May 24, 2018 - In other Grate news, his ex-wife is scheduled to appear on the Dr. Phil show on Friday. According to the show's website, Amber Bowman says. 6783 Rollingview Dr Hudsonville. Amber N Thompson, Brian J Herbst. Email address and more for free! Lookup Phil Bowman's family members, old roommates.
The former wife of a now convicted said she fell for a man who was “loving, kind and attentive” — before his “eyes changed” and he turned “very dark”. Amber Bowman married Shawn Grate in 2011, and divorced just one year later after having a daughter together. Earlier this month, Grate was found guilty of multiple murders, kidnapping and sexual assault after being arrested in September 2016 when a woman called emergency services saying that he had abducted her. When police arrived at the scene where the call was made, they found two deceased bodies at the house and said that Grate led them to a third body. Amber Bowman said her ex-husband, Shawn Grate. Photo: 'Dr Phil' Source:Whimn Grate is also linked to the deaths of three other women, two in Richland County and another in Marion County, Ohio. Now, Mrs Bowman — who says she was estranged from Mr Grate at the time of his arrest — will appear on in an exclusive interview about how the pair fell in love.
A promotional release shows Ms Bowman in tears, telling Dr Phil McGraw how she met Grate at church, and found him to be a “loving, kind and attentive” companion. The jury that found Grate guilty recommended he receive the for his crimes. He had pleaded guilty to 15 other felony charges before his trial concluded in 2016 and was found guilty of eight other charges, including the kidnapping of the two women he killed. Grate — who will be sentenced in June 2018 in Mansfield, Ohio — has also been linked to the death of Rebekah Leicy, whose body was found in woodland in March 2015. Grate is also a suspect in the death of a woman in Marion County.
Her body was found in 2007. He reportedly confessed to killing the woman, believed to be between ages 15 and 30, sometime between 2003 and 2005 and dumping her body at a site about 30m off the road, later returning to burn the evidence, Marion County Sheriff Tim Bailey said.
While the identity of the woman remains unclear, in January investigators got back results from isotope testing, suggesting that the woman was from the southern United States, according to Sheriff Bailey and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation. Pieces of the woman’s bones were sent to the University of South Florida for isotope analysis, which can show were someone is probably from, Samantha Molnar, a forensic artist, told the Mansfield News Journal., Grate targeted women who had either slipped through the social cracks or were vulnerable because of drug use., Grate’s mother, Theresa McFarland, said her son’s charm was evident from his early years. “He’s good looking, but the Devil’s good looking too,” she said in 2016 following his arrest.
“He ain’t got no red horns and all that stuff. You find out he’s charming and of course that charm can charm the pants off anybody, not to be nasty, but you just know how it works.” Dr Phil’s full interview with Amber Bowman will air in the US on May 25.