Antonio Bowen was 27 when his body was found in Oklahoma City on December 5, 2008, the death recorded as a death by force. Records show Bowen had prior criminal-justice involvement in Oklahoma County: a mid-2000s conviction for first-degree rape with a sentence listed as one year in prison followed by nine years of supervised probation.

Bowen became a wanted man after failing to appear for a scheduled court date; the Oklahoma City Police Department and the U.S. Marshals’ Metro Fugitive Squad circulated his name and description while searching for him. That search ended with his body being found rather than an arrest. Public profiles and homicide listings provide no narrative of what happened immediately before his death, and no suspect, arrest, or charge is identified in the available material.

If anyone has information about Antonio Bowen’s death or his last days in Oklahoma City, please share what is known.