The letter Terkanian received ignited a 10-year search to find out what happened.
Cathy Terkanian became convinced that Dennis Bowman had murdered Aundria and buried her in his backyard.
For the next several years, Terkanian did everything she could to expose him.
She put up missing person posters and billboards; she camped outside the Bowmans' house.
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She confronted Brenda Bowman and called her regularly to get Dennis Bowman to confess.
However,this arrest eventually led to Dennis Bowman confessing to his involvement with Aundria Bowman’s death.
The crime police had charged Dennis Bowman for occurred in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1980.
A mother reveals the complex mystery surrounding the disappearance of teenager Audria, her biological daughter whom she gave up for adoption when she was nine months old. The young girl disappeared in 1989, at the age of 14, after accusing her adoptive father of sexual abuse.
After Dennis Bowman’s arrest, the detectives assigned to Aundria Bowman’s case created a plan.
After much back-and-forth, he finally confessed to his wife about what happened to Aundria.
However, Dennis Bowman did not admit to where he buried his daughter.
Every time the detectives or Brenda asked, he came up with a different story.
They could not go for first-degree murder based on Dennis Bowman’s confession.
Her remains were distributed in a few different bags,suggesting that Dennis Bowman had cut her up.
Police finally charged Dennis Bowman with second-degree murder of Aundria Bowman.
However, this was not the only violent crime Dennis Bowman committed.
The judge on the case believed Dennis Bowman was a danger to women.
In 1998, Dennis Bowman also received a one-year sentence for breaking and entering into a co-worker’s home.
Brenda Bowman cremated Aundria Bowman’s remains and gave half of them to Cathy Terkarnian.
Notably, Brenda Bowman declined to participate in Netflix’sInto the Fire: The Lost Daughter.
