An adult female body is found outside of Council Bluffs city limits. The body was found with bruises all over her body, a large laceration on her head, her body was  found frozen to the ground. Also, her face is missing. The body is of a woman who has been missing for 11 days, 60-year-old Ilene Gowan. Investigators will use everything at their disposal to determine how the grandmother ended up dead in a ditch without her face, and who is responsible for her death.
Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they breakdown a case that includes forensics of a frozen body as well as the latest video surveillance tools that creates a timeline that builds a map leading right to the killer.
 
Transcript Highlights 
00:00:06 Joseph Scott Morgan talks about scene of crime 
00:02:42 Victim 60-year-old woman, without a face 
00:04:00 Talk about victim and suspect relationship 
00:06:22 Brammer does not report girlfriend missing 
00:07:44 Talk about remains being discarded like trash 
00:09:48 Discussion about alcohol and relationships  
00:11:21 Victim is missing for 11 days  
00:12:49 Talk about remains still frozen at autopsy 
00:16:46 Discussion of weather on decomposition  
00:18:32 Talk about arriving to scene of crime 
00:22:54 Discussion about Pathologist in the field  
00:24:01 Victim face is missing 
00:27:19 Timeline: victim last seen on 13, reported missing on 15th 
00:30:37 Discussion of Post-Mortem and Anti-Mortem 
00:31:36 Video evidence of Brammer in truck with victim 
00:33:34 Discussion of victim cause of death 
00:34:39 Talk about wounds 
00:37:10 Discussion about Dr. Michael Baden brought in for second opinion 
00:38:50 Brammer deposits $1,500 in his bank account day Ilene is reported missing 
00:39:46 Discussion about face missing due to animal life 
00:41:46 Brammer has truck crushed and shredded 
00:42:08 Brammer was found guilty of second-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and second-degree theft. 
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