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An adult female body is found outside of Council Bluffs city limits. The body was found with bruises all over her body, a large laceration on her head, her body was  found frozen to the ground. Also, her face is missing. The body is of a woman who has been missing for 11 days, 60-year-old Ilene Gowan. Investigators will use everything at their disposal to determine how the grandmother ended up dead in a ditch without her face, and who is responsible for her death.

Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they breakdown a case that includes forensics of a frozen body as well as the latest video surveillance tools that creates a timeline that builds a map leading right to the killer.



Transcript Highlights 

00:00:06 Joseph Scott Morgan talks about scene of crime 

00:02:42 Victim 60-year-old woman, without a face 

00:04:00 Talk about victim and suspect relationship 

00:06:22 Brammer does not report girlfriend missing 

00:07:44 Talk about remains being discarded like trash 

00:09:48 Discussion about alcohol and relationships  

00:11:21 Victim is missing for 11 days  

00:12:49 Talk about remains still frozen at autopsy 

00:16:46 Discussion of weather on decomposition  

00:18:32 Talk about arriving to scene of crime 

00:22:54 Discussion about Pathologist in the field  

00:24:01 Victim face is missing 

00:27:19 Timeline: victim last seen on 13, reported missing on 15th 

00:30:37 Discussion of Post-Mortem and Anti-Mortem 

00:31:36 Video evidence of Brammer in truck with victim 

00:33:34 Discussion of victim cause of death 

00:34:39 Talk about wounds 

00:37:10 Discussion about Dr. Michael Baden brought in for second opinion 

00:38:50 Brammer deposits $1,500 in his bank account day Ilene is reported missing 

00:39:46 Discussion about face missing due to animal life 

00:41:46 Brammer has truck crushed and shredded 

00:42:08 Brammer was found guilty of second-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and second-degree theft. 

An adult female body is found outside of Council Bluffs city limits. The body was found with bruises all over her body, a large laceration on her head, her body was  found frozen to the ground. Also, her face is missing. The body is of a woman who has been missing for 11 days, 60-year-old Ilene Gowan. Investigators will use everything at their disposal to determine how the grandmother ended up dead in a ditch without her face, and who is responsible for her death.
Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they breakdown a case that includes forensics of a frozen body as well as the latest video surveillance tools that creates a timeline that builds a map leading right to the killer.
 
Transcript Highlights 
00:00:06 Joseph Scott Morgan talks about scene of crime 
00:02:42 Victim 60-year-old woman, without a face 
00:04:00 Talk about victim and suspect relationship 
00:06:22 Brammer does not report girlfriend missing 
00:07:44 Talk about remains being discarded like trash 
00:09:48 Discussion about alcohol and relationships  
00:11:21 Victim is missing for 11 days  
00:12:49 Talk about remains still frozen at autopsy 
00:16:46 Discussion of weather on decomposition  
00:18:32 Talk about arriving to scene of crime 
00:22:54 Discussion about Pathologist in the field  
00:24:01 Victim face is missing 
00:27:19 Timeline: victim last seen on 13, reported missing on 15th 
00:30:37 Discussion of Post-Mortem and Anti-Mortem 
00:31:36 Video evidence of Brammer in truck with victim 
00:33:34 Discussion of victim cause of death 
00:34:39 Talk about wounds 
00:37:10 Discussion about Dr. Michael Baden brought in for second opinion 
00:38:50 Brammer deposits $1,500 in his bank account day Ilene is reported missing 
00:39:46 Discussion about face missing due to animal life 
00:41:46 Brammer has truck crushed and shredded 
00:42:08 Brammer was found guilty of second-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and second-degree theft.

Join Joseph Scott Morgan every week as he explores a world that not many have had a chance to visit, the realm of death. Jo Scott will lead listeners on a journey through the blood soaked death scenes of America and then into the autopsy room to fully understand the science behind each case. Jo Scott is one America’s leading experts on applied forensics and is regularly featured on ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’, ‘The Piketon Massacre’, Court TV and more.

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The Faceless Frozen Body in the Ditch: The Ilene Gowan Story

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