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police investigators have been working to establish a 40-year timeline of Fowler's movements, but are seeking more information about his time in B.C. from the public.
"Our challenge has been determining with certainty Fowler’s history here in British Columbia," Shinkaruk said.
"We believe there are people out there who employed Fowler, worked with him, socialized with him or even waited on him while he was in British Columbia. We are asking you to think back to the 70s, 80s and 90s and your own memories of that that time period, then have a look at his photos, and please call us with any information you may have about him."
Police say Fowler worked for Happy's Roofing, a Prince George roofing company that is now out of business, in 1974.
They describe Fowler as an itinerant traveller, sometimes charming and often violent, who took odd jobs, lived in hotels, drove cheap cars, picked up hitchhikers and hung out in small-town bars.
"He believed that the vast majority of women that he met in those places not only desired to be sexually assaulted, but desired to be violently sexually assaulted," Shinkaruk said.
Deceased U.S. convict linked to 3 B.C. cold cases - British Columbia - CBC News
Bobby Jack Fowler, (June 12, 1939 - May 2006) was an American serial killer and rapist active in the United States and Canada. He died in prison of lung cancer during a 16 year sentence following a conviction for rape, kidnapping and attempted rape in Newport, Oregon, in 1996 (for an attack that took place in 1995.
He was also suspected of four local murders in Lincoln County, Oregon.
On 25 September, 2012 the the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Lincoln County District Attorney Rob Bovett named Bobby Jack Fowler as the suspect in 20 murders.
Suspected Victims
[1]May 3, 1992, just after midnight, around 1:00 a.m. Sheila Swanson, 19 and Melissa Sanders, 17 were last seen making a call from a payphone near the Beverly Beach State Park where they had been camping[2]. Their bodies were later discovered on October 10, 1992, by hunters in a wooded area near Eddyville, Oregon.
[3] January 28, 1995 just after midnight, around 1:00 a.m. Jennifer Esson, 16 and Kara Leas, 16 are last seen walking on NW 56th Street in Newport, Oregon walking toward Highway 101 near Moolack Beach after leaving a friends house. Their strangled bodies were later discovered on February 15, 1995, by loggers in a wooded area, covered up with brush.
On June 28, 1995, Fowler is arrested following an incident which involved a woman jumping out of a Tides Inn motel in Newport, Oregon motel window with a still rope tied to her ankle. She survived the attack and reported her harrowing tale to the local police.
On January 8, 1996, Fowler is convicted of Kidnapping in the 1st Degree, Attempted Rape in the 1st Degree, Sexual Abuse in the 1st Degree, Coercion, Assault in the Fourth Degree, and Menacing. He is sentenced to 195 months (16 years, 3 months) with the possibility of parole.
On September 25, 2012 it was announced that Fowler's DNA had been confirmed linked to 3 murders[4] and could be as many as 20[5] more though some have already been ruled out. Canadian victims include mostly First Nation Canadian girls reported missing from Highway 16, a 724 KM roadway dubbed Highway of Tears[6] due to the high number of murders and disappearances of young women beginning in the 1970's: Lana Derrick, 19, Nicole Hoar, 25, Alicia Germaine, 15, Aielah Saric-Auger, 14,her body was found on 10 February 10 2006, in a ditch along Highway 16 approximately 15 kilometers East of Prince George Tamara Chipman, 22, Roxanne Thiara, 15, Ramona Wilson, 16, Delphine Nikal, 16, Cicilia Anne Nikal, Monica Ignas, 15, whose partially nude body was found in a gravel pit on April 6, 1975 strangled and Alberta Wiliams, 24 whose body found in September 1989.
Bobby Jack Fowler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
police investigators have been working to establish a 40-year timeline of Fowler's movements, but are seeking more information about his time in B.C. from the public.
"Our challenge has been determining with certainty Fowler’s history here in British Columbia," Shinkaruk said.
"We believe there are people out there who employed Fowler, worked with him, socialized with him or even waited on him while he was in British Columbia. We are asking you to think back to the 70s, 80s and 90s and your own memories of that that time period, then have a look at his photos, and please call us with any information you may have about him."
Police say Fowler worked for Happy's Roofing, a Prince George roofing company that is now out of business, in 1974.
They describe Fowler as an itinerant traveller, sometimes charming and often violent, who took odd jobs, lived in hotels, drove cheap cars, picked up hitchhikers and hung out in small-town bars.
"He believed that the vast majority of women that he met in those places not only desired to be sexually assaulted, but desired to be violently sexually assaulted," Shinkaruk said.
Deceased U.S. convict linked to 3 B.C. cold cases - British Columbia - CBC News
Bobby Jack Fowler, (June 12, 1939 - May 2006) was an American serial killer and rapist active in the United States and Canada. He died in prison of lung cancer during a 16 year sentence following a conviction for rape, kidnapping and attempted rape in Newport, Oregon, in 1996 (for an attack that took place in 1995.
He was also suspected of four local murders in Lincoln County, Oregon.
On 25 September, 2012 the the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Lincoln County District Attorney Rob Bovett named Bobby Jack Fowler as the suspect in 20 murders.
Suspected Victims
[1]May 3, 1992, just after midnight, around 1:00 a.m. Sheila Swanson, 19 and Melissa Sanders, 17 were last seen making a call from a payphone near the Beverly Beach State Park where they had been camping[2]. Their bodies were later discovered on October 10, 1992, by hunters in a wooded area near Eddyville, Oregon.
[3] January 28, 1995 just after midnight, around 1:00 a.m. Jennifer Esson, 16 and Kara Leas, 16 are last seen walking on NW 56th Street in Newport, Oregon walking toward Highway 101 near Moolack Beach after leaving a friends house. Their strangled bodies were later discovered on February 15, 1995, by loggers in a wooded area, covered up with brush.
On June 28, 1995, Fowler is arrested following an incident which involved a woman jumping out of a Tides Inn motel in Newport, Oregon motel window with a still rope tied to her ankle. She survived the attack and reported her harrowing tale to the local police.
On January 8, 1996, Fowler is convicted of Kidnapping in the 1st Degree, Attempted Rape in the 1st Degree, Sexual Abuse in the 1st Degree, Coercion, Assault in the Fourth Degree, and Menacing. He is sentenced to 195 months (16 years, 3 months) with the possibility of parole.
On September 25, 2012 it was announced that Fowler's DNA had been confirmed linked to 3 murders[4] and could be as many as 20[5] more though some have already been ruled out. Canadian victims include mostly First Nation Canadian girls reported missing from Highway 16, a 724 KM roadway dubbed Highway of Tears[6] due to the high number of murders and disappearances of young women beginning in the 1970's: Lana Derrick, 19, Nicole Hoar, 25, Alicia Germaine, 15, Aielah Saric-Auger, 14,her body was found on 10 February 10 2006, in a ditch along Highway 16 approximately 15 kilometers East of Prince George Tamara Chipman, 22, Roxanne Thiara, 15, Ramona Wilson, 16, Delphine Nikal, 16, Cicilia Anne Nikal, Monica Ignas, 15, whose partially nude body was found in a gravel pit on April 6, 1975 strangled and Alberta Wiliams, 24 whose body found in September 1989.
Bobby Jack Fowler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
