Vanessa Bowles
Appearances
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
You really need to turn yourself in or I'm going to tell what you did. And he said, you better not do that.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
Would you please state your name for the record? Yes, it's Vanessa Bowles.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
He came in and he just sat down, started talking to me and said, whoever finds you is going to be a lucky man. Vanessa was a single mom going through a divorce. He said that, you know, he'd counseled people with divorce before. He said he's lost a child and God could get you through anything. She says Matt often complained about Carrie. His wife was so depressed.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
He said she was a horrible mother, a horrible wife. They didn't have sex anymore. And at the time, were you buying into what he was telling you about Carrie? I was buying into everything.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
He asked if he could hold my hands to pray, and he did. Then afterwards, he started to kiss me. Then he just took my hand and led me to the bedroom. It was the first time, she says, they had sex.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
He referred to her as a fat bitch, said that he wanted her out of his life.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
He said, I'm going to tell you what happened that night, one time. Then he said, I never want to talk about it again.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
He said he handcuffed her to the bed started kissing her and touching her all over until she fell asleep.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
He said he kissed her on the forehead and either said, give Cassidy a hug for me or give Cassidy a kiss for me. Then he said he got the pillow and put it over her face.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
He said, oh, . And then he said he put the pillow on her face. But then he said he did this with his hand where her nose was. So he would be sure to suffocate her.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
Did he ever send you song lyrics? Yes, he sent me song lyrics to the song, Dirty Little Secrets. It went, I'll keep you in my dirty little secret. Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
He talked about maybe putting something in a milkshake, making it look like she'd hung herself, maybe doing a drive-by shooting, make it look like she overdosed on sleeping pills, tampering with the brakes of her car.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
I thought he would, but he promised me that he would be so happy that he would never do that. She continued dating him and kept her mouth shut. Not only had I known about this and not done the right thing, in truth, who would believe me? He was a preacher.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
and so i felt like i was stuck and even after she broke up with matt months later when police began looking into carrie's death he started saying i killed my wife for you and now you're leaving vanessa says she was afraid to talk at that point i was worried that he would come after me and put a bullet in my head to be blunt if what she said was the truth it was uh pretty dramatic and pretty damning
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
It was absolutely false. I was untruthful. I was still keeping that part in. I'm pretty sure I denied that completely. Isn't it possible that Vanessa Bowles is finally telling the truth?
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
I don't mind talking to y'all, but this is, you know, taking time out of my schedule.
48 Hours
A Preacher's Secret, Part 2
I didn't really. want to think that because he seemed happily married.