Final suspect in woman’s stabbing, beating in Boise Foothills sentenced to 15 years
Justice Bowie, one of a group of four people who lured a 20-year-old to the Boise Foothills before stabbing and beating the victim last year, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for his role in the attack.
He will be eligible for parole after serving five years, 4th District Judge Deborah A. Bail decided.
Bowie’s case was postponed in early 2019 after his attorney argued that Bowie should be declared incompetent. Bowie had previously been declared incompetent in a forgery case, and Bail ordered a mental health evaluation in October.
“This case is very serious and it’s very serious because the nature of the attack on the victim was such that the victim could have died,” Bail said during sentencing, according to a press release from the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office.
Bowie, who was the only person accused of stabbing the victim, was the final defendant to be sentenced in the March 2019 attack. The victim had been staying at a shelter when she met Cody Baker, Kevin Ivey, Brianna Brown and Bowie, according to prosecutors. A couple of days later, the group convinced her to join them in a car and took her into the Foothills.
The group then proceeded to stab, kick and punch the victim, and left her in the Foothills, according to the press release. She was able to walk to a residence and receive help for life-threatening injuries.
Ivey, 29, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and will be eligible for parole after three. Baker, 30, was sentenced to 15 years and will be eligible for parole after seven. Brown, 21, was sentenced to 15 years and will be eligible for parole after three.
This story was originally published February 19, 2020 at 5:14 PM.
