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Diane Bowling-Eidman, seen here on her wedding day in 1978 with her father Jerome, was just 26 years old when he was murdered inside the home he shared with his wife Lenore, Diane's mother. The murder case that made headlines in this region all began when a call came through in the wee hours on the morning of April 6th, 1984. Gordon Adams was an officer with the St. Louis County PD.
Diane Bowling-Eidman, seen here on her wedding day in 1978 with her father Jerome, was just 26 years old when he was murdered inside the home he shared with his wife Lenore, Diane's mother. The murder case that made headlines in this region all began when a call came through in the wee hours on the morning of April 6th, 1984. Gordon Adams was an officer with the St. Louis County PD.
What went out over the radio when you heard the call?
What went out over the radio when you heard the call?
What are you thinking when you're hearing this story for the first time?
What are you thinking when you're hearing this story for the first time?
David Barron was a detective with the St. Louis County Police assigned to the case. So Lenore Bolling was asserting that an intruder had come into the house, somehow found her husband's service revolver, used that service revolver to kill him, and then left.
David Barron was a detective with the St. Louis County Police assigned to the case. So Lenore Bolling was asserting that an intruder had come into the house, somehow found her husband's service revolver, used that service revolver to kill him, and then left.
How did that strike you as a plausible story, given your years of experience in law enforcement?
How did that strike you as a plausible story, given your years of experience in law enforcement?
Diane's mother had told police she believed she was being stalked in the days prior to the shooting by a black male driving a black car who had been leaving notes at their home. And there was a note found at the crime scene.
Diane's mother had told police she believed she was being stalked in the days prior to the shooting by a black male driving a black car who had been leaving notes at their home. And there was a note found at the crime scene.
How did Bob feel about living with someone who was accused of shooting her husband to death? Bob was not happy about that.
How did Bob feel about living with someone who was accused of shooting her husband to death? Bob was not happy about that.
After that fateful night, this saga ending here in the fall of 1985. Diane Eidman's mother, Lenore Bolling, on trial for capital murder in the death of her husband, Diane's father, Jerome Bolling. Lenore Bolling found not guilty of her husband's murder.
After that fateful night, this saga ending here in the fall of 1985. Diane Eidman's mother, Lenore Bolling, on trial for capital murder in the death of her husband, Diane's father, Jerome Bolling. Lenore Bolling found not guilty of her husband's murder.
The irony not lost on investigators as Diane Eidman, more than 20 years later, now a person of interest in a different killing.
The irony not lost on investigators as Diane Eidman, more than 20 years later, now a person of interest in a different killing.
But it was something else Diane Eidman told investigators about her own husband that they said gave them pause.