Man dismembers girlfriend in Quarter; cooks body parts

nola.com ^ | 10/18/06 | unknown

[beyond the sea]

A suicide note in the pocket of a man who jumped off the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel late Tuesday led police to the grisly scene of his girlfriend’s murder, where they found her charred head in a pot on the stove, her legs and feet baked in the oven and the rest of her dismembered body in trash bag in the refrigerator, according to police and the couple’s landlord.

The man, Zackery Bowen, a tall man in his mid 20s with long blond hair, claimed in the note to have killed his girlfriend, Adrian “Addie” Hall, on Oct. 5, according to police. Hall was also in her mid 20s.

In the five-page note, Bowen claimed he strangled Hall in the bathtub, then dismembered her body before taking it in pieces to the kitchen, police said. An autopsy conducted today shows that Hall was in fact manually strangled, police said. It also appears that Hall’s body was cut up after she died, police said.

“He appeared to clean up the bathroom a lot after he did it,” one officer said

[beyond the sea]

I'm a leg man.

Basil please.

[NonValueAdded]

Et tu, fey?

[rovenstinez]

Too bad Katrina didn't wipe out this element before this happened.

[beyond the sea]

Man dismembers girlfriend in Quarter; cooks body parts

speaking of (4th)quarters ............ ping

[Jaysun]

I don't get it. Why go through all the trouble to kill, chop up, and cook your girlfriend if you're just going to off yourself?

[beyond the sea]

I hear you.

[xsmommy]

you'd just make pierogies out of her, no doubt....

[arizonarachel]

What a bizarre, tragic story.

[RichInOC]

"First you make a roux..."

[RabidBartender]

Last meal.

[Joe 6-pack]

Good to see things are getting back to normal in New Orleans.

[balch3]

this is why we saved New Orleans?

[listenhillary]

At least he wiped the seat.

[COUNTrecount]

[1rudeboy]

I'm not entirely sure one can approach this incident from a rational perspective.

[beyond the sea]

"In the five-page note, Bowen claimed he strangled Hall in the bathtub, then dismembered her body before taking it in pieces to the kitchen, police said. An autopsy conducted today shows that Hall was in fact manually strangled, police said. It also appears that Hall’s body was cut up after she died, police said. " ---

Here's hoping her parents and extended family are not around to read or hear of all of this.

[beyond the sea]

Good question.

To be honest, I cannot imagine.

;-)

[andy58-in-nh]

He found out she was a pot head.

[evets]

This story By BOB ROSNER ABCNEWS Sept. 14, 2005 — News Flash: "In the French Quarter, Addie Hall and Zackery Bowen found an unusual way to make sure that police officers regularly patrolled their house. Hall, 28, a bartender, flashed her breasts at the police vehicles that passed by, ensuring a regular flow of traffic." (From The New York Times.) I'm a fan of New Orleans. And let's face it, if you had gone through the hell of Hurricane Katrina, would you be able to draw on years of experience at Mardi Gras to get the police attention you needed? Hall, like so many residents of the Big Easy, has the most creative problem-solving skills I've ever seen.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Careers/story?id=1122016

[xsmommy]

maybe he didn't intend to off himself but then he got indigestion....