone, on or around Oct. 5, Strassner said.

The last call on the phone was placed Oct. 14, 2010.

Shortly after purchasing the vehicle and phone, Bowman's co-worker who he was living with woke up to find Bowman had packed up his belongings and left.

No one reported him missing until Jan. 21, 2011.

[...]

"It was like way off the main road; odd place for a car to be found," Strassner said. "You had to try to get the car where it was."

Because it had been exposed to the elements for so long, there was no forensic information recovered, he said. Bowman's luggage and keys were found inside.

Located in an area of thick sagebrush, bushes and small trees, the car was resting against a tree, Strassner said. The driver-side mirror was broken off but the damage was considered minor.

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After finding the vehicle, no new developments have been released.

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Moving case back up.

IMO he did not leave a job/life behind just because he needed to give back $300.

Unfortunately my best guess is that he was struggling (mentally), crashed the vehicle by accident, was able to get out, but succumbed to injuries or the elements out there, possibility miles from the vehicle. I wonder what level of searching took place after his vehicle was found.

I feel for his family and hope answers will still come in his case.
 

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