


A Carroll County Grand Jury indicted Stephen Edwin Towe for aggravated involuntary manslaughter and four other charges Monday relating to the Oct. 17, 2008 wreck that killed a North Carolina woman in Woodlawn.
Stephen Edwin Towe, 41, was found guilty of a misdemeanor offense of DUI, possession of marijuana and driving on a suspended license on Feb. 17 in Carroll County General District Court relating to the accident. According to the Virginia State Police reports, the accident occurred as the 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora that Towe was driving struck a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt driven by Ashley Nicole Whitaker on Woodlawn Road. Passenger Jessica Ruth Bowyer, 26, of Middlesex, N.C., was killed at the scene of the accident.
Towe also waived his preliminary hearing on several other charges during the Feb. court hearing. On Monday, he was indicted for reckless driving, involuntary manslaughter, two counts of maiming of another resulting from driving while intoxicated, and aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
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