MI MI - Deborah Polinsky, 20, Holland, 23 July 1977

[Carja7]

I believe that the DNA enhancements which would present a "picture" of the attacker are simply awaiting $$$ being approved by the county. I wish they could do a go-fund-me.

I live in that county. How could a Go Fund Me get started? Anyone I could bug? Lol

Thanks for all your great info, Nina!

 

[Nina Michigan]

You and I are on the same wave length. I jokingly asked about a "bake sale" to cover the cost. Was told to keep my fingers crossed and send good vibes on the case.

Hoping this means something good is percolating!

 

[:+:MrTT:+:]

Her autopsy is not public because - open investigation. My understanding (and I could be mistaken) is that she was at a family gathering on Saturday, which ended around 9-9:30p. She was likely killed on Sunday, no show for work Monday, found deceased Tuesday.

From my episode, the murder weapon was not recovered or identified.

I believe that the DNA enhancements which would present a "picture" of the attacker are simply awaiting $$$ being approved by the county. I wish they could do a go-fund-me.

I am not surprised. They found unknown female DNA inside the house. I am sure females have entered and left that house over the decades. Same for males. So I am assuming this female DNA was found on a belonging of hers, whether it be an item, clothing, cigarette etc. I thought I read she was stabbed to death. Perhaps I am mistaken. My question, I wonder if she thought about renting a room to help pay for things or extra money. Not officially, like running an ad. She would have needed the owners permission for that. But perhaps behind the scene. I still have doubts about a female killer/or female being their at the same time the crime occurred. I still think she was killed by a male after coming home that night and ready for bed.

 

[Indianza]

Everyone who worked with Deb - I was one -was fingerprinted at the time.

 

[Indianza]

Also, Deb, except for her pets, lived alone by all accounts. She didn't have a roommate.

 

[Nina Michigan]

Everyone who worked with Deb - I was one -was fingerprinted at the time.

Did you have an idea of who could be involved? Her case really haunts me.

 

[folieadeuxnola]

New interviews prove helpful in 41 year old cold case

The page, titled Justice For Deb Polinsky, has helped investigators track down and interview people who are not in any way considered to be suspects, but rather, people who used to live in the area near Holland where the 20-year-old Polinsky was killed.

 

[Nina Michigan]

The guys at Ottawa County Sheriff's department are really working this, exploring every avenue available to them. It's refreshing to see a case this old still getting attention. I hope (for Deb's friends and family) that they can identify a suspect and make an arrest!

 

[Richard]

Deborah's murder occurred around the same time that the serial killer, Don Gene Miller (born 1954) was active. He is currently in a Michigan Prison for murder and other crimes of violence. Miller was active in the Lansing, Michigan area.

 

[Nina Michigan]

holland is 90 miles from lansing, seems unlikely that Miller would pop over to someone's house two hours from home to kill them

 

[PastTense]

"The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office cold case team, created in 2009, solved a 2002 cold case murder earlier this year. But there are still three outstanding murders in the county the detectives on the team would like to solve.

Detectives Jeremy Baum and Sara Fillman said so far, the cold case team has solved four cases and detectives on the team are continuing to work on the three unsolved murders.

Right now, the detectives are focusing on the 1977 death of Deb Polinsky, 20, who was stabbed in her home in Port Sheldon Township. Polinsky was found stabbed by her coworker when she didn’t show up to work after the weekend, and she was found with her German shepherd, Thor, standing guard over her body."
'Somebody knows something': Cold case team highlights unsolved Ottawa County murders

There are a number of other cases discussed in this article.

 

[Richard]

1 February 2017 Article:

Detectives have uncovered new clues in a 40-year-old cold case murder investigation in Ottawa County.

In July 1977, 20-year-old Deborah Polinsky was found stabbed to death in her Port Sheldon home.

Detectives say advanced technology, such as DNA, is leading to progress in the investigation. WZZM 13's Alex Shabad spoke to Polinsky's sister, Tami Elzinga, about the decades of waiting, the new sense of hope and getting answers to some big questions that have spanned over four decades...

LINK:

New clues uncovered in 40-year-old cold case murder | wzzm13.com

 

[Richard]

Deborah Polinsky, 20, Murdered 23 July 1977
[URL='https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15007092/deborah-lynn-polinsky#'][/URL]
Deborah Lynn Polinsky
BIRTH 16 Feb 1957
DEATH 26 Jul 1977 (aged 20)
BURIAL
Pilgrim Home Cemetery
Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA

LINK:

Deborah Lynn Polinsky (1957-1977) - Find A Grave...

 

[Richard]

The circumstances and locality of Deborah's murder are very similar to the murder of Kathleen Mary O'Brien Doyle, who was brutally attacked and killed in her own home by Dennis Bowman in Virginia Beach, VA in 1980. He was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Dennis Bowman is currently facing charges for the first degree murder of his adoptive daughter Aundria Bowman, whose body has recently been recovered from under a shed on his property.

I wonder if law enforcement officers in charge of Deborah's case will be interviewing Dennis Bowman?

 

[Warwick1991]

The circumstances and locality of Deborah's murder are very similar to the murder of Kathleen Mary O'Brien Doyle, who was brutally attacked and killed in her own home by Dennis Bowman in Virginia Beach, VA in 1980. He was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Dennis Bowman is currently facing charges for the first degree murder of his adoptive daughter Aundria Bowman, whose body has recently been recovered from under a shed on his property.

I wonder if law enforcement officers in charge of Deborah's case will be interviewing Dennis Bowman?

I assume Bowman was still in Michigan in 1977. He sounds like a possible suspect, but the finding of foreign female DNA is intriguing, too.

 

[Richard]

I assume Bowman was still in Michigan in 1977. He sounds like a possible suspect, but the finding of foreign female DNA is intriguing, too.

I do not have a complete chronology of where Bowman was at given times, but he was a long time Holland, Michigan resident.

Bowman was a Naval Reservist and so he traveled a bit for two week active duty assignments. He was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia at times, but always returned to his home in Michigan.

Here is a link to the Websleuths thread about his adoptive daughter's disappearance. Bowman has been charged with her murder and burial of her remains in his shed.

MI - Aundria Michelle Bowman (14) - Holland MI, 1989

 

[Richard]

For your consideration:

[URL='https://www.wavy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/11/Dennis-Lee-Bowman-now.png?w=731'][/URL]

Dennis Lee Bowman, convicted of murdering two women; Kathleen O'Brien Doyle in 1980, and Aundria Bowman in 1989.

There were very likely more victims before, between, and after these two confirmed heinous murders.

LINKS:

Police: 39-year-old Norfolk cold case solved, murder suspect arrested in Michigan | WAVY.com

Dennis Bowman Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife , Family, Children, Arrest, Murder Case Suspect, Criminal Charges, Height, Net Worth and Instagram - Primal Information

Michigan man accused of 1980 Virginia murder now charged in death of adoptive daughter

 

[CarlK90245]

Here is a link to the Websleuths thread about his adoptive daughter's disappearance. Bowman has been charged with her murder and burial of her remains in his shed.

She was buried under a concrete slab behind their home - not in his shed.

 

[Richard]

Deborah Lynn Polinsky, age 20
Murdered 23 July 1977

LINKS:

Police Announce New Leads in 1977 Cold Case Murder of Michigan Woman

Police find new leads in 40-year-old cold case

Deborah Lynn Polinsky

February 1, 2017 — Updates in the Deborah Polinsky murder investigation

 

[CarlK90245]

Deborah Lynn Polinsky, age 20
Murdered 23 July 1977

LINKS:

Police Announce New Leads in 1977 Cold Case Murder of Michigan Woman

Police find new leads in 40-year-old cold case

Deborah Lynn Polinsky

February 1, 2017 — Updates in the Deborah Polinsky murder investigation

The color photo is of Debra Wilson - another Holland woman who was murdered on Christmas eve 1987. Police are convinced that they know who the perp was, but he is now deceased.

I'm not sure what their evidence is that convinces them of that, but I've never been satisfied that this wasn't another of Dennis Bowman's murders.

Debra Wilson was home alone. Her husband was attending a Christmas party held by his employer. She was chased into her own back yard, where she was fatally stabbed multiple times.

Bowman had lived only a couple of miles from Wilson's home, and was known to have committed break-in sexual assaults of woman in the same neighborhood, and we know he had a knife fetish. When he was arrested for the 1980 murder of Kathleen Doyle, police collected 115 knives from his home. His biological daughter was born less than two weeks prior.