Hearing set Fulton State Hospital patient charged with murder in 1989 cold case in Greene County
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
An arraignment was held on Monday for a Fulton State Hospital patient who has been charged in Greene County with murder in a cold case from 1989.
Paul Bowles, 62, was charged with second-degree murder, forcible rape and forcible sodomy. Court filings indicate that he appeared for his arraignment on Monday by video from the Greene County Jail. A counsel status hearing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 13.
According to previous reporting, Bowles is accused of raping and killing Jennifer Williams, 18. Bowles is listed as a sex offender on the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s sex offender registry without an address.
A press release from last week stated Williams left work at around 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 8, 1989, and was dropped off at her home in the 700 block of North Kansas Expressway. She allegedly told a friend that she was going to walk to her husband’s business, but she never showed up, the release says. She was reported missing on Sept. 11, 1989.
Three youths found Williams’ body on Sept. 20, 1989 and evidence allegedly showed that she was sexually assaulted, the release says.
DNA testing allegedly connected Bowles to the case in 2024.