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said that he felt that he was at followed and would return
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was troubling him. We flew back to Huntsville and caught a taxi
from the airport to the police station where he confessed that he
had mardered the young housewifes Prior to his electrocution on
Jane 15, 1965, Bowen willed his yes to the University of Alabama
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was troubling him. Ke flew bac Huntsville and caught a taxi
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had murdered the young housewife. — Prior to his electrocution on
Jane 15, 1965, Bowen willed his eyes to the University of Alabama
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BOWEN, William F., Jr.
Bowen, a 28-year-old white resident of Huntsville, Ala., had served
time in a Federal “eformatory after a court martial for assault with
intent te kill, and a portion of a sentence in the Alabama State
Penitentiary for burglary and grand larceny. Released on parole, he
was employed by a Muntsville pest control firm as a salesman. While
in the “tatet Prison, Bowen had been converted to religion and had
aspirations of becoming a minister. He went to various jails where
he would preach‘and implore the prisoners to change their ways. On
_ several occasions he had called on Mrs. Janice Thomas, wife of a
- Redstone Arsenal physicist at her housé in an effort to sell her the
- services of the pest control company. larly on the afternoon of
Oct. 17, 1961, he returned to the house and when Mrs. Thomas admitted
him he forced her into a bedroom where he made her disrobe and ;
attempted to assault her but was unable to commiés& the actual rape.
When she started kcreaming, he bludgeoned her unconscious with a
rolling pin and then got a knife from the kitchen and stabbed her
thirteen times, leaving the knife imbedded in her neck. Bowen be-
came a suspect when a brochure that he had left at the house was
found and a check with the pest epntrol company revealed that he
had left town the day following the murder stating that he had
BOWEN, William F., Jr.
Bowen, a 28-year-old white resident of Huntsville, Ala., had served
time in a Federal “eformatory after a court martial for assault with
intent to kill, and a portion of a sentence in the Alabama State
Penitentiary for burglary and grand larceny. Released on parole, he
was employed by a Muntsville pest control firm as a salesman. While
in the “tates Prison, Bowen had been converted to religion and had
aspirations of becoming a minister. He went to various jails where
he would preach‘and implore the prisoners to change their ways. On
several occasions he had called on Mrs. Janice Thomas, wife of a
Redstone Arsenal physicist at her housé in an effort to sell her the
services of the pest control company. Early on the afternoon of
Oct. 17, 1961, he returned to the house and when Mrs. Thomas admitted
him he forced her into a bedroom where he made her disrobe and
attempted to assault her but was unable to commits the actual rape.
When she started kcreaming, he bludgeoned her unconscious with a
rolling pin and then got a knife from the kitchen and stabbed her
thirteen times, leaving the knife imbedded in her neck. Bowen be-
came a suspect when a brochure that he had left at the house was
found and a check with the pest cpntrol company revealed that he
had left town the day following the murder stating that he had
BOWEN, Willian F., Jr.
Bowen, a 28-year-old oo resident of Huntsville, Ala., had served
time in a Federal “eformatory after a court martial for assault with
intent to kill, and a pean of a sentence in the Alabama State
Penitentiary for burglary and grand larceny. Released on parole, he
was employed by « Muntsville pest control fim as a salesman, While
in the >tatet Prison, Bowen had been converted to religion and had
aspirations of becoming a minister.
e their ways.
several occasions he had called on Mrs. Janice ar wife of a
Redstone Arsenal physicist at her housé in an effort to sell her the
services of the ean control company. Early on the afternoon of
pee 2T 1961, he returned to the eS and when Mrs. Thomas admitted
forced her into @ bedroom where he made her disrobe and
Renate to assault her but was unable to commiés the actual rape.
When. started he her with a
rolling pin and then got a knife fran the kitchen and stabbed her
thirteen times, leaving the knife imbedded in her neck. Bowen be-
came 2 suspect’ when a brochure that he had left at the house w
found and a check with the pest cpntrol company revealed that he
hed Loft town the day following the mrver stating tha: he had
