She had a lot of friends for sure.

You know, I wonder, well, what happened if I decided to not go to LA if she just would have never gone there.

And if she never went to LA then none of us would have ever happened.

I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.

I'm Anna Sige-Nikolazi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of investigation discoveries through conviction.

And this is Anatomy of Murder.

This is one of those cases or one of the stories which begins like an inspirational Hollywood movie.

A young woman from a small Midwestern town heads to Hollywood to start a career in the movie business.

But the story turns into a real-life tragedy.

And I had the opportunity to talk to Brian Bowie, who is the brother of Jamie Bowie, who is the focus of today's story.

She was definitely a lot of fun, had a lot of friends who were, you know, also friends of mine.

And we were always kind of looking out for each other on some level.

Jamie Bowie was a 24-year-old young woman from Oklahoma. She'd recently graduated from Oklahoma University.

And she had the stars in her eyes and she was ready to pick up and move west.

She had got a job in the entertainment industry and she wasn't going to do it alone.

We loaded up her little Volkswagen bug and we drove from Oklahoma all the way out to California and we stayed with friends along the way.

Scott, I can really picture that. Remember when you're getting out of school and you're about to embark on your first job?

You just are so bright eyed and opportunity is in front of you and it's just a very exciting time.

When people think about Hollywood and LA, it's the thing that people dream about.

Sometimes from all over the world and these two brother and sister, they were going to have added and head out there.

But they needed a car to get there.

I think it was like a late 1960s, early 1970s, Volkswagen bug, convertible.

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