# Killing of Johnny Rush Bowman

Unsolved homicide · 1984 · Manassas, Virginia

On August 19, 1984, at approximately 4:15 a.m., Virginia State Trooper Johnny Rush Bowman was brutally attacked and stabbed 45 times by an unknown assailant(s) while off-duty at his home located on Patterson Place in the City of Manassas, Virginia. The assailant(s) fled on foot leaving behind a wig, hardhat and eye glasses. Trooper Bowman died a short time later at a local hospital. His murder remains an active…

Original record: https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=831
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/killing-of-johnny-rush-bowman-va831

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## Sources

1. Virginia State Police record, https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=831


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