Death of a young man in Eldorado; UPDATE
ELDORADO—Details are becoming more clear in the death of a young man in Eldorado, Nathan Bowen.
Initially we received reports that indicated there might have been gunplay involved; but since that time we’ve been in contact with sources very close to the family and some of the matter has been clarified (and there has been no gunplay).
Official sources advised us of his name this afternoon.
Sources close to the family have indicated that this was a drug-overdose death. During his freshman year, Nathan was big in sports and especially basketball. Unfortunately, said the sources, there was a terrible basketball accident during which Nathan’s knee was blown. He endured eight surgeries, traveling back and forth from St Louis. This week, he had had his pain pills (Lortabs) refilled. Our sources tell us that he left a note explaining why he was opting to take all of them. His mother had read the note over the phone to the sources.
His MySpace page reflected what was going through his mind, apparently: his last entry, dated Tuesday, gave his status as “lost.”
Nathan Bowen's MySpace as of this morning
This is a very tragic situation. Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers; not that there is any ‘normal’ drug-overdose death, but this is one that seems out of the ordinary and has a very sad backstory.
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guess folks on facebook dont wait for an OK cause its all over it..I hope all his family knows b4 they find out like that..prayers to the family in yet another tragedy involving a young person
@ccfan4life: you’re right, people on facebook don’t give a shit. We do.
This is a personal issue and a tradegy. keep the family in your prayers.Had nothing to do with using illegal drugs. Sometimes some of us need to check out all side effects of pain medicine. 95% of them have suicidal affects on the person taking them. Just pray before you post, sad situation and a very good family involved.
Sadly, there are many doctors who are willing to prescribe lortabs to anyone and everyone and they are insanely addictive. It’s so very tragic that so many of our young people are getting strung out on pills that are supposed to make them feel better and then aren’t ready to handle the depression that comes as a side effect. (Note: I don’t know the situation or the person, just making an observation.)
(Deleted, until we get official confirmation; please avoid using the name until we have it in the post—admin) is his name, and yes, I knew him personally. He was an extremely hard working kid, worked since he was about 12, very friendly, outgoing, and generous, with big plans for his future. Please be respectul, as he was.
My Thoughts and Prayers goes out to the Family. I heard of this Happening off of Facebook and Couldn’t believe the family this had happen to. And this was a very good family involved in such a sad tragedy. My sorrows goes out to them. =(
ccfan4life, I truly believe it spreads like wildfire on FB & sites such as that because that person has a lot of friends & people who really care about them. Not always, but usually. As soon as one of their friends hear about it, they spread the word oftentimes, in shock & pain. I don’t have a FB account & really don’t want one. But, yes, this family certainly need for us to keep them in our prayers! Very Sad indeed!! =(
@Angela, That is what makes your site unique because YOU DO Care!! Thank you from the family, I am sure!!
Yep, people love to spread the news and be part of the drama whenever something like this happens. Plus everyone instantly becomes the deceased’s best friend. Thanks for deleting the name off of here, guys!
You’re welcome. We’ve been in contact with our sources in the area, but they can’t say anymore than that the investigation is ongoing. We won’t run the name til someone who receives a taxpayer paycheck and who has a name to go along with his/her title tells us we can.
The only thing I read on face book was condolences. No bad talk about the situation just people keeping the family in their prayers. This is a very good family. Nice kind people. God bless them all.
ummm, i’m on fb and i do give a shit…i know the family personally and so far all the fb posts i have read have been very supportive…so please dont lump all us facebookers into one category…that’s not appreciated! it is indeed an extremely tragic situation and the family needs prayers not drama…
Yeah, sorry…not all don’t give a shit…and I suppose I should have qualified that the ones who DON’T give a shit are the ones who A) don’t understand the importance of waiting til all the family are notified or B) already know that the family knows…both of which WE wouldn’t know, and it’s really frustrating when people come on here and go “nyah nyah FB ppl have already given his name, you’re stoopid because you don’t have it.” Contrary to the beliefs of a couple of people on here, this isn’t a social networking site, it’s a news and entertainment site. So we’re bound by a couple of rules of decorum “FB ppl” aren’t. No offense meant to you, woot woot…much offense meant to the ones to whom the description fits….
i understand…thank you…his name is out there, because he had a LOT of friends…its just the first thing we wanted to do, in our way, to let the family know we were thinking of them and praying…hoping it will bring the family comfort to know how much he was loved…
And we’d like to add: we hope there isn’t anything recriminatory in any of the comments or coverage. This is SUCH a tragedy; everyone deals with pain in a different way, but no one should hold anyone in the family responsible for what he chose to do. We hope that comes across in the way we cover it. We’re sure there will be some kind of detractor out there, but we hope whoever that person is/people are, they hold off and let the family grieve. This is just a tremendous tragedy.
@Angela Disclosure has a facebook page and your saying people on facebook dont give a shit. I did not read one post or comment that was bad. Like Arronsgranny said it was people giving their condolences people keeping the family in their prayers. If people know who it is than someone from the family might of told someone or if they have a police scanner than they might of heard it come over the scanner. Some people will react on shock without thinking and all it takes is one person to let the name slip and than everyone knows who it is and when people starts to see the name than their first reaction is posting on their own page their own condolences. I dont think it has to do with people on their not giving a shit. Cause the people I seen who has posted it up on facebook are very caring people who knows the family who lives in that town and wouldnt post it out of being uncaring. Its facebook people post their feelings and this def is a overwhelming of saddness for some people. They will react on Shock not on “Not giving a shit” My sorrows and Prayers goes out to the Family.
@LilBit: Please read clarification on that. The comment stands.
All you “buddies” posting: you’re making it about yourselves. It’s called tact, class, consideration, taste…..not “oh, lookie, somebody had died and I know all about it!” Let the FAMILY make the first move, will ya?
fuck you dabby, no we’re not…
you know the daily register listed his name about 10 minutes ago…just wanted to let yuns know. such a sad situation, prayers of God’s comfort to the family.
We got it at 3 pm, but have been on the phone ever since….we’ll get it.
For crying outloud PEOPLE. The young man was 17, whether it was suicide or accidental od there is a drug issue amongst our teens, this is the third teen in Eldorado that has died of a drug related death within a year! Let the family greive in peace!
I know the family really well it is soo sad!! I used to work with Nathan and he was such a good kid its hard to believe!! It is a sad sad day in Eldorado. Whats even worse is that those kids at EHS has lost two of their friends this school year. Hold your kids tight at night you never know what could happen. Prayers to your family Lori!!
His family is in our prayers. His mom is a great person and I hope they are able to pull through this strong, all of the family. I can’t imagine what they are all going through. Lori has always been kind and respectful to everyone in our community. Even if it wont change what has happened I hope everyone will keep them in your prayers, and maybe it will help give them the strength to make it through.
If we are to ever place blame where it should go it would be on these drug companies. I have had several surgeries in my life time and I can get drugs anytime that I want them. One day I actually sat down and started reading all of the side effects, Unbeliveable. So many young people do not realize that they can get addicted to these pain medicines and then it starts working on their minds. You know the story take 1 for a couplf hgours then take another each day you need more and more till finally they quit working. Then you think that your life will never get any better and you decide to check out. Sad but true. The Young Man came from a good family was a hard worker, great sense of humor. But the pain got the best of him. I pray that anyone who post about this puts theriselves in the parents shoes. We never know when tragedy will knock on our door. God Bless you all on this site.
=( If we are to ever place blame where it should go it would be on these drug companies. I have had several surgeries in my life time and I can get drugs anytime that I want them. One day I actually sat down and started reading all of the side effects, Unbeliveable. So many young people do not realize that they can get addicted to these pain medicines and then it starts working on their minds. You know the story take 1 for a couplf hgours then take another each day you need more and more till finally they quit working. Then you think that your life will never get any better and you decide to check out. Sad but true. The Young Man came from a good family was a hard worker, great sense of humor. But the pain got the best of him. I pray that anyone who post about this puts theriselves in the parents shoes. We never know when tragedy will knock on our door. God Bless you all on this site.
I don’t think you are such a Crazy Girl!This is one of the most believeble touching comments I have heard from you.
It recently came to my attention that many kids aere getting strong pain meds.Not that they are not in pain but these are very addictive with many side affects.
I just hope everyone gives their kids a hug every night and pray for them hourly.
I lost my only child for a little while but God gave her back to me.We never know when he’ll take them or how he’ll do it.
God Bless this Family
@crazy girl, AMEN! I have thought of Nathan and Lori all day and how her heart must be broken into a million pieces! Please! I ask the same as crazy girl & others on here have. Let’s let them grieve & grieve along with them. He was a wonderful kid & his mom is a very kind soul. He definitely got his wonderful, kind personality from her!! May God hold you ALL so tight in His arms through this..
Sorry to hear about this. I know the feeling all too well. Our son committed suicide in 2008 and it was the worst day of our lives. Although our son was not on pain meds he was on Concerta. I wish we would have been more informed about the side affects of the medicine. We would have never put him on it. Like most parents, we just trusted our doctor. A decision we’ll regret the rest of our lives. So sad that schools and teachers push parents so hard to put kids on this type of med. I’ve always said it’s the kids that have AD/HD tendencies are the ones in life that don’t take no for an answer. They’re the ones determined to find answers when everyone else gives up. We as “leaders” (parents/teachers) need to channel that energy in the right direction. My prayers are with the family. Nothing anyone can say or do will help with what they’ll have to go thru in their mind. Only God can bring things back together for them. We just have to be there when they need an ear or shoulder.
Thank you TOP Cat and SWEET & SOUR for the nice compliments. I am not really crazy just liked that for my title. I have known Nathan since he was about 5 years old. Very good friends with all of ther Mitchell family. I am very happy to see so many positive remarks and no nasty ones that need to be deleted. I have several grandchildren and I pray that each and everyday they make the right choices in life. We never know when will be the last time we say good night or good by to a loved one. Never take anyone that you love for granted. God Bless all of you and your families on this site. Jack & Angie this site is looking great. Thanks
My son is on suicide watch now, not with pain killers, he tried to choke himself at school! He is being bullied and he thinks if he dies it will all end! I lay at night not sleeping and watching him. the sad thing is he isn`t a teen yet! I went to school with Lori she is a great person! I met her sons a few times at her work place or in wal-mart he seemed like a great kid! Let the family greive and my heart breaks for them!
I have know soooo many people who liked Lortabs at first and then quickly met the depression that comes with them. It is NOT a medication we should be prescribing to children so easily. at 18 (or 17 as someone posted earlier or 19 as his profile said) this young man was not emotionally prepared for that deep feeling of unending sadness, and I am sure his doctor didn’t tell him or his family to watch for that side effect. Grieved – I am so sorry to hear about your child. Thank you for sharing. If enough people share the dangers of these medications, maybe parents will one day know that there are potential side effects.
woot woot – Be nice. Yes, posting about it to facebook may seem like support of the family and may be your way of dealing with it… but what if a distant family member found out because someone posted it on facebook. How unpleasant would that be!? Having just lost my father 2 months ago, I posted to my facebook, as did my brother, later that day… but if we had gotten on facebook and everyone else had already posted that very personal and private information I would have been pretty ticked off…all of the “sorry to hear about it” messages started pouring in and they were all hard to read. Though, everyone deals with death differently and I think my mom appreciates the ones that she gets.
My prayers are going up for this family in this time… No kid should ever feel like they need to take there life to make everything else feel right… There has been alot of teen death over the past year… I am so sorry for this tragic event to this family… May there son RIP =(
Alas, it’ll show soon enough.
I’m sorry, SouthernILGirl….I put Nathan’s name in the “moderation queue” yesterday & forgot to take it out when we got confirmation.
robkev, I will keep your son in my prayers as well! Kids are so cruel nowadays. They were cruel when I was growing up in school(many years ago, btw) but I noticed as my children were growing up, it had gotten much worse. Hold your son tight & let him know there isn’t ANYTHING wrong with HIM, it’s the KIDS who are bullying him that have the problem! Embed that into his head everyday as many times as you have to & for as long as you have to…I am sorry your young one is having to go through this. Life is hard enough, even on adults, but when insult added to injury, so to speak, children have a harder time understanding.
SouthernIl gal…i dont have to be nice to someone who accuses me of making it about myself….or accuses me of bragging that i know of someone who died…a condolence is the same whether its the form of card, letter, post, text, voicemail, visit, whatever…
…and im sure getting on facebook was the last thing they had on their mind yesterday…but the thoughts were there in support nonetheless….
woot woot – dabby wasn’t saying you were bragging. He (she?) was just suggesting that perhaps changing your facebook status was insensitive to the family, especially if the whole family did not already know about the death. Don’t jump to the defensive side so quickly – no one was trying to attack anyone or insinuate that Nathan did not have good, loyal friends or anything. Thank you for being supportive of the family and I am sorry for your loss.
Also, I didn’t use his name in my first or second post Ang!!! (maybe lortabs?)
Yes! I DID tag “Lortabs” as a moderation word until we could confirm….good catch, SouthernILGirl!
Lori my thoughts are with you,just remember [as hard as it is]that he is in a better place now and I truly believe its so much a better place that even if he could come back he would choose not to.God had a better plan for him and he is a peace now and in good hands.
Apparntly you did not spot on his page that his last entry was not on Tuesday…it was on Setpember 24, 2010. So based on that I. Doubt that had anything to do with his death. Very sad.. please keep your thoughts and prayers on the Bowen family!!!!
We’re not referring to his last entry. We’re referring to his last login. It very clearly says “1/11/11″ and under that, “status: lost” with a little emoticon next to it.
Yes but the emoticon goes with his statue. When you type a statue on myspace you can put a mood with it, and that “lost” mood goes with his statue that was last updated in september. Not trying to start any fights or any such just pointing out my thoughts..nathan was a very great friend of mine.
look its like this, facebook is facebook. freedom of speech…. “buddis” of his or not, were upset that a young man died. people arent going to wait to make sure that the family knows who the person is or not, they are just stating their feelings and they use facebook to do it obvioulsly, was dabber attacking “woot woot” i think not, BUT you cant critize some one for posting whatever on facebook. and who cares what people put of facebook….good grief, you should see the kinds of things people post on there! unfortunately some people have no feeling and they dont care what they put. woot woot was just saying shes not the person on facebook that was making it about herself and she was apparently offened that since she is on FB she automatically had made some comments herself in which she clearly states that she didnt. and to southern il girl, y are you telling her to be nice? she was offended by what dabber said. she had every right to tell him to fuck off.
thank you is…
I would just like to say thank you to all who have been respectful, and kind with their words when posting. I wasn’t what you would call a close friend of nathan, but I played basketball with him. Not only was he a good basketball player, but a very respectful and intelligent kid. He wasn’t a drug junky, he was just lost and had no one to talk to about how he felt. As unfortunate as this is, this needs to be a reminder to everyone that life can be very short so (carpe diem) or seize the day. Thank you for being so respectful disclosure.
Ok ever 1wants to blame drug companies but most people wbo comet suicide already had suicidal tendency. We as a country have became week you stump ur toe you take a lori tab thats whats wrong with ever thing young people are so sheltered and do not learn how to deal with problems i am sorry for the loss but no1is to be blamed have you ever tbought just maybe his soul was needed for something bigger. Then be here he could of been called apon and woot woot why are you still around the icp faggalous left when icp did
Nathan was my best friend and I like to think he thought of me as one of his best friends. We talked about a lot of things and we were very close. I just don’t want anyone to think badly of Nathan because of his problem with his pills. You have to realize he did not Overdose on accident it was a choice. Please don’t let that make you think of him as a bad person. He was a great guy who would do anything for anybody. He was always there for you when you needed him no matter what. He is greatly missed by more people than you can imagine. We all loved him very much. I just wish he could have realized how many people cared about him a different way. RIP Nathan.
oh i am always around…i just didnt appreciate what dabby said…
@ well_ you make no sense. shut up what does woot woot have ANYTHING to do with your post. and can you tell me why you feel the need to metion “woot woot” in your post and what the hell does ithave to do with the stupid ass ICP. learn to spell. and use punctuation. and no, not EVERYONE has suicidal TENDANCIES when they take some medication. if you read closely on the paperwork that comes with ALL scrpits, you would see the warning such as “this medication may cause suicidal thoughts” and should be wached carefully. and he wasnt “WEAK” with a stumped toe, he had endured many knee surgeries and was in pain. not to say he didnt abuse those drugs i dontknow. but you need to take some advice that was given to dabber and SHUT THE FUCK UP!
I usually don’t read comments posted on this site, but since nathan and I played basketball together I have kept up with these post. I don’t understand why I am seeing people argue over what has happened. It seems to me that people who are posting are making this more about their selves, and their beliefs rather than making this about nathan and his family who is grieving. I’m not pointing any fingers because you know who you are, but everyone just needs to bite their tongues and start thinking about the family who has lost a loved one. Everyone has their right to post their feelings and beliefs, but when those two things are being posted for yourself and not nathan that’s the wrong reason to be posting… Would anyone agree?
old teamate, I AGREE 100%!!!! This IS about NATHAN & HIS FAMILY & FRIENDS who NEED to grieve TOGETHER, without any kind of bickering whatsoever. I am glad that you, along with a few others, keep bringing that to the forefront!!! Thank you…it is so terribly sad for everyone.. =( May God Be with you All…He was such a wonderful young man with a wonderful family & a Host of friends who still & always will love him dearly.
this is true old teammate…we do get carried away when we let our emotions get the best of us…and emotions have been running extremely high these past several days…we all do not understand why things happen the way they do, we get wound up and let our mouths overload…we are all in shock at this horrible tragedy. it could happen to any of us, and i feel that that makes us act out at one another…we take things the wrong way sometimes…
You don’t have to thank me sweet&sour, I just want everyone to remember there is a much bigger picture here than holding on to our own pride. Believe me when I say there have been a few things I’ve heard that make me want to strangle someone, but I’ve had to keep a straight head because although I wasn’t really close to nathan, I know he wouldn’t want tempers flaring. And I agree with you woot woot, our emotions do tend to go out of control when something like this happens. But we have to control those emotions and hold the ones in that have to do with self pride.
Wooty woot: Drama much? Make it ALL about you, K? I sure touched a nerve!
And I feel very sad for Nathan’s family and close friends. Not only did they lose a good kid, they have to put up with all this garbage.
dabby, pleasedont respond to my posts. you responding to my posts, and directing your posts to me, YOU are making it all about me…so please stop, mmkay? i’ll be ignoring you from here on out so as not to “make it all about me…