Man dismembers girlfriend in (French) Quarter; cooks body parts

[Behind the Aegis]

suicide note in the pocket of a man who jumped off the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel late Tuesday led police to the grisly scene of his girlfriend’s murder, where they found her charred head in a pot on the stove, her legs and feet baked in the oven and the rest of her dismembered body in trash bag in the refrigerator, according to police and the couple’s landlord.

The man, Zackery Bowen, a tall man in his mid 20s with long blond hair, claimed in the note to have killed his girlfriend, Adrian “Addie” Hall, on Oct. 5, according to police. Hall was also in her mid 20s.

In the five-page note, Bowen claimed he strangled Hall in the bathtub, then dismembered her body before taking it in pieces to the kitchen, police said. An autopsy conducted today shows that Hall was in fact manually strangled, police said. It also appears that Hall’s body was cut up after she died, police said.

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Bowen was from Los Angeles, but apparently had lived in the New Orleans area for quite a while, police said. Friends said he served in the military in Iraq and Afghanistan and displayed both pride and bitterness over that experience.

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[aquart]

1. The Iraq War claims another one.

And I understand Afghanistan ain't no picnic either.

How do we undamage the people we have caused to endure this? Or do we just send out flatbed trucks to pick up the suicides every morning......a little like they did in the plague?

[truthisfreedom]

10. another two, sadly.

how horrible.

[Warpy]

12. Undamage them?

As I recall, their brothers in arms can help, as well as wives and children. The former are able to listen with understanding as all the fear and rage and shame are talked out and the latter keep them grounded.

That's what I saw saving Vietnam vets. They will always be damaged, but the above can help them manage the rest of their lives.

[AlCzervik]

2. check out this story about them 2005 when they were in NO.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/09/national/nationalspecial/09holdouts.html?ex=1283918400&en=815bac00fd8dde68&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

pictured cooking btw.

[SteppingRazor]

4. Pretty girl. What a tragedy...

War brings out the crazy in even the best of people. And in the worst...

[MADem]

8. Another shot...

Addie Hall and Zackery Bowen prepared dinner on Wednesday evening in Ms. Hall's darkened apartment in the French Quarter. Both Ms. Hall and Mr. Bowen, who work in the area, stayed as Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans. They have neither a car nor any plans to evacuate despite a mandatory order to leave.

She certainly had a joi de vivre: Some holdouts seem intent on keeping alive the distinct and wild spirit of this city. In the French Quarter, Addie Hall and Zackery Bowen found a unusual way to make sure that police officers regularly patrolled their house. Ms. Hall, 28, a bartender, flashed her breasts at the police vehicles that passed by, ensuring a regular flow of traffic.

[Haole Girl]

18. If he is the one shown in the picture, then why is he

described like this in the article, "The man, Zackery Bowen, a tall man in his mid 20s with long blond hair.." ?

:shrug:

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[geek tragedy]

9. Bad taste. eom

[Irreverend IX]

14. She looks pretty good to me. nt

[NOLADEM]

5. This guy landed nearly at my front door

What a mess.

What an asshole.

Wish he hadn't taken someone with him.

[MADem]

6. War does NOT make you cook your girlfriend.

This guy was a frigging kook, and probably was a kook before he joined the service (if that's even verified to be true).

I'm reminded, rather horrifically, of that line from FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE (a work of genius by Fannie Flagg) :

"The secret's in the sauce..."

[Ian David]

11. Well, if alcohol can turn you into a child molester or war proffiteer... ?

[MADem]

16. All GOP excuses, though!!

I can't find them in my playbook!!! :evilgrin:

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

7. She Was Cute & A Flasher Too...

"Ms. Hall, 28, a bartender, flashed her breasts at the police vehicles that passed by, ensuring a regular flow of traffic."

God Bless Our Troops

[Ian David]

13. Thank god she was cute. Now Nancy Grace and Rita Cosby will cover this!

If she was ugly, it woudln't be news now, would it?

That's the difference between tragedy and today's brand of tragedy-porn.

[MADem]

17. But they're BOTH dead, no fun for Nancy or Rita

You have to have a live person to beat the living shit out of, they've got to try and convict before the gavel is ever pounded...to dog mercilessly through the investigative, arrest, detainment, and trial phases, to cheer if the accused is convicted, to prance and strut if they get the death penalty, and to finagle a seat with the family of the murdered girl to witness the execution...!

This will get a short cut on their shows, but I'll bet they're pissed that guy took a dive off the hotel....

[Anakin Skywalker]

19. You Are Right, Sadly.

Unattractive victims just don't make the news. There is no justice for "lesser" people.

[Irreverend IX]

15. Rove did it!

The DoD has been implanting remote mind control devices in select troops' brains, allowing the White House to take direct control of them if the need arises. It looks like Karl decided the nation needs a new sensational news item to distract from Republican scandals and the Iraq bloodbath. Really. The wino who sleeps behind my building told me all about it.