A week after longtime Deputy DA Cameron Bowman disappeared from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office, his name has suddenly vanished from the weekly case roster, too.
A member of the DA’s major case team, Bowman was set to begin a murder trial next week, but it has been handed off to Deputy DA Peter Waite, who said Monday that he has been working on the case for the past two weeks.
Bowman was apparently escorted out of the county administration building about a week ago and hasn’t been seen since.
DA superiors haven’t been willing to say much beyond “no comment.” However, Bowman’s attorney, Kenneth Robinson, insists that his client has not been fired. The prominent San Jose criminal defense attorney further told us last week that Bowman hasn’t been disciplined for anything.
Asked why a different deputy had been put in charge of a murder case just days before it was set for trial, Assistant DA David Tomkins said he didn’t “see a problem.”
The case’s new prosecutor is just “going to deal,” said Tomkins, who oversees the major case team.
Details here from CalLaw.com's Legal Pad.