Johnny Rush Bowman
- Age
- 32
- Gender
- M
- Race
- White
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 180 lbs
- Eye color
- blue
- Hair color
- brown
#16-10880Tier-2 extracted
Johnny Rush Bowman
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Aug 19, 1984
Recovery location
Manassas, VA
Coordinates
38.7512, -77.4709
Days open
15,266
Victim
ExtractedCase narrative
Source text · highlightedOn August 19, 1984, at approximately 4:15 a.m., Virginia State Trooper Johnny Rush Bowman was brutally attacked and stabbed 45 times by an unknown assailant(s) while off-duty at his home located on Patterson Place in the City of Manassas, Virginia. The assailant(s) fled on foot leaving behind a wig, hardhat and eye glasses. Trooper Bowman died a short time later at a local hospital. His murder remains an active homicide investigation.
ViCAP # 1993VA00023
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponknife
Locationresidence
Date1984-08-19
AddressPatterson Place in the City of Manassas, Virginia
Ageuncertain
Genderuncertain
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Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 38.7512
- Longitude
- -77.4709
- Precision
- —
- Address
- Patterson Place in the City of Manassas, Virginia(extracted)
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