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

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.

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