Iowa mom’s boyfriend nearly got away with murder — until a zipper changed everything
Renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden confirmed a grieving family’s suspicions and put a guilty man behind bars after spotting an unconventional clue that an initial examination had overlooked: a zipper imprint. Iowa mother Ilene Gowan was found dead and frozen in a roadside ditch on February 26, 2023. Although police suspected her on-again, off-again…