Losing Jon

A Teen's Tragic Death, a Police Cover-Up, a Community's Fight for Justice

By: David Parrish

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Paperback | 28 April 2020

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LOSING JON is the chilling and terrifying true story of a teen's murder made to look like suicide, the police cover up, and a community's fight for justice.
The chilling and terrifying true story of a teen's murder made to look like suicide, the police cover up, and a community's fight for justice.
In 1990, Jon and Mickey Bowie, 19 year-old identical twin brothers, met up with friends to drink beers and party at a Red Roof Inn outside of Columbia, Maryland. There were fifteen teenagers and two cases of beer and the music was probably louder than it should have been. Police came to break up the party and while doing so violently beat the twin brothers, leaving their faces bloody and eyes swollen shut.

Outraged, the Bowie brothers pressed charges against the police officers for excessive force. These charges led to months of harassment and intimidation by the police. Just before the brothers were to appear in court to face the police, Jon Bowie turns up dead, his body discovered on top of the backstop at the high school baseball field, and his death was immediately declared a suicide. However, as witnesses stepped forward and the events of the weeks and days leading up to Bowie's death are discovered, it became clear that this was no suicide.

Could a charge of excessive force be enough to convince a police officer to murder a teenager? Was there something else going on in the utopian town of Columbia, Maryland? Were local politicians and the police department working to hide blatant abuses of power and illegal behavior? Or, is it possible that Jon Bowie actually committed suicide in a manner unthinkable, with his salvation literally in his hands, gripping the fencing that made up the backstop?

Industry Reviews

"The twists and turns read like a page-turning thriller, but Losing Jon is all fact. This is true crime at the highest of levels. Scary, heartbreaking and completely insightful. See why the best stories are sometimes the real stories."
--Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Escape Artist

"Losing Jon takes you on a journey for truth that will have you questioning everything from start to finish. Broken trust with the police that have sworn to protect you, the unimaginable grief of a mother and the strength of a community that wants answers. David Parrish provides a daring examination of a tragedy that changed a community forever."
--Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Parrish debuts with a riveting personal story about a tragic death.... This account of a frustrating fight for justice should resonate with many true crime buffs."
--Publishers Weekly

"One of the most exciting infuriating and heart wrenching stories ive ever read."
--Dan Zupansky of True Murder The Most Shocking Killers Podcast on Losing Jon

"Thank you from many in the Oakland Mills community that have sort of had this story in their history and appreciate the opportunity to learn more about it. To have this [case] examined in the respectful way that you've done it, a lot of people appreciate the book and you."
--Elevate Maryland on Losing Jon

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