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UNSOLVED DISAPPEARANCE: DR MARI ANN FOWLER

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When a Baton Rouge woman is abducted from a parking lot, an active serial killer is a major suspect. The mystery surrounding her disappearance persists even after the serial predator is identified and captured in this episode of Last Seen Alive. 

Dr Mari Ann Fowler was 65-years-old when she was abducted from West Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2002. She hasn’t been seen since. Image source: family photo.
Serial killer Derrick Todd Lee is considered a major suspect in Mari Ann’s case. He was actively stalking and killing women in and around Baton Rouge at the time of her abduction. Image source: police photo.
Serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis was also actively killing women in and around Baton Rouge at the time of Mari Ann’s abduction. Image source: family photo.
A store in the strip mall where Mari Ann stopped for dinner captured her abduction on a security camera. The red circle denotes the window through which her abduction was (barely) visible. Image source: store security cam.

Sources used to research this episode:

Serial Killer’s Strike in Lafayette Makes Woman Wary Again in Baton Rouge (The Daily Advertiser via Newspapers.com)

STATE v. FOSTER | 2003 (Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit)

Search for Mari Ann Fowler Enters Third Day (WAFB9 News)

Jerry Fowler Abused the Public’s Trust (The Courier)

Vote Official Faces Trial in Louisiana (Associated Press)

Factual Basis, Plea Agreement in Fowler Case (United States of America versus Jerry M. Fowler / United States District Court Middle District of Louisiana)

Former Louisiana Elections Commissioner Dies of Apparent Heart Attack (WAFB News)

Jerry Fowler Obituary, 2009, Baton Rouge, LA (legacy.com)

Fowler’s Furlough Possible During Search for Wife (The Daily Review)

Fowler Memorial Service Scheduled (John Hill / The Town Talk)

Police Still Searching for Mari Ann Fowler (Associated Press via newspapers.com)

Search for Fowler’s Wife is Called Off (Associated Press via newspapers.com)

Surveillance Tape May Help Fowler Case (Associated Press via newspapers.com)

Serial killer linked to Fowler? (Associated Press via newspapers.com)

No Breaks Since Fowler Abducted in 2002 (Associated Press via newspapers.com)

DNA Tests Come Up Empty in Case of Mari Ann Fowler (WAFB9 News)

Fowler’s Son Allowed to Handle Her Business (Associated Press via newspapers.com)

Memorial Services Held for Mari Ann Fowler (KSLA News 12)

A Death That is Bittersweet (Quinn Welsch / West Side Journal)

Derrick Todd Lee Dies Without Revealing What Happened to Mari Ann Fowler — West Baton Rouge investigators Say the Case of Her Disappearance Remains Open (David J. Mitchell / The Advocate)

Who Were the Victims of Derrick Todd Lee, the Baton Rouge Serial Killer? (Francisco Alvarado / A&E True Crime)

‘Eyelids Had Been Removed’: Serial Killer Strangled Women, Then Mutilated Them (Joe Dziemianowicz / Oxygen)

Derrick Todd Lee “The Baton Rouge Serial Killer” (Radford University Dept. of Psychiatry / Serial Killer Database)

Sean Vincent Gillis (Radford University Dept. of Psychiatry / Serial Killer Database)

The Mothers’ Crusade (Newsweek)

If you have any information about the disappearance of Dr Mari Ann Fowler, please call the West Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office at 225-343-9234.

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