W5: Who left little Dusty Bowers in the snow?

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[Music] CTV's w5<font color="#E5E5E5"> a child vanishes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> desperate</font> search begins<font color="#CCCCCC"> i</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just want whoever took</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> little boy to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> bring back to me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when a</font> body is found<font color="#CCCCCC"> a mother accused Julie</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">powers has been charged</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">first-degree murder</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and a mystery unfold</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> chase mushroomed</font> into something that<font color="#E5E5E5"> nobody could have</font> foreseen the Ontario Provincial Police have never before<font color="#E5E5E5"> allowed media into</font> this evidence<font color="#E5E5E5"> for Avery</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Haynes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with an</font> exclusive<font color="#E5E5E5"> w5 investigation soon as</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hysterical</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she appeared</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be into an unthinkable</font> crime that leads to a stunning <font color="#E5E5E5">conclusion</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm amazed I've never heard</font> of anything like that<font color="#E5E5E5"> my life but leaves</font> a final unanswered question<font color="#E5E5E5"> did you kill</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">your son</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dicey</font> [Music] here is Kevin<font color="#E5E5E5"> Newman hello and thanks</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">for joining</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us this week w5 s</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Avery</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Haynes reexamine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> xamarin closed for 30</font> years<font color="#E5E5E5"> but the result is a shocking new</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">development it was a sensational trial</font> that gripped the country<font color="#E5E5E5"> in 1990</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a young</font> mother accused of killing her own child <font color="#E5E5E5">abandoning his body in a snowdrift</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">public opinion quickly demonized that</font> mother<font color="#E5E5E5"> but as you'll see in Avery's full</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">edition investigation there is a lot</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about what happened to that little boy</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that doesn't add up</font> [Music] [Music] it's cold<font color="#CCCCCC"> - 13 right now and getting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">closer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 24</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> year-old Julie Bowers is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font> her<font color="#CCCCCC"> way to the bank in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the small town of</font> Caen<font color="#CCCCCC"> Cardon</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Ontario on the shores of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Lake Huron</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it's January 14th 1988 it was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> another normal<font color="#E5E5E5"> day</font> her two-year-old son<font color="#E5E5E5"> Ben is sitting next</font> to her in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> front seat little Dustin</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just 11 months old is nodding off</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> slowly</font> in his<font color="#CCCCCC"> car seat in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">little tries to make sure that he was</font> asleep<font color="#E5E5E5"> it was easier than we can among</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">our pain taking to bank just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 1</font> p.m. <font color="#E5E5E5">Julie pulls into the parking lot of this</font> downtown Royal Bank she says dusty<font color="#E5E5E5"> is fast asleep in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back and better than I went into the</font> bank<font color="#E5E5E5"> we waited in line which we normally</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">would do with our favorite Oliver's</font> working her favorite teller<font color="#E5E5E5"> always gave</font> the boys balloons<font color="#CCCCCC"> and today she gives</font> them<font color="#E5E5E5"> to one for Ben and another to take</font> back to<font color="#E5E5E5"> dusty their lives are</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">change forever as Julie and Ben make</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> short walk back to the car Julie looks into the back seat where dusty was sleeping the car seat is empty<font color="#E5E5E5"> dusty</font> just<font color="#CCCCCC"> one month shy of his first birthday</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gone</font> I wasn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> working</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I had gone in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to pick</font> something<font color="#E5E5E5"> up at the office when the call</font> came in Dave Quinn was a concordant police constable on that day back<font color="#CCCCCC"> in 1988 I</font> just grabbed a radio and went on foot <font color="#E5E5E5">and I was there in a matter of a couple</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you were the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> first cop on the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">scene</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what you find there was a</font> young<font color="#E5E5E5"> woman screaming in Haller rocking</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">back and forth she was hysterical</font> she appeared to be what was she saying <font color="#E5E5E5">just the baby's gone the baby's gone</font> quickly after<font color="#CCCCCC"> the disappearance</font> provincial police were called to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> town to<font color="#E5E5E5"> help local officers within</font> minutes police put<font color="#CCCCCC"> up roadblocks</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the</font> small town of<font color="#E5E5E5"> 6,000 whereas the welcome</font> sign reads<font color="#CCCCCC"> you're a stranger only once</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in just a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> few</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hours</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the entire town</font> knows<font color="#CCCCCC"> the terrifying news</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that a baby is</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">missing I don't know I just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feel</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">terrible for the parents police organize</font> search parties<font color="#E5E5E5"> and volunteers hand out</font> flyers with Dusty's description<font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> can't<font color="#CCCCCC"> believe is just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> incredible</font> you know in a<font color="#E5E5E5"> place like this you just</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">don't think about it constable Dave</font> Quinn<font color="#E5E5E5"> who's now retired but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lives</font> in Caen<font color="#CCCCCC"> Cardin recalls there was</font> something about that<font color="#E5E5E5"> unlocked car that</font> bothered him right<font color="#CCCCCC"> away you looked into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> backseat</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of her car and felt a</font> little<font color="#E5E5E5"> suspicious almost immediately the</font> car seat buckles were still done up <font color="#CCCCCC">which struck me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as odd because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if you're</font> going<font color="#E5E5E5"> to take a child why would you take</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the time to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> read it up to buckles did</font> you feel almost<font color="#E5E5E5"> immediately that there's</font> more to<font color="#CCCCCC"> this than</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what she say I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">definitely had some suspicions</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I just</font> didn't have a good<font color="#CCCCCC"> feeling about it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dread takes hold as each hour passes I</font> just went<font color="#E5E5E5"> whoever took</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my little</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> boy to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">bring</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back to me in this TV interview</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next to her husband John and son Ben</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Julie pleads for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Dusty's return</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> car when I came<font color="#E5E5E5"> back constable Quinn</font> says police<font color="#E5E5E5"> focused their search in the</font> downtown area<font color="#CCCCCC"> we had done a canvass of</font> all the Main Street<font color="#E5E5E5"> areas and the back</font> alleys of<font color="#CCCCCC"> what have you so it's just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> matter<font color="#CCCCCC"> of kind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of trying to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> figure out</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">where we were going to go from there</font> night falls<font color="#CCCCCC"> and still no sign of dusty</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the next day Julie goes into the police</font> station<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> try to get an update on the</font> search<font color="#E5E5E5"> this was the moment when Dave</font> Quinn says everything changed what does Julie say to you<font color="#E5E5E5"> she said</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font> had a dream<font color="#E5E5E5"> that the baby was out in the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">snow</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> near some trees what are you</font> thinking I'm thinking<font color="#CCCCCC"> we're going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> know where the<font color="#E5E5E5"> baby is you had that</font> feeling<font color="#E5E5E5"> before she no doubt about it in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fact I remember saying very clearly</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">before I left the office I think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we will</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">find the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> baby</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Julie Bowers told police if I saw the</font> place I think<font color="#CCCCCC"> I would recognize</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> place <font color="#CCCCCC">Dave Quinn retraces the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> route he took</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with Julie Bowers back in 1988 the Julie</font> sitting right where<font color="#E5E5E5"> I am</font> yes<font color="#E5E5E5"> she was sitting in the front</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> seat</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and my partner Brian</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Farris was in the</font> back Julie tells constable Quinn<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> drive<font color="#E5E5E5"> away from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> downtown the trio</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on a</font> McCobb mission to find a baby who'd now been missing for 25 hours<font color="#CCCCCC"> told</font> us where to stop and where to turn and and she was<font color="#E5E5E5"> holding her stomach and</font> rocking back and forth in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the car and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">kind of moaning</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at one point she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> started</font> to kind<font color="#E5E5E5"> of bang her head on the back of</font> the headrest and I put my hand behind her head I was concerned that<font color="#CCCCCC"> she was</font> going to injure herself<font color="#E5E5E5"> Quinn says Julie</font> directs him<font color="#CCCCCC"> to drive past the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hospital</font> down<font color="#CCCCCC"> a side road and then back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to the</font> highway<font color="#E5E5E5"> known locally as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> b-line they</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">pass McConnell drive when says Julie</font> tells him to<font color="#E5E5E5"> turn</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back and go down that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">road</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I noticed off to my right what</font> appeared<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me to be footprints going</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">off into the wooded area Quinn says he</font> doesn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> mention the footprints but gets</font> out<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the cruiser</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and walks towards</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">them</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">julie</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bowers joins him a moment later</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> we'd walked</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> past what I felt were</font> footprints<font color="#CCCCCC"> she stopped</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> right smack in</font> front<font color="#E5E5E5"> of them she just stopped started</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> yell and pointing to the bush it's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Sarah I can see him I can see him</font> he's there she immediately wanted<font color="#CCCCCC"> to run</font> into the woods<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I grabbed her Dave</font> Quinn puts Julie into the back<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font> cruiser<font color="#E5E5E5"> then he looks into the woods</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">there four</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> meters in he can see</font> something blue a little<font color="#CCCCCC"> snowsuit it had snowed a bit</font> and it was<font color="#E5E5E5"> a covering of snow over top</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of the child it was dusty Bowers</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> tears</font> had<font color="#CCCCCC"> frozen on the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> toddler's face his</font> pale blue toque had slipped over his eyes thirty<font color="#E5E5E5"> years has passed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> do you still see</font> that image does<font color="#CCCCCC"> that image so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah</font> absolutely you know there's only been probably two or three<font color="#E5E5E5"> cases over the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> years that stick</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you real clear an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> OPP crime scene</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">officer arrived to take photos and</font> measurements<font color="#CCCCCC"> after an hour</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he scooped up</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> baby</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> walked towards Dave</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Quinn I</font> grabbed a<font color="#CCCCCC"> bird she blanket and lay</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> down</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the snow</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that officer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that brought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> baby out<font color="#E5E5E5"> handed it to me and I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> put the</font> baby<font color="#E5E5E5"> down</font> so you took Dusty's body<font color="#E5E5E5"> and lay it on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the blanket</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> because he just couldn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">bear the thought</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of him laying in the</font> snow<font color="#E5E5E5"> no I just couldn't put it down</font> had nothing to do<font color="#CCCCCC"> with preserving</font> evidence<font color="#CCCCCC"> I just could not</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> put that baby</font> back<font color="#E5E5E5"> on the ground did anyone try to</font> resuscitate him<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seen enough dead</font> bodies to know when somebody's<font color="#CCCCCC"> dead and</font> in my<font color="#E5E5E5"> opinion the child was deceased</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> coroner arrived and pronounced Dustin <font color="#E5E5E5">Bauer's dead</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the Crown attorney</font> delivered the tragic<font color="#CCCCCC"> news to the</font> community the body of Dustin Bowers was found<font color="#E5E5E5"> at approximately 3:00 p.m. this</font> afternoon and then the<font color="#CCCCCC"> unthinkable</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Julie</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> powers the mother of the deceased</font> Dustin<font color="#E5E5E5"> Bowers has been charged with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">first degree murder</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Brian farmer was the local</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Crown</font> attorney<font color="#E5E5E5"> at</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the time and is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> still a</font> lawyer today<font color="#E5E5E5"> in London</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Ontario</font> he can't erase<font color="#E5E5E5"> what he saw at the scene</font> I still can remember<font color="#E5E5E5"> the clarity</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> his</font> eyes<font color="#E5E5E5"> even now you can still see that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">image in your head absolutely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">daily I think about it because the case</font> mushroomed into something that nobody could<font color="#E5E5E5"> have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> foreseen nobody was</font> suspicious<font color="#CCCCCC"> tip leads to a discovery</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> have recovered the body<font color="#E5E5E5"> of Dustin</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Bowers</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and accusations of murder</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if you didn't</font> do<font color="#E5E5E5"> it how would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you know when</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> w5</font> continues <font color="#CCCCCC">I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> D after reporting that someone had</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stolen her baby</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Julie Bowers was charged with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">first-degree murders January</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 15th</font> 1988<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the small community of</font> Kincardine Ontario is reeling because <font color="#E5E5E5">one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of their own a young mother stands</font> accused<font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> murdering her baby</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> police</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">think they have saw half of the mystery</font> and they have<font color="#E5E5E5"> recovered the body of</font> Dustin<font color="#E5E5E5"> Bowers what they don't know</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> what the<font color="#CCCCCC"> people here may never</font> understand is why it happened that was 30<font color="#CCCCCC"> years ago</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> today</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> people in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Caen Cardon wonder why it happened w5</font> met with some local<font color="#CCCCCC"> residents at this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">downtown restaurant when you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> found out</font> what were<font color="#E5E5E5"> the first thoughts that went</font> through<font color="#CCCCCC"> your mind and everybody had an</font> opinion<font color="#E5E5E5"> that she did it she was guilty</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the whole town</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> had their own the whole</font> town<font color="#CCCCCC"> cannot</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wrong</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you believe</font> everyone he can<font color="#CCCCCC"> Cardon things she did it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">yes it wasn't just strangers who thought</font> the worst about Julie<font color="#E5E5E5"> Bowers Julie was</font> the black sheep<font color="#CCCCCC"> of her family her sister</font> said we all treated<font color="#E5E5E5"> her badly</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">we were just heartless Julie's own</font> father told<font color="#CCCCCC"> police she treats people</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">like dirt</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> foul mouthed with such</font> far-reaching sentiment<font color="#E5E5E5"> that she was</font> guilty <font color="#E5E5E5">Julie Bowers trial was moved to Toronto</font> she was released on bail but her day in court<font color="#CCCCCC"> was still far away</font> two years pass<font color="#E5E5E5"> the charges have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> been</font> reduced<font color="#E5E5E5"> to second-degree murder</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">January</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 17th 1990 one of the most</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sensational trials of the time begins</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">julie</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bowers maintained her innocence</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Bauer's legal team is led by</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">high-profile and meticulous lawyer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Jack</font> Penkovsky and the<font color="#E5E5E5"> Crown attorney is that</font> same lawyer<font color="#E5E5E5"> who first went</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the scene</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when Dusty's body was found</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Brian farmer in your career where does</font> the Julie<font color="#CCCCCC"> Bauer's trial</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> factor in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Oh God</font> probably<font color="#CCCCCC"> the most traumatic</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> without a</font> doubt<font color="#CCCCCC"> absolutely</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> absolutely without</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go</font> day<font color="#E5E5E5"> one in a packed courtroom</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Brian</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> farmer outlines his case to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> jury of<font color="#E5E5E5"> seven women and five men Crown</font> attorney<font color="#E5E5E5"> Brian farmer argues there's</font> only one<font color="#E5E5E5"> explanation for Bauer's leading</font> police<font color="#E5E5E5"> to her dead baby</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she put him</font> there the simple<font color="#CCCCCC"> logic used was if you</font> didn't do it how<font color="#CCCCCC"> would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you know what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the Crown's theory on why Julie</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Bowers</font> killed I never was answered you went <font color="#CCCCCC">into court</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to a jury and never told them</font> what the motive we had no<font color="#CCCCCC"> idea what the</font> motive<font color="#CCCCCC"> was for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the first time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the public</font> learns about<font color="#E5E5E5"> Julie Bauer's dream and how</font> she led police to her son's body for <font color="#E5E5E5">many it cemented what they already</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thought once we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> heard how</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she led the</font> police to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the body everybody said to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">themselves</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> did it there was no</font> kidnapping this is the<font color="#CCCCCC"> crime-scene</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> photo of dusty</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that was shown to the jury it's one of</font> dozens<font color="#E5E5E5"> of trial exhibits that are still</font> in storage<font color="#E5E5E5"> at the OPP headquarters in</font> Orillia the Ontario Provincial Police have never before<font color="#E5E5E5"> allowed media into</font> this evidence vault<font color="#CCCCCC"> but they agreed to</font> w5 s<font color="#CCCCCC"> requests to come here to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> look at</font> the exhibits from<font color="#E5E5E5"> Julie</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Bauer's trial</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">more than three</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> decades ago</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> deep within</font> this vault boxes and boxes of exhibits including the<font color="#E5E5E5"> little blue snow suit that</font> dusty was found in the clothes he<font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> wearing at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> crime-scene</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">photographs and the autopsy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> report now</font> this is<font color="#E5E5E5"> interesting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the man who wrote</font> this went on to become<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> most</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">disgraced pathologist</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in Canadian</font> history<font color="#E5E5E5"> the pathologist named Charles</font> Smith<font color="#E5E5E5"> dead kids don't talk they have a</font> great<font color="#E5E5E5"> deal to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> say to us</font> if<font color="#E5E5E5"> we would only listen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> at the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">time he was considered a medical</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> God a</font> pediatric pathologist<font color="#E5E5E5"> at Toronto's</font> world-renowned<font color="#E5E5E5"> Hospital for Sick</font> Children<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was about to testify that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Julie Bowers could have left dusty in</font> the snow<font color="#E5E5E5"> before she reported him missing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in a case with no motive no physical</font> evidence<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> only a dream Charles</font> Smith's testimony was vital important part of the case<font color="#CCCCCC"> was the timing where</font> Julie Bowers reported the child missing and where she went <font color="#E5E5E5">so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the the forensic portion dealing with</font> time of death and actual condition of <font color="#E5E5E5">Dustin when he was examined were of</font> critical importance absolute critical <font color="#E5E5E5">importance on the stand</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Smith told</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> jury that parts of dusty were frozen <font color="#E5E5E5">because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in his medical opinion dusty had</font> been left in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the bitter</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cold for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up to</font> 27 hours <font color="#E5E5E5">that's a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> timeline</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that stretches back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> one hour before<font color="#E5E5E5"> Julie Bowers reported</font> him missing dr. Smith very<font color="#E5E5E5"> quickly confirmed what</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the police believed and everybody else</font> believed at the<font color="#CCCCCC"> time dr. Smith's</font> evidence fits so perfectly<font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> conclusions people come to<font color="#E5E5E5"> that was the</font> problem<font color="#CCCCCC"> with it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it fit perfectly</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so why</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> it a problem well because that</font> perfect fit<font color="#E5E5E5"> was brand-new before trial</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Charles Smith offered two different</font> timelines<font color="#CCCCCC"> eventually coming</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> up with one</font> that fit the<font color="#E5E5E5"> Crown's theory</font> Penkovsky<font color="#E5E5E5"> hammered Smith on his changing</font> opinion and destroyed the doctors credibility<font color="#CCCCCC"> on the stand</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what's going</font> through your<font color="#E5E5E5"> mind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when you're watching</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Charles Smith up on the stand</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm</font> watching the jury and I could see<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> this had had a profound<font color="#E5E5E5"> effect on them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> had a sick feeling<font color="#E5E5E5"> at that point</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> because</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I thought you know how do we explain</font> this is there any way<font color="#CCCCCC"> to recover did you</font> have a sick feeling because you were <font color="#CCCCCC">watching the case crumble or did you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">have a sick feeling that maybe police</font> got it wrong it's just<font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the mind</font> starts<font color="#E5E5E5"> to question</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> how could this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">possibly happen with a witness as</font> important as well recognized as<font color="#E5E5E5"> dr.</font> Charles Smith<font color="#E5E5E5"> because nobody knew who</font> Charles Smith would go on to become <font color="#E5E5E5">exactly this guy was at the top of the</font> pyramid the chief pathologist at Toronto Sick Children's Hospital you can't get any bigger<font color="#CCCCCC"> than that it would be years</font> before<font color="#CCCCCC"> the public learned that Charles</font> Smith had a long<font color="#E5E5E5"> history of tailoring</font> his testimony to<font color="#CCCCCC"> match crown theories</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font> 2005<font color="#CCCCCC"> forty five of his child autopsies</font> were reviewed in an unprecedented provincial inquiry the verdict from<font color="#CCCCCC"> Justice</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Steven gouge</font> was scathing<font color="#E5E5E5"> and blunt the findings</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Smith made questionable conclusions in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">20</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> cases so far</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> five convictions have</font> been overturned<font color="#CCCCCC"> but if Brian Farmer</font> thought that the Charles Smith<font color="#CCCCCC"> time line</font> issues hurt his case<font color="#E5E5E5"> what happened next</font> was about to make it even<font color="#CCCCCC"> worse</font> I basically told the jury there's no way that Julie<font color="#E5E5E5"> Bower could have been</font> responsible<font color="#E5E5E5"> for the death of her son</font> dr. Janice Pavan is a pediatric pathologist<font color="#E5E5E5"> in Minnesota who was flown</font> in<font color="#CCCCCC"> by the defense</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to testify</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at the time</font> she<font color="#E5E5E5"> was considered one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the world's</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">leading</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> experts in child hypothermia</font> given the duration<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time that he was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">supposed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> outside where's the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">damage</font> remember when Charles Smith claimed that Dusty's body was<font color="#E5E5E5"> frozen dr. Alvin says</font> that's just<font color="#E5E5E5"> not true</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">if dusty had been left by Julie at the</font> time police<font color="#E5E5E5"> say she left</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> dusty</font> should<font color="#E5E5E5"> have been frozen solid</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">absolutely</font> and he wasn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> frozen so no he had a cold</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">injury on his cheek he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had some effects</font> of cold<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his vocal</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> cords but there was</font> no damage<font color="#CCCCCC"> to any of his tissues any of</font> his organs there was nothing<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> evidence<font color="#E5E5E5"> absolutely did</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not confirm the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">state's theory that this child had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> been</font> put outside<font color="#E5E5E5"> before she called the alarm</font> it just didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> 100%</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 100% not crown</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">attorney Brian farmer watched as his</font> case was dealt a major blow by an expert with a lot<font color="#E5E5E5"> of credibility</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I was stunned</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I was stunned because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when we found out</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of her about her existence of course we</font> did some<font color="#E5E5E5"> research on her and found out</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> she wasn't just a defense</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hack</font> expert she's the real deal<font color="#CCCCCC"> she is the</font> real deal that most of the work she<font color="#CCCCCC"> had</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">done was for district</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> attorneys I've</font> never known of<font color="#CCCCCC"> a trial</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> where the defense</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">has called such significant</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> evidence</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that just didn't raise some doubt but</font> absolutely devastated the case<font color="#E5E5E5"> but the biggest and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> most</font> heartbreaking twist<font color="#E5E5E5"> was yet to come</font> you dropped a bombshell<font color="#E5E5E5"> in your</font> testimony<font color="#E5E5E5"> at Julie Bauer's trial right</font> it's my<font color="#E5E5E5"> belief that the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> most</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> likely time</font> that dusty died was when he was<font color="#CCCCCC"> in the</font> bag<font color="#E5E5E5"> being transported to Toronto for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">autopsy you believe dusty Bowers died in</font> the body<font color="#E5E5E5"> bag yes I do</font> absolutely it was unthinkable<font color="#CCCCCC"> and devastating</font> testimony<font color="#E5E5E5"> that dusty bowers may have</font> been alive<font color="#CCCCCC"> when he was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> discovered</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> then left<font color="#E5E5E5"> for hours on that wooded Lane</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">way what was that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> moment like in court</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">well two to three jurors stood up and</font> bent<font color="#E5E5E5"> over I thought they were going to</font> be sick that was their reaction other jurors<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> could see them physically wincing<font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> thought oh man<font color="#CCCCCC"> we're in serious</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> trouble</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">a shocking new theory there's a problem</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">ignored by the police they didn't do an</font> investigation<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the case when</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> w5</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">continues</font> welcome back<font color="#E5E5E5"> outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Canadian</font> courtroom<font color="#E5E5E5"> in 1990 the general public had</font> pretty<font color="#E5E5E5"> much made up his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mind about Julie</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Bowers they believe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> killed her own</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">son but inside that courtroom</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a very</font> different dynamic was taking shape as<font color="#CCCCCC"> W</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">5s Avery</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Haynes continues our</font> investigation<font color="#E5E5E5"> miss Bowers breaks her</font> decades-long silence<font color="#E5E5E5"> about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what she says</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">happened to her son the day he</font> disappeared<font color="#E5E5E5"> two bombshells sent the</font> Julie Bowers<font color="#E5E5E5"> murder trial into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> tailspin<font color="#E5E5E5"> American pathologist Janice</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Pavan testified it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was scientifically</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">impossible</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for Bowers to have left her</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">baby in the snow before</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he was reported</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">missing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then this sickening</font> revelation that dusty<font color="#E5E5E5"> could have been</font> alive<font color="#CCCCCC"> when he was discovered what should</font> the coroner have done<font color="#E5E5E5"> upon arriving at</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the scene where Dusty's body was found</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they should have started a resuscitation</font> immediately in a hypothermia case they are not pronounced dead<font color="#E5E5E5"> until</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they are</font> warm and<font color="#CCCCCC"> dead I mean that's the rule</font> not only was no attempt made<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font> resuscitate dusty<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was left on the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">side of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the road for more than three</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">hours</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then spent another three hours</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">in a body bag</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">being transported to a Toronto morgue</font> well what's that<font color="#E5E5E5"> like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to find</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that out joy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on that dusty</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bowers may</font> have been alive<font color="#CCCCCC"> when he was found no it</font> was horrible <font color="#CCCCCC">Joanne McLain</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was one of Julie Bauer's</font> lawyers working<font color="#E5E5E5"> alongside Jack pinkowski</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">during the 1990 trial how would you</font> describe the<font color="#E5E5E5"> way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that local police</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> LPP</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> handles the disappearance of</font> dusty and then the eventual arrest of Julie<font color="#E5E5E5"> horribly they didn't investigate</font> anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> definitely they had tunnel</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">vision and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> definitely they didn't do an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">investigation of the case</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> McLain says</font> investigators bungled the case<font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font> several fronts<font color="#CCCCCC"> including how they</font> handled five footprints that were found <font color="#E5E5E5">near Dusty's body those police officers</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">did not ever</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> measure</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the depth of those</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">footprints the distance between them or</font> do<font color="#CCCCCC"> anything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to identify whether or not</font> Julie could have made<font color="#E5E5E5"> those prints</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> that<font color="#CCCCCC"> wasn't all</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Julie's car was left out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in the cold unprotected and by the time</font> police<font color="#E5E5E5"> dusted for prints they had all</font> disintegrated Dusty's clothes<font color="#E5E5E5"> were never sent for</font> forensic analysis<font color="#E5E5E5"> and they never found a</font> mystery<font color="#E5E5E5"> man one of several complicating</font> factors in the case involves an unidentified man<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was seen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> by a</font> witness<font color="#E5E5E5"> carrying a child dressed like</font> Dustin<font color="#CCCCCC"> from a parking</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lot at about the</font> same<font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Judy Bauer's claims the</font> abduction<font color="#E5E5E5"> took</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> place</font> an eyewitness gave police a description <font color="#CCCCCC">of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that mystery man</font> along with his<font color="#E5E5E5"> vehicle</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> even a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">partial license</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> plate number</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> neither</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the man nor his vehicle was ever found</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with growing momentum Julie Bauer's</font> defense team debated a risky move putting Julie<font color="#CCCCCC"> on the sand</font> cindiwaa sir was another one<font color="#E5E5E5"> of her</font> lawyers was there a fear<font color="#CCCCCC"> of putting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> on the stand<font color="#CCCCCC"> it is one of the most</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">challenging things for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a defense</font> attorney to figure out<font color="#E5E5E5"> in any trial</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">forty-three days</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into the trial and two</font> years<font color="#E5E5E5"> after her baby's death</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">julie bowers testified in her own</font> defense<font color="#CCCCCC"> she broke down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as she told the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">court about looking at his empty crib</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">while police collected Dusty's things</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 29</font> years have passed since Julie<font color="#E5E5E5"> Bowers</font> took the stand since then she has<font color="#E5E5E5"> never talked about</font> her story<font color="#E5E5E5"> publicly until now this is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">julie bowers today she agreed to speak</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> w5 on two</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> conditions</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that we alter</font> her appearance and<font color="#CCCCCC"> shared no details</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> current life</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> did you kill your</font> son<font color="#E5E5E5"> dusty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no the last immature</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">dustman mr. seeing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sleeping and that's</font> what she also said on the stand<font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> one thing most people<font color="#E5E5E5"> couldn't get past</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> the dream a dream police say led</font> them straight to<font color="#E5E5E5"> Dusty's body can you</font> tell me about the dream<font color="#CCCCCC"> face and I</font> retraced round him<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was just laying</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there</font> but Julie insists it wasn't the<font color="#E5E5E5"> dream</font> that led police<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the body she says she</font> just wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> them to search anywhere</font> other than downtown<font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> described a</font> scene<font color="#E5E5E5"> of you leading them no to Dusty's</font> body<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> asked them where they had already</font> searched and they told me<font color="#CCCCCC"> that they had</font> searched everywhere downtown<font color="#CCCCCC"> and then I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">said them well why</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> aren't you searching</font> further<font color="#E5E5E5"> out of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> downtown</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> them and</font> then they<font color="#E5E5E5"> just said which way do you</font> want<font color="#E5E5E5"> to go and I was given the choice of</font> going<font color="#E5E5E5"> left or right</font> Julie chose right out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> town</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> where</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">police admittedly hadn't yet searched</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she says that over the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> next 20 minutes</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">constable Dave Quinn and his partner</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">drove her up and down roads north of</font> downtown and<font color="#CCCCCC"> Quinn's seem to be getting</font> frustrated<font color="#E5E5E5"> almost like he was gonna give</font> up and go<font color="#E5E5E5"> back into town and I asked</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">them to keep</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> driving Bauer says down at</font> the end of McConnell Drive<font color="#CCCCCC"> they turned</font> around and<font color="#E5E5E5"> Dave Quinn got out of the car</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Quinn was up the road and he'd start and</font> we caught up<font color="#CCCCCC"> to him and as I stood and</font> stood<font color="#E5E5E5"> beside him I saw something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I saw</font> something and I screamed that<font color="#E5E5E5"> blew</font> Dusty's<font color="#E5E5E5"> snowsuit peeking out from the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">snow and the next thing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm being thrown</font> into the back of<font color="#E5E5E5"> a police car and taken</font> back down to the police<font color="#CCCCCC"> station no idea</font> what<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> going on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no idea it's the same</font> story<font color="#E5E5E5"> Julie told the jury back when she</font> was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a 26</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> year old trying to convince</font> them she didn't kill her son about<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">dream she testified she didn't</font> even think it meant<font color="#CCCCCC"> anything but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was</font> her sister-in-law Helen who insisted she tell police in<font color="#E5E5E5"> cross-examination Bowers</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was asked if it was guilt and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> led her to</font> the area<font color="#E5E5E5"> she sobbed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no no</font> then Crown attorney Brian<font color="#CCCCCC"> farmer</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">remembers trying to read</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how Julie</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Bowers testimony was affecting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the jury</font> she<font color="#CCCCCC"> could witness on the stand she</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wasn't a bad</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one</font> she'd been well prepared<font color="#CCCCCC"> certainly</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not</font> someone<font color="#E5E5E5"> who you would stand up and bang</font> the desk and be<font color="#E5E5E5"> nasty to her because at</font> that point<font color="#E5E5E5"> in time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my perspective was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that the jury was sympathetic you could</font> feel<font color="#CCCCCC"> that they could</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feel</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh absolutely</font> if they don't find Julie guilty then the question is who who<font color="#E5E5E5"> really did it who</font> really<font color="#CCCCCC"> did it that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the one question</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> defense hadn't yet addressed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> that was<font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to change</font> Penkovsky has suggested<font color="#CCCCCC"> that the</font> brothers and sister<font color="#CCCCCC"> in-law</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> accused woman could have been involved <font color="#CCCCCC">in the abduction the defense raised a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">jaw-dropping theory that Julie's twin</font> brother<font color="#E5E5E5"> John Sears and his wife Helen</font> Julie's best friend<font color="#E5E5E5"> were involved in</font> Dusty's disappearance<font color="#E5E5E5"> and that Julie's</font> older brother<font color="#E5E5E5"> Alan helped cover it up</font> lawyer Cindy<font color="#CCCCCC"> Wasser outlines the defense</font> theory<font color="#E5E5E5"> on John</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and Helen's alleged</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">motive there had been another</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> occasion</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">when they had seen the kids in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the car</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> admonished Julie for leaving them in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the car and so we speculated initially</font> that Helen and<font color="#E5E5E5"> her husband John had</font> taken him out just for a few<font color="#E5E5E5"> minutes to</font> teach her that<font color="#E5E5E5"> lesson then mayhem ensued</font> quite quickly<font color="#CCCCCC"> and the seriousness of it</font> became probably<font color="#CCCCCC"> so much that they didn't</font> know what<font color="#E5E5E5"> to do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> jack Penkovsky called</font> Julie's brother John to the<font color="#E5E5E5"> stand and</font> petitioned the<font color="#CCCCCC"> judge to declare him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a</font> hostile<font color="#E5E5E5"> witness it gave Penkovsky</font> latitude to aggressively cross-examine him and that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> exactly what he did</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Vence</font> lawyer<font color="#E5E5E5"> Jack</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Van Koski has been</font> questioning<font color="#CCCCCC"> Sears about his actions the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">day</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Bauer's reported her son missing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> focus was timing<font color="#CCCCCC"> John claims that when</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Julie reported dusty missing he was 30</font> minutes<font color="#CCCCCC"> away at his sister Lynne's house</font> but<font color="#CCCCCC"> Lyn testified that he left her house</font> a full hour earlier that means<font color="#E5E5E5"> at the</font> critical<font color="#CCCCCC"> moment</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when Julie claims dusty</font> was abducted John's whereabouts<font color="#E5E5E5"> are in question the</font> defense also raised suspicions about the <font color="#E5E5E5">route</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> John said he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> took this was John's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">regular route home but the day dusty</font> went missing<font color="#E5E5E5"> John says he took this</font> route past where Julie reported<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> abduction<font color="#E5E5E5"> John testified that he took</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> longer route because he had a gut</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">feeling that something was wrong with</font> one<font color="#E5E5E5"> of his relatives now that's a lot</font> more bizarre than<font color="#E5E5E5"> a mother dreaming of</font> her missing child <font color="#E5E5E5">Joanne mcclain was one of Julie Bauer's</font> lawyers<font color="#E5E5E5"> it sounds like something out of</font> a movie<font color="#CCCCCC"> he's giving an explanation for</font> being on a road<font color="#E5E5E5"> that would put him near</font> where the child was<font color="#CCCCCC"> taken</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from after</font> dusty was reported missing <font color="#E5E5E5">Julie was constantly with either police</font> or family<font color="#CCCCCC"> that can't be said about</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> twin brother's wife Helen<font color="#CCCCCC"> the woman who</font> insisted Julie tell police<font color="#CCCCCC"> about her</font> dream Helen testified that she<font color="#CCCCCC"> went out</font> the night<font color="#E5E5E5"> of Dusty's disappearance</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> at a</font> time evidence<font color="#CCCCCC"> suggests the toddler may</font> have been abandoned<font color="#E5E5E5"> she claims she went</font> to the<font color="#CCCCCC"> hospital to get sleeping pills</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> Julie but to hospital nurses</font> testified they had no record<font color="#CCCCCC"> and no</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">memory of such a visit</font> and later that night<font color="#E5E5E5"> at 4:00 a.m.</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">four kilometres from where Dusty's body</font> was found<font color="#CCCCCC"> a horse trainer testified that</font> he approached a parked car<font color="#CCCCCC"> similar to</font> Helen and<font color="#E5E5E5"> John's he says there were two</font> people<font color="#E5E5E5"> inside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and what looks like a</font> bundle of clothes in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> back seat Crown</font> attorney<font color="#E5E5E5"> Brian farmer says he could see</font> his case<font color="#CCCCCC"> collapsing when Jack was kind</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of laying out this alternate suspect</font> theory did you kind<font color="#E5E5E5"> of think oh is it</font> possible<font color="#CCCCCC"> no I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would never say nothing's</font> impossible because you don't know all the<font color="#CCCCCC"> details and when you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> raise things</font> like that<font color="#E5E5E5"> and you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> combine it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">complete collapse of the forensic</font> evidence<font color="#CCCCCC"> there's a problem what was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> like for<font color="#CCCCCC"> you hearing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the defense's</font> theory about who was<font color="#CCCCCC"> responsible for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> death of your<font color="#CCCCCC"> son I was blown away</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">disbelief</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> why</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I mean you don't want to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">think somebody in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> your family</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> could have</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">done this John Sears</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Helen Sears and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Alan Sears all vehement Lee denied they</font> had anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> to do with Dusty's</font> disappearance<font color="#E5E5E5"> in his closing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> address</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">defense lawyer Jack Penkovsky told the</font> jury that simple math proved<font color="#E5E5E5"> Julie</font> didn't do it<font color="#E5E5E5"> from a timing standpoint it</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">was impossible to Julian Bowers</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> field</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Dara</font> on the day dusty disappeared<font color="#CCCCCC"> juli bowers</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> her two sons were seen here at the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">donuts galore at 12:45</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ten minutes later</font> she entered the Royal Bank<font color="#E5E5E5"> when she says</font> dusty was abducted police<font color="#E5E5E5"> timed how long</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it would</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have taken</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Juli to drive from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> donut shop abandoned her son here</font> and then drive to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the bank to report him</font> missing<font color="#CCCCCC"> that ride</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> took 16 minutes and 52</font> seconds Penkovsky reminded the jury that<font color="#E5E5E5"> Juli</font> only had a<font color="#CCCCCC"> 10-minute window unless</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> put<font color="#CCCCCC"> Juli</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Bowers in a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> souped up</font> Indianapolis racing car or had given her a<font color="#E5E5E5"> rocketship</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it was impossible for her</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> have done this for 10 weeks the jury</font> heard from<font color="#E5E5E5"> dozens of witnesses</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and now</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> was time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to decide whether they</font> believed Juli Bowers was<font color="#CCCCCC"> a murderer</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> two days they deliberated when the</font> jury<font color="#E5E5E5"> came back</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with their verdict what</font> was the moment like in the courtroom <font color="#CCCCCC">for I remember being terrified</font> absolutely terrified<font color="#CCCCCC"> I mean my life</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> in their hands<font color="#CCCCCC"> a mother fights for her</font> innocence<font color="#CCCCCC"> he knew that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I hadn't done it</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> the face of ignored evidence</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I don't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">see that as a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> notation that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> required</font> further investigation<font color="#E5E5E5"> when w5 continues</font> [Music] [Music] March 16 1990<font color="#CCCCCC"> dually bowers walks into</font> the courthouse<font color="#CCCCCC"> for the last time the</font> jury has reached a verdict<font color="#E5E5E5"> when the</font> foreman stands up and<font color="#E5E5E5"> doesn't even look</font> at you you say to yourself<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm done</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Crown attorney Bryan farmer says</font> normally a<font color="#E5E5E5"> jury will say guilty or not</font> guilty <font color="#E5E5E5">but on that day</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the foreman stood up and</font> said<font color="#E5E5E5"> a word that Julie Bowers didn't</font> understand<font color="#CCCCCC"> I can recall them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> saying that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I was acquitted acquitted not guilty and</font> right<font color="#E5E5E5"> after that verdicts quite an</font> extraordinary<font color="#E5E5E5"> thing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> happened with the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">jury members they waited</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> around and they</font> hugged me<font color="#CCCCCC"> I remember</font> the duty<font color="#CCCCCC"> foreman</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> telling me that he knew</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that I hadn't done it and to go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> home and</font> hug my<font color="#CCCCCC"> son some of these cheering</font> members<font color="#E5E5E5"> stayed in touch</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font> the trial yeah that's something<font color="#CCCCCC"> Crown</font> attorney<font color="#E5E5E5"> Brian farmer never knew until</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">now what do you make</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the fact that</font> jury members stayed in<font color="#E5E5E5"> touch</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with Julie</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">oh boy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that's a toughy that's news to me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Wow</font> I'm amazed I've never heard of anything <font color="#E5E5E5">like that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in my life never</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my conclusion</font> is with those jurors it was beyond<font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font> not proving the case<font color="#CCCCCC"> they came to a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">different</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> conclusion</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that she did</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not do</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">exactly that is really something I take</font> me a few<font color="#CCCCCC"> weeks to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just to think</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font> that the lawyer who tried<font color="#CCCCCC"> to convince a</font> jury<font color="#E5E5E5"> that Julie Bowers was a murderer is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not convinced himself</font> I can't<font color="#CCCCCC"> imagine having someone convicted</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">of something and the later thinking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> whoo</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that was wrong</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> do you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feel that the jury</font> got it right she testified<font color="#E5E5E5"> the jury had</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> opportunity to listen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to her in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">combination with all of that other</font> evidence<font color="#E5E5E5"> and they obviously believe what</font> she said<font color="#CCCCCC"> and how do I disagree with that</font> for<font color="#CCCCCC"> the first time in more than two</font> years <font color="#CCCCCC">Juli Bowers had something to smile about</font> I didn't know what do you<font color="#CCCCCC"> think</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">come this far in the past two years and</font> all I know is that I've I've been innocent<font color="#CCCCCC"> since the day it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> happened</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">person that took him and left him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> die</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in the snow is still out there</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on those</font> streets<font color="#CCCCCC"> today</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that remains the nagging</font> question if Julie Bowers didn't abandon her son<font color="#E5E5E5"> to die who did in fairness to</font> Julie's<font color="#CCCCCC"> family members who</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> were</font> implicated by the defense we contacted Julie's twin brother<font color="#E5E5E5"> John</font> his now ex-wife Helen<font color="#E5E5E5"> and older brother</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Alan</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Helen never responded to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> our</font> request<font color="#CCCCCC"> for an</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> interview</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> John replied</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sorry not interested Allen wrote simply</font> she got away<font color="#E5E5E5"> with murder</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the local</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">newspaper still has every single article</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ever published</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about Julie Bowers this</font> is a case that<font color="#E5E5E5"> dominated the headlines</font> for years<font color="#E5E5E5"> from when she was charged with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">first-degree murder</font> to her surprise acquittal<font color="#E5E5E5"> and when Julie</font> briefly came back to live<font color="#CCCCCC"> in Caen Cardon</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">it's strange to see those old</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> photos</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">many people still</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> believe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that Julie</font> Bowers<font color="#E5E5E5"> got away with murder and that's</font> why even<font color="#E5E5E5"> now she asked us to disguise</font> her face but after<font color="#E5E5E5"> learning more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font> the trial<font color="#CCCCCC"> evidence</font> at least some people<font color="#CCCCCC"> hearin can Cardon</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">are having second thoughts so there was</font> a lot of<font color="#E5E5E5"> wrongs</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that went on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> during the</font> investigation<font color="#CCCCCC"> and during the case</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> when you put all<font color="#E5E5E5"> the small rooms</font> together<font color="#E5E5E5"> you've got some pretty big ones</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">does any of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that give you pause</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or no</font> yes it does<font color="#CCCCCC"> cuz I said it makes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me you</font> know think that<font color="#E5E5E5"> this case</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> should be</font> reinvestigated<font color="#E5E5E5"> and after the verdict</font> that's exactly what people expected would happen<font color="#E5E5E5"> because dusty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Bauer's death</font> was now a murder without a convicted <font color="#E5E5E5">murderer</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the Attorney General announced</font> there would<font color="#CCCCCC"> be no appeal</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and the OPP</font> promised to review the case so what happened<font color="#E5E5E5"> during that 5-month review w5</font> has obtained this confidential OPP memo dated<font color="#CCCCCC"> September</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 14 1990 in it police say</font> the defense strongly suggested that <font color="#E5E5E5">other members</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> accused's family</font> had the opportunity to commit<font color="#CCCCCC"> the crime</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and yet the memo concludes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no further</font> information<font color="#CCCCCC"> of probative value has come</font> to the attention<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the investigators</font> this file is closed<font color="#E5E5E5"> there's no</font> indication<font color="#E5E5E5"> that police ever looked for</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">any other suspects</font> Julie Bauer's lawyer<font color="#CCCCCC"> Joanne</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> McLean says</font> once again<font color="#E5E5E5"> police</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> didn't do their jobs</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the police had the opportunity based on</font> what we sent to do much deeper investigations into the the type of <font color="#E5E5E5">evidence</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we presented and the</font> angles<font color="#E5E5E5"> where we'd go instead what they</font> did<font color="#E5E5E5"> was you know they've already solved</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">them</font> and that's exactly what retired can <font color="#CCCCCC">Cardin police officer Dave Quinn</font> believes to this day would<font color="#CCCCCC"> it surprise</font> you<font color="#CCCCCC"> to know that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there was no police</font> investigation after<font color="#E5E5E5"> the acquittal of</font> Julie Bowers<font color="#CCCCCC"> no it wouldn't surprise me</font> why<font color="#E5E5E5"> because I think at that time</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">everybody believed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that she was guilty</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">as you can see it's tunnel vision we did</font> what<font color="#E5E5E5"> we thought was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> best</font> and I still<font color="#CCCCCC"> believe we had the right</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">person you weren't even a cop that it</font> was not a police<font color="#CCCCCC"> officer at that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">detective Superintendent Ken leopard</font> heads the Ontario Provincial Police<font color="#E5E5E5"> is</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Criminal Investigations branch</font> clearly<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> been a considerable</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> amount</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> w5</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> asked</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Leppert</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to review the</font> case file and<font color="#E5E5E5"> that confidential memo</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> there anything in that<font color="#E5E5E5"> file</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that showed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that the OPP actively went out and</font> looked<font color="#E5E5E5"> at what the defense raised about</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the forensic issues about the potential</font> alternate suspects I'm not aware of the investigators at that time going<font color="#E5E5E5"> out and</font> trying<font color="#E5E5E5"> to substantiate or refute the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">defence theories or arguments when I</font> look at<font color="#E5E5E5"> this confidential report where</font> the OPP<font color="#E5E5E5"> investigator specifically</font> mentions the alternate theory and then shows nothing<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> explain what was done</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> follow up on that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> theory it surprises</font> me when<font color="#E5E5E5"> I read that report I don't see</font> that as a notation<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> required further</font> investigation<font color="#E5E5E5"> even so now for the first</font> time in 30 years<font color="#CCCCCC"> the dusty Bowers murder</font> case<font color="#E5E5E5"> will get new life we appreciate</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what w5 has done by raising questions</font> about the<font color="#E5E5E5"> trial process and as a result</font> we have reassigned this case<font color="#E5E5E5"> to an</font> active<font color="#CCCCCC"> detective inspector for a full</font> review<font color="#E5E5E5"> that file closed for three</font> decades<font color="#CCCCCC"> is now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> reopened</font> Julie<font color="#CCCCCC"> Bowers doesn't know who killed her</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">son but vows to help the OPP</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'd be</font> great <font color="#CCCCCC">they'd have my fault cooperation if they</font> wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> me for anything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> do you think that</font> he'll ever be justice for dusty no they have to live with<font color="#CCCCCC"> what they did</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they</font> know what they<font color="#E5E5E5"> did</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they meaning the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> who are</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> responsible for death</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">seasons and death yes every day when</font> they look in<font color="#E5E5E5"> their eyes at their own</font> children<font color="#CCCCCC"> I hope they remember what they</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">did to mine</font> so with the murder case<font color="#CCCCCC"> of dusty</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bowers</font> now officially reopened<font color="#E5E5E5"> the OPP is</font> appealing<font color="#CCCCCC"> for witnesses to come forward</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">there's a link on our</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> website</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if you'd</font> like to reach the investigators<font color="#CCCCCC"> w5</font> continues at a moment [Music]
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Channel: Official W5
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Keywords: W5, baby, Dusty Bowers, Julie Bowers, cold case, murder investigation, Kincardine, mother, son, unsolved murder
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Length: 44min 44sec (2684 seconds)
Published: Sat Mar 16 2019
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If it was a man would he be given the same benefit of the doubt?

👍︎︎ 11 👤︎︎ u/chapterpt 📅︎︎ Jun 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

Occam's Razor at your service.

👍︎︎ 5 👤︎︎ u/paracog 📅︎︎ Jun 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

Sounds like.

👍︎︎ 2 👤︎︎ u/King_of_Ooo 📅︎︎ Jun 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

Very few crime cases shock me anymore but I audibly gasped when they said when the baby likely died.

👍︎︎ 1 👤︎︎ u/Panzram-ifications 📅︎︎ Jun 20 2019 🗫︎ replies
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