The Unusual Disappearance of Aundria Bowman
On March 11, 1989, fourteen-year-old teen Aundria Bowman disappeared from her home in Hamilton, Michigan. She had recently accused her adoptive father of molesting her, and disappeared shortly after. According to her father, Dennis Bowman, Aundria had stolen money from him, and then ran away.
For thirty years, Aundria Bowman was considered a missing person, and classified as an ‘endangered runaway’. Decades later, Aundria’s father, Dennis Bowman, confessed to murdering his daughter in the ’80s. Her skeletal remains were discovered the Bowman’s backyard, and the remains were positively identified as those of Aundria Bowman. After three decades, there was finally justice in the Aundria Bowman case.
Aundria Bowman’s birth name was Alexis Miranda Badger. She was born on June 23rd, 1974, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She had been put up for adoption by her birth mother, Cathy Terkanian, when she was nine months old. She spent months in foster care, until she was adopted at twenty-one months old. Her adoptive parents, Dennis and Brenda Bowman, renamed her Aundria.
In 1988, some of the staff members at Aundria’s school became concerned about the young girl when she told them that she was scared to go home. She told them that her adoptive father, Dennis Bowman, had been molesting her. The school contacted the police, and she was…
