VA VA - Patsy Bray Cowan 50, Virginia Beach, October 9, 1980

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On Thursday, October 9, 1980, Patsy Cowan had attended a picnic in Chesapeake, Virginia from the late afternoon hours until around 7:30 pm. A local builder invited real estate agents and builders from the Tidewater area to a large cookout where plans for a new development, on the land where this picnic occurred, was announced. Patsy was seen arriving and leaving alone in her 1976 dark colored Oldsmobile. She returned home in the 4400 block of Smokey Lake Drive, a new housing development, at approximately 8:15 pm. She was found at approximately 11:45 pm, nude and suffering from several stab wounds. There did not appear to be any forced entry into the home. A handgun kept inside the home by Ms. Cowan is missing and is described as a Smith and Wesson “top break, Lemon Squeeze” nickel plated .38 caliber revolver. The person(s) responsible for this brutal murder is suspected of taking this weapon. Patsy was a 50 year old white female who had brown eyes and brown hair, 5’ 5’’ tall weighing 120 pounds. She looked younger than her age.

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UNSOLVED MURDER STILL HAUNTS VICTIM'S FAMILY 14 YEARS LATER

October 10, 1994 TAG: 9410100026
PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: BY JUNE ARNEY

''Cowan's children know their mother must have felt comfortable with the murderer - comfortable enough to invite the person in for a glass of wine. Two washed wine glasses were found in the kitchen. It's something the children believe their meticulous mother would have done.''


''Cowan, 51, was found just before midnight in the bathroom of her townhouse in the 4400 block of Smokey Lane Drive in Larkspur Lakes off Princess Anne Road in Virginia Beach.

The crime scene was so fresh that when police arrived water vapor rose from the blood as the cool night air rushed in. Cowan's body was still warm. Ropes were tied to the bed in the master bedroom, where the stabbing apparently occurred.

There was blood from the floor to the ceiling of the white kitchen wall. The telephone had been ripped from its mounting.''

A struggle had tipped over furniture and left a trail of blood on the light carpet from the kitchen, through the living room and bedroom, and into the bathroom where Cowan's body was propped against the wall.''

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''The night of the murder, Stolle scouted for places where a person might have watched Patsy Cowan. About 50 feet away, he found such a spot.

It offered a clear view of her bedroom. When Stolle looked down, he saw a clue - several freshly extinguished Salem cigarettes.

``I felt like whoever had done it was standing looking in the window a couple hours before I was,'' he said.

``Whoever murdered her was extremely sadistic. Whoever committed this homicide gave her a couple good stabs with the knife and then stayed around and watched her die. . . . It will stay with me forever.''

Authorities found no sign of forced entry, and expensive jewelry lay untouched in plain view. There was no evidence that Cowan had been sexually assaulted.

She had been extra cautious since a man had crawled in through her window two weeks earlier and raped her, threatening to kill her if she screamed.

In that attack, on Sept. 27, 1980, Cowan had reported that she was awakened about 2:45 a.m. by a man trying to pull the sheets off her bed. He hit her several times in the face and tried to choke her. After raping her, the man fled through the front door and drove off in a dark-colored van.

Police have not ruled out a link between the incidents, but because the method of entry was different, they say there is little reason to suspect the same person was responsible.''

 

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Dennis Bowman, a serial killer from Michigan, should be considered as a suspect in this unsolved murder.

Less than a month earlier he murdered Kathleen O'Brian Doyle in Virginia Beach, VA.