CINCINNATI — A man accused of sneaking up behind another man and stabbing him in Mount Adams in November is in jail on a $500,000 bond.
According to Cincinnati police, a man was found suffering from what officers described as critical injuries after he was stabbed just before 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 29 in the 300 block of Baum Street.
Police arrested 31-year-old Michael Bowlin hours away, in Logan County, Ohio, on December 14.
In court Monday, a CPD detective gave more information on what allegedly happened.
The officer said Bowlin woke up on the morning of November 29 in Waco, Kentucky. He then drove roughly 98 miles to Cincinnati and parked near Ziegler Park, where he walked around for an hour, the investigator said.
According to the detective, the entire alleged crime was caught on camera: Bowlin can be seen "sneaking up behind the victim" before stabbing him, the officer said.
According to court documents, the victim told police Bowlin "grabbed him from behind and stabbed him more than 12 times."
Court documents also say Bowlin went after a second person with a knife during the incident.
Police said the victim told them he'd never had any contact with Bowlin before then.
"He walks around downtown casually for over an hour like he hasn't done anything, gets back in his car, drives back to Kentucky," said the detective.
Bowlin was arrested the next day, November 30, in Madison County, Kentucky. According to jail records, Bowlin was charged with trespassing, promoting contraband and tampering with evidence, though he was released December 1 after making bond. The detective in Hamilton County court Monday morning said these charges are not related to the alleged stabbing in Cincinnati.
The CPD detective told the judge that after Bowlin bonded out in Kentucky, he packed his things, left the state and headed to Logan County, Ohio. By Monday, Bowlin's mother filed a missing persons report for him; the detective said he was then able to contact Bowlin's mother to show her the footage captured during the stabbing.
Bowlin's mother identified the man in the video as her son, the detective said. From there, police arrested Bowlin in Logan County.
As of Monday, the detective said the man who was stabbed is still in intensive care in the hospital.
Bowlin entered a plea of not guilty to one count of felonious assault and one count of attempted murder in court on Monday.
The judge set Bowlin's bond at $500,000; he is being held in the Hamilton County Justice Center.
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