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Earl Eugene Bowman
Building Inspector
Huntington County, IN
July 3, 2002
Murder

Earl (44) went to do one last inspection for a home under construction. While at the inspection, a worker named Joseph Kast approached and stabbed Earl 4 times with a pocket knife, killing him. The murderer, Joseph Allen Kast, was a registered sex offender, fugitive for murder, and on methamphetamine at the time. He was also suspected of murdering an 85 year old man in Ohio just days before attacking Earl. Kast was found guilty, but mentally ill, and sentenced to 65 years in prison.
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