My mistake. Her photo came up in a search I did on Deborah Polinsky. Saw your message just minutes after the time elapsed for editing my post.
MI MI - Deborah Polinsky, 20, Holland, 23 July 1977
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Deborah Lynn Polinsky, age 20, Murdered 23 July 1977 in Holland, Michigan
Date of Birth: February 16, 1957
Date of Death July 23, 1977
Cold Case Homicide Investigation
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office #77-00010018
Date of Incident: Last seen 07/23/1977 at 9:00 p.m. Body Found 07/26/1977
Location: 15123 New Holland St. Holland, MI 49424- Port Sheldon Township
Victim: Deborah Lynn Polinsky, also known as Deb
White female D.O.B. 02/16/1957 (20 years old at time of death)
Summary: Ms. Polinsky was found in her two-story, rented farmhouse located on New Holland Street near 152nd Avenue. Her body was discovered by a co-worker after Deb failed to show up for work on Monday, 07/25/1977. Deb worked second shift at Depree Chemical Company. Ms. Polinsky was stabbed to death. There is no known motive for her death.
Ms. Polinsky was known to frequent the Holland and Saugatuck areas and had attended Holland Public Schools. She was often seen in her red, VW Beetle and in the company of her German shepherd, Thor.
Update: The Ottawa County Cold Case Team has been actively investigating the Polinsky homicide for the past eighteen months. The team has interviewed over 180 person since taking on the case. With that detectives have sent 40 DNA samples to the lab for comparison and over 600 latent prints have been analyzed. Advances in technology have allowed investigators to gain valuable insight into this crime. As a result of some of those advances the Ottawa County Sheriffs Office is requesting the publics assistance in identifying a female that they believe was at the scene at the time of the incident.
Investigative Contact:
Detective Jake Sparks at: [email protected], 616.994.4710; or Detective Jeremy Baum at: [email protected], 616.738.4018
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Deborah Lynn Polinsky, age 20, Murdered 23 July 1977 in Holland, Michigan
Date of Birth: February 16, 1957
Date of Death July 23, 1977
Cold Case Homicide Investigation
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office #77-00010018
Date of Incident: Last seen 07/23/1977 at 9:00 p.m. Body Found 07/26/1977
Location: 15123 New Holland St. Holland, MI 49424- Port Sheldon Township
Victim: Deborah Lynn Polinsky, also known as Deb
White female D.O.B. 02/16/1957 (20 years old at time of death)
Summary: Ms. Polinsky was found in her two-story, rented farmhouse located on New Holland Street near 152nd Avenue. Her body was discovered by a co-worker after Deb failed to show up for work on Monday, 07/25/1977. Deb worked second shift at Depree Chemical Company. Ms. Polinsky was stabbed to death. There is no known motive for her death.
Ms. Polinsky was known to frequent the Holland and Saugatuck areas and had attended Holland Public Schools. She was often seen in her red, VW Beetle and in the company of her German shepherd, Thor.
Update: The Ottawa County Cold Case Team has been actively investigating the Polinsky homicide for the past eighteen months. The team has interviewed over 180 person since taking on the case. With that detectives have sent 40 DNA samples to the lab for comparison and over 600 latent prints have been analyzed. Advances in technology have allowed investigators to gain valuable insight into this crime. As a result of some of those advances the Ottawa County Sheriffs Office is requesting the publics assistance in identifying a female that they believe was at the scene at the time of the incident.
Investigative Contact:
Detective Jake Sparks at: [email protected], 616.994.4710; or Detective Jeremy Baum at: [email protected], 616.738.4018
LINK:
Deborah Lynn Polinsky (1957-1977) - Find a Grave...
Deborah Lynn Polinsky Deb Polinsky This Feb. 1, 2017 update from the Ottawa County Sheriffs department pretty well sets out the facts of the case and advances in the investigation: Media Release Deb Polinsky Cold Case Homicide Investigation Ottawa County Sheriffs Office #77-00010018 Date of...
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With two convictions of murder on Dennis Bowman, he is now known to be a serial killer of young women. Known victims include Kathleen O'Brien Doyle of Virginia (1980) and his own adopted daughter, Aundria Bowman of Holland, Michigan (1989). He murdered both women with knives and even dismembered his daughter.
BIG coincidence that Deborah (also of Holland, Michigan) was murdered in such a similar manner. Bowman seems a likely suspect.
Kathleen O'Brien Doyle, Aundria Michelle Bowman, Dennis Lee Bowman
BIG coincidence that Deborah (also of Holland, Michigan) was murdered in such a similar manner. Bowman seems a likely suspect.
Kathleen O'Brien Doyle, Aundria Michelle Bowman, Dennis Lee Bowman
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So while they said David Oudemolen killed Deborah Wilson without ever stating what led to that conclusion, I’m guessing it also pointed away from these two cases being connected?
With two convictions of murder on Dennis Bowman, he is now known to be a serial killer of young women. Known victims include Kathleen O'Brien Doyle of Virginia (1980) and his own adopted daughter, Aundria Bowman of Holland, Michigan (1989). He murdered both women with knives and even dismembered his daughter.
BIG coincidence that Deborah (also of Holland, Michigan) was murdered in such a similar manner. Bowman seems a likely suspect.
Kathleen O'Brien Doyle, Aundria Michelle Bowman, Dennis Lee Bowman
Dennis Bowman seems a likely suspect in this case. He should be considered a serial killer, and yet many earlier posts about him and the murders he is known to have committed (convictions) seem to have disappeared.
He certainly has a violent past and should be considered a possible perpetrator of other unsolved murder and missing person cases.
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Deborah Lynn Polinsky
This is from the timeline I created about Dennis Bowman. I believe Bowman needs to be looked at for the murder of Deb.
Deb was just 20 years old when she was found naked and stabbed to death in her home on July 26, 1977. The local paper called her murder a sex slaying. Deb was stabbed about 5 times in the chest, one of which caused her death. She appeared to be sexually assaulted before she was slain. She had multiple bruises on her body so may have been beaten before her death. She looked to have been tortured because she had multiple superficial stab wounds on parts of her body. There was also blunt force trauma to her head. She was found in her bedroom and there was a struggle in the room. No weapon was found at the scene. The object to stab Polinksy had not been determined. (Bowman was a wood machinist with lots of tools)
The door to the home was slightly ajar upon her coworker’s arrival. Deb lived alone in Holland, Michigan with her dog Thor. Thor was a german shepard that was protective and aggressive so its believed Deb may have let the killer into the home.
Deb was working 2nd shift at Depree Chemical Company and she went to Holland Public Schools. She drove a red Volkswagen Beetle.
There was a bloody fingerprint at the scene as well as some women’s dna. Would like to remind that Bowman has brought his daughter to other victims homes to sell cookies as stated by Dennis Bowman himself.
Dennis Bowman lived at the Holland address with Brenda’s mother and stepfather during this time. His home is 4.8 miles from Deb’s.
Anyone with information about Deb Polinsky’s death please contact the Ottawa County Sheriff’s office at 616-738-4022 or send a message through mosotips.com.
Map from Deb’s home to where Dennis Bowman lived at the time of her death:
News article about Deb’s murder:
This is from the timeline I created about Dennis Bowman. I believe Bowman needs to be looked at for the murder of Deb.
Deb was just 20 years old when she was found naked and stabbed to death in her home on July 26, 1977. The local paper called her murder a sex slaying. Deb was stabbed about 5 times in the chest, one of which caused her death. She appeared to be sexually assaulted before she was slain. She had multiple bruises on her body so may have been beaten before her death. She looked to have been tortured because she had multiple superficial stab wounds on parts of her body. There was also blunt force trauma to her head. She was found in her bedroom and there was a struggle in the room. No weapon was found at the scene. The object to stab Polinksy had not been determined. (Bowman was a wood machinist with lots of tools)
The door to the home was slightly ajar upon her coworker’s arrival. Deb lived alone in Holland, Michigan with her dog Thor. Thor was a german shepard that was protective and aggressive so its believed Deb may have let the killer into the home.
Deb was working 2nd shift at Depree Chemical Company and she went to Holland Public Schools. She drove a red Volkswagen Beetle.
There was a bloody fingerprint at the scene as well as some women’s dna. Would like to remind that Bowman has brought his daughter to other victims homes to sell cookies as stated by Dennis Bowman himself.
Dennis Bowman lived at the Holland address with Brenda’s mother and stepfather during this time. His home is 4.8 miles from Deb’s.
Anyone with information about Deb Polinsky’s death please contact the Ottawa County Sheriff’s office at 616-738-4022 or send a message through mosotips.com.
Map from Deb’s home to where Dennis Bowman lived at the time of her death:
News article about Deb’s murder:
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when I did an episode about Debra in...2017 the ottawa county sheriff was invested in her case. I'm sure they've checked
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Yes they have been looking into him for years. Allegan county has her murder on the timeline they created of Dennis. I saw it myself. They need check for dna from nail clippings. I wouldn’t doubt they lost most of the evidence unfortunately. They won’t tell you that though.
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