UPDATE: Evansville Man In Custody Charged With Murder Of Girlfriend
By: David Shepherd
Updated: June 4, 2012
Evansville Police have now confirmed to Eyewitness News they have arrested and charged the victim's boyfriend, Racxon Cruze McDowell of Evansville with murder.
Police say the two got in to a fight early Sunday morning after a night of drinking at a city bar. When the two arrived home, police say they got in to a physical altercation.
When McDowell woke up later Sunday morning, he found the victim, 24-year-old Rachel Lowmax, unresponsive and called 911.
She was pronounced dead on the scene and McDowell was taken in to custody for questioning; later being charged with her murder.
UPDATE:
Vanderburgh County Coroner Annie Groves says the victim is 24-year-old Rachel Lowmax. The coroner says the cause of death is undetermined until an autopsy on Monday. Groves says the death looks suspicious.
PREVIOUS REPORT:
Evansville Police are on the scene of a death investigation at 2659 apartment A on Mount Vernon Avenue, that's on the north west side. The call came in at 10:30 Sunday morning. Our Eyewitness News crew on the scene says they saw the coroner removing a body from the apartment just after 4:30 Sunday afternoon. Police say they do have a person of interest in custody, but will not release any more details. We'll have the latest on Eyewitness News at 9:00 and 10:00.
Police say the two got in to a fight early Sunday morning after a night of drinking at a city bar. When the two arrived home, police say they got in to a physical altercation.
When McDowell woke up later Sunday morning, he found the victim, 24-year-old Rachel Lowmax, unresponsive and called 911.
She was pronounced dead on the scene and McDowell was taken in to custody for questioning; later being charged with her murder.
UPDATE:
Vanderburgh County Coroner Annie Groves says the victim is 24-year-old Rachel Lowmax. The coroner says the cause of death is undetermined until an autopsy on Monday. Groves says the death looks suspicious.
PREVIOUS REPORT:
Evansville Police are on the scene of a death investigation at 2659 apartment A on Mount Vernon Avenue, that's on the north west side. The call came in at 10:30 Sunday morning. Our Eyewitness News crew on the scene says they saw the coroner removing a body from the apartment just after 4:30 Sunday afternoon. Police say they do have a person of interest in custody, but will not release any more details. We'll have the latest on Eyewitness News at 9:00 and 10:00.
