Prior Case History
Allen Cowling
Cowling Investigations, Inc.
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The following information represents some
of the prior cases that we have been involved in:
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We were retained by the American Catfish Industry to investigate theft. Following
hundreds of interviews and surveillance, the results led to convictions that
accounted for thefts exceeding $1,000.000.00.
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We successfully resolved the circumstances surrounding the air crash that
took the life of Mississippi's Ex-Lieutenant Governor, the Honorable Charles
Sullivan. Our report was used by the NTSB in their final analysis.
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We were honored to have the facts that we obtained, during a lengthy
investigation, used productively by a review board to implement changes following
allegations of child abuse at the Mississippi State Crippled Children's Center.
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We completely dispelled all allegations of any police involvement during
our investigation into a Neshoba County jail hanging of a young black male.
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We identified the correct party responsible for the theft of drugs in a Federally
funded clinic after two innocent pharmacists had been indicted and arrested.
The state then dismissed all charges against these pharmacists.
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Our investigative efforts completely released Ford Motor Company of any liability
in an $11,000,000.00 action where Ford was blamed for the fiery deaths of
several persons. A Ford Courier pickup truck collided head-on with another
vehicle and allegations were made that the fuel pump in the Courier failed
to shut off. Investigation proved there was a Toyota motor and transmission
in the Ford Courier truck body so Ford had no liability, yet that fact was
never discovered by Ford's experts.
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Our investigative effort provided results proving that a Mississippi county
deputy sheriff and a city detective were innocent of all charges filed against
them by the Justice Department claiming they violated a prisoner's civil
rights. They were both acquitted at trial.
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We were retained by the American Tobacco Company and proved there had been
no jury tampering following a lengthy tobacco trial in Mississippi. During
that case, we actually invented a "post-trial jury questionnaire," that we
understand has been used by the Tobacco Company in later cases throughout
the country.
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We have, on numerous occasions, located the real parents of adopted clients
and on one occasion, located a 32-year-old client's father he had never seen
and did so with a name only. In that case, the client was in prison in
California.
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We have conducted numerous missing persons cases throughout the country,
including the location of a client's wife and children, living in another
state, using different names.
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We were retained by a client in Ohio and conducted all phases, including
defense preparation and trial, after he was charged with 14 counts of sexual
misconduct against a minor. Two charges were rape, each carrying a life sentence
and 12 were GSI. He was acquitted on all charges.
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We were retained by another client, also in Ohio, facing a life sentence
for sexually molesting a minor. After a lengthy investigation, the State
dismissed all charges the second day of trial, ending a three year ordeal
for our client.
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We were retained by a client in Chicago who faced multiple charges of child
molestation. When we completed our work, all charges were unfounded and he
was awarded the custody of the two daughters he allegedly molested. His ex-wife
was ordered to pay child support and her visitation with the girls was extremely
limited and supervised.
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We were retained by a client in Indiana who faced multiple counts of sexual
misconduct against a minor. When we completed our involvement, all charges
and allegations made against him were dismissed by the State as unfounded.
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We were retained by a man who was being harassed by a Department of Family
and Children's Services, following an allegation that he had sexually molested
his grandchild. We had the client meet with representatives of DCFS on several
occasions and tape record his interview. The state was a one-party recording
state, so no law was being violated. Following a battery of testing the client
submitted to and by using the transcripts of the recordings from all interviews,
all allegations were dismissed immediately as unfounded.
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We were retained by a man on the east coast, who was being accused by someone
on the west coast of sexually molesting him. We interviewed the accuser,
who had no idea that we were connected to the case, and he readily admitted
that he had never been sexually molested by anyone. This was accomplished
after our client's local attorney advised him that there was no way that
he could defend against an allegation of sexual abuse because it was impossible
to prove that something didn't happen that really didn't happen.
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We were retained in a Colorado sexual abuse investigation where the accuser
admitted to us that no abuse had ever taken place. That was done after the
child "passed" a polygraph exam in which he claimed the abuse did happen,
after 2 psychologists stood ready to testify they believed the child, and
just prior to any indictment being issued in either Arizona and Colorado.
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We were retained by a man in Florida who had been accused of sexually molesting
two young girls, criminally charged and his case had dragged on for more
than a year. He had been advised by his attorney to accept a plea to a lesser
charge. During my initial discussions with this client, he confessed that
he had extreme reservations about retaining me, did not want to waste his
money and felt that there was nothing we could do in a few days that his
attorney had not already done in more than a year. During my first meeting
with this client, we developed a defense strategy, based on a time-line of
the allegations and then I had my client properly and adequately tested,
over a two-day period. The overall combination proved to be successful when
the State dismissed all charges prior to trial and his nightmare ended.
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We were retained by a client in Pennsylvania who had been accused of molesting
his grand daughter. Following our initial meeting, the report we prepared
and the results of a successful battery of testing, was all that was necessary
for the State to decide not to pursue criminal charges.
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We were retained by a client in Iowa who was criminally charged and, following
trial, it took his jury 25 minutes to totally acquit him on three charges
of sexually molesting a child. My client's testimony was absolutely impeccable
and he identified perfectly with his jury. As I have said again and again,
in any case where an allegation of sexual abuse has been made, regardless
of the amount of experts either side has, the case is normally won or lost
based on the credibility of the accused against that of the accuser. This
was a perfect example.
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We were retained by a Colorado man who had been criminally charged with sexual
abusing a minor. Prior to my involvement, he had retained an high-priced,
out-of-state law firm who recommended that he accept a plea. That recommendation
was based on DNA evidence where the State claimed they discovered "his" DNA
on the child, but what was never looked at was the fact that the State also
stated there was another DNA strain that was not identified. There were also
many other issues we discovered that had never been considered and, for the
first time, the accused had something to fight with.
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We were retained by a man in Montana who had been accused of "touching" and
"penetrating" a female child and was prepared for trial prior to our involvement.
When we completed our initial analysis, we discovered that the child never
told anyone the accused did anything to her, she simply "agreed" with her
interviewers. As a result, the accused was granted a "Taint Hearing" and,
following that, he was successfully defended at trial and acquitted of all
charges.
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We assisted with the defense and trial preparation of a man in London, England,
who had been falsely accused of molesting a young female child. He was acquitted
at trial.
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Houston, Texas client, facing very serious child molestation charges, had
all charges against him dismissed one month prior to trial, based on testing
he submitted to, case analysis that proved the allegations could not have
been true, and the work of an extremely good attorney.
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St. Louis, Missouri client had his life restored after 2 and 1/2 years when
a local jury said, "Not Guilty" of all charges of child sexaul abuse that
the State of Missouri had filed against him.
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A client in Iowa was allowed to move back into his home with his wife and
children when all allegations of child sexual abuse were dismissed against
him following his successful completion of extensive psychological, sexual
preference and polygraph testing.
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