HEPPNER — The Morrow County Board of Commissioners unanimously chose Undersheriff John A. Bowles as sheriff-elect at its meeting Wednesday, Oct. 12. Sheriff Kenneth Matlack nominated Bowles to succeed him
The Morrow County Board of Commissioners unanimously chose Undersheriff John A. Bowles as sheriff-elect at its meeting Wednesday, Oct. 12. Sheriff Kenneth Matlack nominated Bowles to succeed him when he
PENDLETON â Staff at the Umatilla County Jail in Pendleton on Saturday, Jan. 9, found homicide suspect David Lee Bowles dead in his cell.
Bowles, 43, was in the jail on charges of first-degree manslaughter and felon in possession of a weapon. Oregon State Police previously reported he turned himself in to the Morrow County Sheriff s Office on Jan. 7, after the office named him as a person of interest in the shooting death of his wife, Marlen Bowles, in Heppner on Dec. 15.
According to a press release from the sheriff s office, in the early morning hours of Saturday, jail staff were making their morning rounds when they discovered Bowles dead in his bed.
PENDLETON â An autopsy conducted on a man, who was a âperson of interestâ in a December 2020 shooting in Heppner and was later found dead in the Umatilla County Jail after turning himself in, has proven inconclusive but indicates there was âno foul play,â according to a spokesperson from the Umatilla County Sheriffâs Office.
David Bowles, 43, was wanted for weeks in connection to a homicide investigation on the shooting death of his wife, Marlen Bowles, who was shot on Dec. 15, 2020, and later died after being Life Flighted to Oregon Health and Science University in Portland in critical condition, according to officials.
HEPPNER â A man police considered a âperson of interestâ in a December 2020 shooting that left one woman dead has surrendered to police.
According to a press release from the Oregon State Police, David Bowles voluntarily turned himself into the Morrow County Sheriffâs Office shortly before 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, for outstanding felony warrants for manslaughter and felon in possession of a firearm.
Oregon State Police troopers took Bowles into custody for the outstanding felony warrants and transported him to the Umatilla County Jail for the two felony warrants out of Morrow County Circuit Court.
Bowles had been wanted in connection to a homicide investigation that occurred Dec. 15, 2020. Bowles is the husband of the victim, Marlen Bowles, who was shot in Heppner then Life Flighted to Oregon Health & Science University in Portland in critical condition, where she later died with her family at her bedside.