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Aug 20, 2010
Jan 04, 2024
Brenda
Borowski
64
35
67 inches
120 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
On a summer morning in Swanton, Ohio, Brenda Borowski began her day like any other. It was between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. when the 35-year-old mother of two left her residence in the Swanton Meadows mobile home park. Her teenage children were still asleep as she headed off to her job as a drapery salesperson at the Elder-Beerman department store. Brenda was last seen wearing white shorts with black polka dots. When she failed to return home by mid-evening, her children, knowing this was uncharacteristic of their mother, reported her missing. The last confirmed sighting of Brenda was at approximately 10:00 a.m. that same morning, when she was seen at an ATM in Toledo, Ohio, where she withdrew money. She was not alone; accompanying her was her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Noser. The couple had lived together for a year before ending their relationship two months prior to her disappearance. The investigation into Brenda's disappearance quickly focused on John Noser. Two days after she was last seen, Noser was discovered living in a remote wooded campsite in Middletown, Ohio, in possession of Brenda's 1983 Pontiac. The steering column of the vehicle had been damaged. A subsequent search of the woods near the campsite uncovered some of Brenda's personal belongings, including clothing, makeup, and jewelry, which had been recently burned. Initially, Noser was charged with auto theft, but those charges were later dropped as he claimed Brenda had given him permission to use her car, a claim that could not be disputed without her. Noser provided a grim account to the police, stating that Brenda had been fatally shot during a drug deal gone wrong and that her body had been disposed of near a landfill in northern Toledo. Despite this information, an extensive search of the landfill yielded no evidence of Brenda's remains. Years passed without any resolution in Brenda's case. Then, in 1999, a significant development occurred when John Noser was charged with her murder. Investigators believed that jealousy was the motive behind the crime, suggesting that Noser did not want Brenda to move on and date other people. In 2000, Noser was convicted of Brenda Borowski's murder and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Despite the conviction, Brenda's body has never been located, leaving her family without the closure of a proper burial. The case remains a poignant reminder of a life cut short, with foul play strongly suspected from the outset due to the compelling circumstantial evidence that led to the conviction of her ex-boyfriend.
Aug 15, 1995
Swanton
Ohio
Fulton County
30819
Middletown Police Department
Middletown
Ohio
,
95024262
Middletown Police Department
Brown
Blue
Blue
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05/28/2026
