Matthew Bowman

Matthew Bowman was an 18-year-old high school student who disappeared in 1977. He was last seen leaving a party in a suburban Chicago neighborhood. Bowman's family reported him missing, but he was initially dismissed as a runaway by local police. It wasn't until the arrest of serial killer John Wayne Gacy that Bowman's family learned what had happened to him. Bowman's case is still widely discussed today and is often cited as an example of the failures of the justice system.