Supervisor Eric Bowling, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio

Supervisor Eric Bowling

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio

End of Watch Thursday, February 2, 1984

Eric Bowling

Supervisor Bowling was beaten to death with a ten-gauge bar of sheet metal at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility.

Immediately after the crime, the inmate admitted the murder to a corrections officer.

The inmate who beat him was a former death row inmate who was released from death row in the early 1970s when Ohio's death penalty was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. He was tried and convicted of aggravated murder and again sentenced to death for the murder of Supervisor Bowling. He died in January 2005 while still incarcerated.

Bio

Age 62
Tour 8 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Assault
Weapon Blunt object
Offender Sentenced to death

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NEVER FORGET! On behalf of the Westerville, Ohio Division of Police, we honor the dedicated service and ultimate sacrifice of Supervisor Eric Bowling of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio and the additional 53 American Peace Officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice on this date in history.

Chief Joe Morbitzer
Westerville, Ohio Division of Police

February 2, 2018