Jimmy Fowlie Says LAPD Reclassifies Christina Downer Case as Homicide
Jimmy Fowlie said on April 29 that the Los Angeles Police Department told his family Christina Lynn Downer is no longer alive, and that the case has moved from a missing-person search to a homicide investigation. For readers who followed the missing-person posts, the shift means the focus is no longer just on finding her — it is now on what happened after she was last seen in Los Angeles.
April 29 and the LAPD shift
“The LAPD has informed our family that Christina is no longer alive, and the case has officially transitioned from a missing person to a homicide investigation,” Fowlie wrote on Instagram on Wednesday, April 29. That is the clearest public update in a case that had been active for months, and it replaces a search narrative with a criminal one.
The change also sets a different standard for anyone who may have seen Downer or handled her phone in the weeks before she disappeared. Fowlie said there was reason to believe her phone and social media were compromised before she went missing, and that the person or people in possession of her phone used it to hide the fact she was gone, ask for money, and build a false story that she was going off the grid.
December 2025 in Los Angeles
In December 2025, Fowlie first asked the public for help locating his sister and said, “My sister has been missing and we are worried that she isn’t safe.” He also wrote, “Her married name is Downer but she may go by Christina Fowlie. Please share this so that if anyone has seen her, they can give any information to the police.”
Fowlie said he heard from Christina on Nov. 26 and that she was active on social media up to Dec. 15. The LAPD said she was last contacted on Dec. 10, 2025, in a text message with a friend, which leaves investigators working from a narrow window in the middle of December.
Christina Lynn Downer and Rex
Police described Downer as a 38-year-old woman with black hair and brown eyes who stands five feet one inch tall and weighs approximately 115 pounds. They also said she has no known medical conditions and has not gone missing before, details that make the disappearance look unlike a routine break in contact.
Fowlie has kept the personal stakes visible alongside the case file. He said Christina is very attached to her dog Rex, a min pin, and wrote, “I believe there is a chance that someone who knows something might find the courage to step forward.” That is the part that now matters most: this is no longer a missing-person appeal asking whether she can be found, but a homicide investigation asking who can explain the gap between Dec. 10 and April 29.
