Shawn Lowrance (Andy Mohler)
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1999 Oct 9
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Nine year old boy adopted by John and Melanie Lowrance, drowned with severe head injury, first ruled as an accident. Weeks later, police learned the adoptive parents took out $650,000 in life insurance policies on their new son. No charges were ever made. He was placed in the Lowrance's as a foster child in Jan 1998. His adoption was finalized Oct 1998
Documents
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| WA, 10th anniversary of the death of Shawn Lowrance | 2009 Oct |
| Suspicion- The Rivers Edge (NBC Dateline) | 2004 |
| Accident or Murder? | 2003 Jan 12 |
| Year in Review - Civil Case | 2003 Jan 9 |
| Parents seek insurance payment in sons mysterious death | 2002 Apr 4 |
| Drowning prompts call for more care in state adoptions | 2000 Jun 27 |
| Drowning of Recently Adopted Boy Raises Troubling Inquiry | 2000 May 14 |
| INVESTIGATIONS: Local deaths catch nation's eye | 2000 Mar 30 |
| Pal's story contradicts dad in boy's drowning | 2000 Feb 11 |
| Birth mother wonders why her son died, Woman has questions but few answers concerning 10-year-old, whose death once again is su | 2000 Feb 1 |
| Police reopen case in boy's creek drowning | 2000 Jan 28 |
| Boy's drowning suspicious | 2000 Jan 28 |