According to ElUniverso.com, Emilio Bowen was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of the United States citizen, Max Chamberly Madnick in Manta on November 3, 2009. Bowen’s defense attorney, Luigi Garcia confirmed the ruling, while saying it is impossible that Bowen killed Chamberly. Garcia says that Chamberly, an exchange student, whose family had hosted Bowen in the United States, was staying with the Bowen family in Manta, Ecuador. Garcia adds Chamberly had friends and property in Ecuador, which the prosecution used to create a hypothesis for the murder; Bowen wanted to acquire these properties from Chamberly. However, Garcia says the prosecution admitted, after an investigation, that Chamberly used legal avenues to sell his property. Finally, Garcia says the prosecutor’s witness is a criminal who has been arrested 8 times for robbery and murder. Bowen is being held in the 4th prison in Quito.
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