Danielle Bowen, 60, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died in September 2021 under circumstances that investigators describe as suspicious. Her son, 37-year-old Thomas Henshall, arrived at a Nashville VA Medical Center with Bowen’s body wrapped in a tarp in the back of his truck and told different versions of what happened — first telling his girlfriend he’d found his mother in the woods, then telling a detective he was present when she shot herself. Those inconsistencies prompted further inquiry.

Investigators say Henshall and his girlfriend stopped for food, gas and coffee and went to a closed VA facility in Chattanooga before driving toward Nashville, passing multiple hospitals and police stations while transporting the body. An email Henshall sent his girlfriend that day included a recording in which Bowen allegedly said, He’s not accountable for anything.

Henshall invoked his Miranda rights when asked how Bowen obtained the firearm and was arrested on charges of tampering with evidence, removing or disturbing a body, and failure to report the discovery of a dead body. The investigation into Danielle Bowen’s death remains open. Did anyone in Chattanooga know Danielle Bowen or see her or her son in September 2021?