Cops Crack 23-Year-Old Decapitation Case; Murderous Rapist Philip Ward Hit With New Charges
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The New York Police Department has linked the 1989 decapitation murder of a pregnant Manhattan woman to Philip Ward, the father of two of the victim's children, who currently is a guest of the state doing a life sentence for rape and murder convictions.
According to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, the victim, Veronica Bowen, was found naked and headless on the rooftop of Ward's apartment building on Riverside Drive and West 148th Street on February 24, 1989.
Ward and Bowen met as teenagers while living together in a foster home. The couple had two children together.
According to Vance, the couple's relationship was marred by domestic violence -- Bowen eventually moved out of the Riverside Drive apartment she shared with Ward and their children.
On February 9, 1989, Bowen was reported missing. Her headless body was found 15 days later. Her head was never recovered.
Authorities have suspected Ward in Bowen's murder for years -- about five years after allegedly killing Bowen, Ward murdered his next girlfriend, and has been at the Clinton Correctional Facility ever since his 1994 conviction.
Ward has pleaded not guilty this morning to one count of second-degree murder.
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