HUNG JURY TRIGGERS ROBERT BOWMAN MISTRIAL

ONE JUROR said it was 10-2 to convict Robert Bowman, 75, in the 1967 sex slaying of Eileen Adams. But in the end the two holdouts would not be moved. We will take a guess: CSI effect. It's believed the prosecution is anxious to retry Bowman. MORE IN THE TOLEDO BLADE

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ROBERT BOWMAN 1967 DNA DEGRADED: ANALYST

A LAB rat testified yesterday in the murder trial of Robert Bowman, 75, that DNA from the 1967 sex slaying of Toledo schoolgirl Eileen Adams had degraded. For more, see the clip.  OR CHECK OUT THE TOLEDO BLADE

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ROBERT BOWMAN'S EX: EILEEN ADAMS HANGED NUDE

THE YOUNG girl was hanging naked and the woman who saw her was sickened--and afraid. The former wife of suspected killer Robert Bowman testified in Toledo at his trial for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Eileen Adams, 14, in 1967. Margaret Bowman told the court they had just moved into their new home when she heard strange sounds in her basement. She said: "I saw a young girl hanging on the wall with mattresses all around her, hanging like Jesus." MORE ON THE ROBERT BOWMAN MURDER TRIAL

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