Silent Miles: Tracing the Vanishing of William Bowman from Benicia

A quiet February night in Benicia

On February 28, 1990, 33-year-old William Darrell Bowman was last seen in Benicia, California, and then he was gone. The date is fixed in case records; the place is, too. Yet almost everything about the final hours of that winter evening remains frustratingly thin, preserved mostly as terse entries in public databases and a single-paragraph case synopsis. What endures is the absence itself—and a trail of official identifiers meant to call him back.

Who William Bowman was, on paper

Bowman was born on September 26, 1956, stood about 6'2" and weighed roughly 195 pounds. He had brown hair and brown eyes. One detail stands out to anyone scanning the forms: an eagle tattoo on his right forearm. The state’s missing-person listing also notes that dental X-rays exist—an important, often overlooked clue that could still aid identification if human remains are found....Read More

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