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LAPD Disputes Claim That 'SNL' Writer's Missing Sister Is Dead

Police characterize the case as an active missing-person investigation led by homicide detectives.

Overview

  • The Los Angeles Police Department said Christina Downer has not been found and the case has not been reclassified as a homicide.
  • The statement counters a public post from her brother, SNL writer Jimmy Fowlie, who said police told the family she is no longer alive.
  • Robbery-Homicide Division detectives are leading the inquiry and describe the circumstances of her disappearance as suspicious.
  • Fowlie has alleged that Christina’s phone and social media were taken over before she vanished to push a false story and to request money.
  • Downer was last seen in Los AngelesKoreatown in late November and police are asking anyone with information to contact the Missing Persons Unit or department tip lines.