There is a two-part series on Dennis Bowman’s m*rder of Aundria on Netflix called Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter.
Dennis Bowman, a murd*rer and r*pe convict, has his daughter Vanessa come out with secrets about her life. The revelations are quite surprising!
Key Takeaways
- Vanessa is the daughter of Dennis Bowman.
- Her adopted sister, Aundria, has had a big influence on her life.
- Dennis Bowman was Aundria’s adoptive father.
Vanessa’s Relationship With Dennis Bowman
Vanessa is the biological daughter of Dennis Bowman and his wife, Brenda, while her adopted sister, Aundria, also became part of the Bowman family.
Vanessa and Aundria shared a close bond despite the complex circumstances surrounding their upbringing.
Vanessa’s life was deeply affected by the hidden truths about her parents, which only became clear later in her life.
For Aundria, the story took a far more tragic turn. She was kidnapped, kept isolated from the world, and ultimately murd*red—a crime for which Dennis Bowman has since been charged.
It wasn’t until Vanessa grew older that she learned the harrowing reality about her family and her sister’s fate.
The experience of knowing about the truth and her father must, in fact, be heartbreaking for her.
Though Bowman and his wife had not quite been nice or pleasant to their adopted daughter, both of them loved Vanessa very much.
Dennis had kept his mur*ers and r*pe a secret from his wife and daughter, Vanessa, as he wanted to keep them away from his world of violence and crimes.
Vanessa’s Relationship With Aundria
Aundria had not only been adopted by the Bowmans but was also extremely victimized by them.
She had many friends who asked her to leave their household and move out.
However, there was one person who kept her in the house that too willingly, Vanessa.
The older sister had been caring and loving about her sister, who was also the biological child of her adoptive parents.
Jennifer Jones, a friend of the latter, shared about how she had always been mistreated by Bowman and his wife. She was even fed leftover sandwiches most times.
She shared,
“We encouraged her to leave, to get out of the situation, get out of her house. And she didn’t want to leave the baby there. She said, ‘Nope, I’ve got to take care of Vanessa.”
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Jones added,
“She took care of her all the time, changed her diaper, would feed her bottle. She loved her little sister. She was panic-stricken about leaving her little sister there by herself … She said she was going to leave when Vanessa was older and go find her real mom.”
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Needless to say, the bond between the teenager and her baby sister was truly heartwarming and, to a great extent, saddening.
Vanessa was only 15 months old when 14-year-old Aundria disappeared.
Dennis Bowman And Aundria’s Case
Cathy Terkanian was only a teenager when she gave broth to Aundria. She had to put her up for adoption.
It was Dennis Bowman and Brenda who took her in.
Cathy had been unaware of her daughter’s whereabouts almost throughout her time in her adoptive house.
Dennis and his wife were not good to the poor adopted child. Aundria had even shared with her friends that Bowman molested her.
The teenager disappeared suddenly when she was 14 years old on March 11, 1989, from the Bowman residence in Hamilton, Michigan.
After her disappearance, Dennis accused the teenager of having stolen money from him before running away.
However, deeper secrets were revealed to Cathy years later.
Aundria had been murd*red, and her body parts were mutilated when her body was found.
The cold revelation also further proved that it was Bowman who had committed the homicide and done her like that.
It has, however, been apparent that neither Brenda nor Vanessa knew about the murder.
Besides this, Bowman has also been charged with the unsolved homicide of 25-year-old Kathleen Doyle and the r*pe of another young woman.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Aundria’s birth name was Alexis Miranda Badger.
- Vanessa has remained away from the public eye.
