(Council Bluffs) A Council Bluffs man has been arrested on a warrant for Abuse of a Corpse and Theft 2nd Degree.
The Council Bluffs Police Department says on February 15th, 60-year-old Ilene Gowan was reported as being missing to the Council Bluffs Police Department. According to Gowan’s daughter, her mother had not been seen or heard from since February 13th. Gowan’s deceased body was located on February 26th in a roadside ditch in the area of 152nd Street and Old Mormon Bridge Road, near Crescent.
On Tuesday, May 23, an arrest warrant application was submitted and approved charging 61-year-old Ivan Brammer with Abuse of a Corpse and Theft 2nd Degree, which are alleged to be related to Gowan’s disappearance. The investigation into the circumstances of Gowan’s death remains active. The State of Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office, after Gowan’s autopsy, indicated an unknown cause and manner of death.
Brammer was arrested today (May 24) on the outstanding warrant.
