7-yr old Donna's Fowler's disappearance solved after 28 yrs.

[SoUncool]

http://www.khsltv.com/content/topstories/story/28-year-old-Missing-Child-Case-Solved/YlxKwYoULE2ExCjyUMzn8A.cspx

A 28-year-old missing child case in Trinity County is finally solved, after a convicted murderer in Los Angeles admitted to killing the little girl.

7-year-old Donna Fowler went missing in Weaverville in 1980. Wayne Smith, a man who lived nearby, refused to talk to investigators and left Trinity County shortly after her disappearance. Smith is currently serving a life sentence for another murder in Los Angeles.

In October, Smith agreed to talk about Fowler's murder, in exchange for a possible deal in a third homicide case in Los Angeles. During an interview in October, he admitted to killing Fowler, saying he was angry that his wife and kids had left him.

Smith told investigators that when Fowler came to his shack to visit, she refused to leave. He became angry and strangled her. He said he disposed of her body in the Weaverville landfill.

Fowler's mother agreed to the deal for information about her daughter since Smith is already serving time and will never be released.

I am looking for more pictures and info and will update.

This article is from August 2007 - A little more background. There's a photo gallery on this link.

http://www.redding.com/news/2007/aug/30/girl-still-missing/

Another article with more background regarding her initial disappearance.
http://www.redding.com/news/2009/jan/07/trinity-county-cold-case-solved/

A little background on Wayne Smith and his previous murders.
http://www.redding.com/news/2009/jan/07/cold-case-killer-murdered-two-others/

 

[crickett]

RIP Donna. I pray that her family will now have some sort of closure.

 

[Sue sue]

Interesting case.

 

[Victoria]

Seven year old Donna Fowler, missing unsolved for twenty-eight years. How do the parents ever get through it because coming to acceptance in cases that go on for many years as a missing, unsolved would be very difficult if not impossible. I imagine the hope is always there in the parents heart that one day they will have answers and they go on putting one foot in front of the other in that hope.

However grim, it would appear that after what must have been an interminable wait, this mother may have gotten some answers.