Christina Downer, the sister of Saturday Night Live writer Jimmy Fowlie, disappeared in September 2025. More than a year later, her former boyfriend DeLorean Bijon Brandon is facing charges in connection with her alleged murder. But with no body recovered, how does the prosecution build a case?

In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, investigative reporter Anne Emerson sits down with defense attorney Jack Rice to break down the evidence investigators have pieced together and the legal hurdles of a no-body homicide. Jack explains how Christina's phone washing up on a Santa Monica beach helped establish a timeline, what her digital footprint reveals about someone allegedly using her social accounts to make it appear she went off grid, and why that access points to someone close rather than a stranger. He also examines why Christina leaving her dog and car behind matters to prosecutors, the role of Kaylee Murkowski who is charged as an accessory after the fact, why her potential cooperation could be critical, and why he doesn't expect the case to reach trial.

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