SUSPECTED KILLER OF EILEEN ADAMS NEW TRIAL IS OCT. 11

ON OCT. 11, Eileen Adams may finally get justice after nearly 44 years. That's when suspected sex killer Robert Bowman will be retried for the 1967 torture murder of Eileen, 14 at the time of the slaying. The creepy 75-year-old's first trial ended in a hung jury, although one juror said it was 10-2 to convict. There is a gag order on the defense and prosecution.
The grisly slaying had Satanic elements and was shocking beyond belief when it occurred. It stumped cops for years --even after Bowman's ex-wife told detectives she saw Adams hanging

HUNG JURY TRIGGERS ROBERT BOWMAN MISTRIAL

ONE JUROR said it was 10-2 to convict Robert Bowman, 75, in the 1967 sex slaying of Eileen Adams. But in the end the two holdouts would not be moved. We will take a guess: CSI effect. It's believed the prosecution is anxious to retry Bowman. MORE IN THE TOLEDO BLADE

EILEEN ADAMS MURDER: JURY DELIBERATES ON BOWMAN

IT HAS been one of the most shocking cold case trials in memory and now it's coming to an end. Robert Bowman, 75, charged in the 1967 sex slaying of Toledo schoolgirl Eileen Adams is now waiting as the jury deliberates.

WILL EILEEN ADAMS FINALLY GET JUSTICE MONDAY?

THE FATE of Robert Bowman will be determined Monday. That's when the prosecution and defense present their final arguments in the case of the 75-year-old accused killer. The old creep is charged with first-degree murder in the 1967 sex strangling of Eileen Adams in Toledo. The 14-year-old was last seen a week before Christmas on a city bus. Her body was found in January 1968 in a field in rural Michigan. Her hands were tied in front of her and her ankles were bound with a cord that attached to her neck. From the back of her shattered skull protruded a nail.
The defense called just one witness Friday: Julie Heinig, who works at a private DNA lab. She testified in

ROBERT BOWMAN ON DNA: 'DOESN'T MEAN I KILLED HER'

THE HUNT for Eileen Adams' killer took decades. Cops chased hundreds of tips, interviewed scores of suspects and always, maddeningly came up empty. Adams, 14, disappeared on December 18, 1967 and her body was discovered in a field in January 1968.
Now, Robert Bowman, 75, is on trial in Toledo for the sickening sex slaying of the pretty schoolgirl. Cold case Det. Bart Beavers testified that only one person has ever linked anyone to Eileen's cruel killing: Bowman's ex-wife Margaret.
Beavers reopened the case in 2006 and testified (he was the last prosecution witness) he reviewed

ROBERT BOWMAN 1967 DNA DEGRADED: ANALYST

A LAB rat testified yesterday in the murder trial of Robert Bowman, 75, that DNA from the 1967 sex slaying of Toledo schoolgirl Eileen Adams had degraded. For more, see the clip.  OR CHECK OUT THE TOLEDO BLADE

ROBERT BOWMAN'S EX: EILEEN ADAMS HANGED NUDE

THE YOUNG girl was hanging naked and the woman who saw her was sickened--and afraid. The former wife of suspected killer Robert Bowman testified in Toledo at his trial for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Eileen Adams, 14, in 1967. Margaret Bowman told the court they had just moved into their new home when she heard strange sounds in her basement. She said: "I saw a young girl hanging on the wall with mattresses all around her, hanging like Jesus." MORE ON THE ROBERT BOWMAN MURDER TRIAL