Gary Ray Bowles: The I-95 Slayer

On November 18, 1994, Belinda Hinton was concerned about her brother Jay, as he failed to contact her on her birthday. Her fiance William went to check on him, but he had to break a back window to get in the house. Almost immediately, he was met with a foul odor, and with his room in disarray, William knew something was wrong. He then found the decomposing body of his brother-in-law. Jay’s face was crushed by a concrete stone sitting near his body, but the marks on his neck indicated that he was strangled to death. He had five broken ribs and multiple abrasions on his arms and legs, while also having a rag and toilet paper stuffed in his mouth. A receipt with the name of Tim Whitfield was found at the scene and a possible lead was formed, but it wouldn’t take long for the police to find their man, whose real name was Gary Ray Bowles. But as the authorities looked more into him, they learned that Jay wasn’t the only victim.