Sally Anne Bowman was a multitalented woman. She made a career as a model, singer and also a hairdresser.

Personal Life

Sally, who was born on 11th September 1987, is the daughter of Linda Browman and Paul Bowman. The couple later decided to separate and divorced each other later in their lives. This English singer's birth took place in Carshalton, Greater London.

Sally was a girl with big dreams and finished her schooling in BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology which was located in Croydon. One of her biggest dreams was to have her photo stuck on the cover page of Vogue, which unfortunately didn’t happen due to her early tragic demise. This beautiful model died at the tender age of 18. Sally Anne’s dead body was found on the morning of 25th September in the year 2005, around 4:00 am.

Sally's death was a tragic incident and she was stabbed and raped several times before dying. She called her ex-boyfriend to drop her home and had a heated argument with him which caused her to leave the car abruptly in anger. Stranded alone on the road at the early hour of 3:00 a.m. made her an easy victim of robbery and rape. Her body, when discovered, was found in the absence of clothes and even her underwear was ripped off. Valuables like mobile phone and money were also missing. This was a case of robbery, murder and rape.

Police, at first, was suspicious of her ex, Lewis Sproston, but the DNA proved him not-guilty and after several visit to the station, he was left free. Mark Dixie, a 35-year-old man, who lives in Croydon was a suspect. He was found guilty on 28th June 2006 and the DNA reports matched. Dixie confessed raping her but denied his any relationship with the murder. After some 18 months of investigation, he was finally found guilty on 4 February 2008. On 4th February, it took three long hours for the verdict to come to a final conclusion.

An unknown Thai woman played a major role is helping prove Dixie was the murderer of Sally Anne Bowman. Thai woman was one of the victims of Dixie’s brutal crime. He was then sentenced to lifetime imprisonment. A memorial was held on 11th September 2008 which was supposed to be her 21st birthday. This memorial was kept to pay respect to Sally who was gone too soon.

Career

Sally Anne Bowman is a goal-oriented lady. She managed to balance her part-time as a hairdresser and a model while she was in school. Sally's biggest dream was to become a part of Vogue Magazine.

Sally managed to achieve a lot and had been compared to great personalities like Kate Moss. She became a part of Pulse Model Management which is a local modeling agency for freshers to start their career. This agency provided her with her biggest experience making her the face of Swatch watches. This success elevated her modeling career and she participated in Alternative Fashion Week held in April 2005. The model, in her interview, confessed she was very nervous about the whole prospect of being lined up next to other experienced models.