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Mari Ann Fowler
Surveillance Tape Gives Investigators New Leads In Fowler Case
The FBI enhanced surveillance tape has given investigators new, promising leads into the kidnapping of Mari Ann Fowler.
Fowler has now been missing for 36 days. West Baton Rouge Sheriff's deputies waited for more than 2 weeks to get the surveillance tape back. Now their patience is paying off. The tape's footage shows a brief struggle between 65-year-old Fowler and her attacker. Most of the shots of Fowler's kidnapper are of the back of his head.
In order to protect the integrity of this case, that's all the information that can be released about the tape at this time. But West Baton Rouge Chief Deputy Mike Cazes says investigators are furiously checking out leads coming both from the tape and the FBI profiler studying the kidnapping.
Although this case is more than a month old, Cazes is confident it can still be cracked. "We're still following up on leads. It's very wide open right now, and we're going to continue investigating until we've exhausted all angles of the evidence," said Cazes.
Cazes says his office is still receiving tips from the public both at his office and through the serial killer hotline. The FBI is also still playing a major role in the quest to bring Fowler's kidnapper to justice. Their expert profiler could be making a follow trip to south Louisiana in the near future.
It's not clear yet if or when that footage will be made public. Investigators are being extremely cautious not to release anything that could jeopardize this investigation.
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