Murder of Aundria Bowman

Aundria Michelle Bowman (born Alexis Miranda Badger; June 23, 1974 – disappeared March 11, 1989) was an American teenager who vanished under mysterious circumstances from her adoptive family's property in Hamilton, Michigan.

[1] Dennis Bowman's criminal record at the time of her disappearance was notable: in 1980, he was arrested after a young woman claimed he attempted to lure her into a wooded area in western Michigan and assault her.

[5] In 1998, Dennis Bowman was arrested for breaking and entering the home of a coworker in Ottawa County to steal items, including woman's lingerie.

"[4] A Jane Doe discovered in a Wisconsin corn field in 1999 was believed to possibly be Aundria Bowman due to similarities in facial structure.

[6] Aundria's adoptive father, Dennis Bowman, was arrested in November 2019 for the unsolved homicide of 25-year-old Kathleen Doyle in Norfolk, Virginia, which occurred on September 11, 1980.

[4] Several days later, it was announced that skeletal remains had been recovered from the 3200 block of 136th Avenue of Monterey Township (near the home of Bowman) in Allegan County,[8] concealed by a thin layer of cement.

Police stated that he confessed to striking Aundria, causing her to die of a resulting head injury, and then dismembered her body with an axe and machete.

[14] A two-part miniseries about solving the murder directed by Ryan White, titled Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter, was released on Netflix on September 12, 2024.

Facial reconstruction by Carl Koppelman of Racine County Jane Doe , initially thought to be Aundria Bowman, but later proven via DNA profiling to be Peggy Johnson