SNL Writer's Sister Deceased, Case Now Homicide

Jimmy Fowlie, a writer for Saturday Night Live, announced on Instagram Wednesday that his sister, Christina Lynn Downer, 38, is deceased, four months after she was reported missing from Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department informed the family of her death and has reclassified the case as a homicide investigation.

Fowlie first alerted the public to Downer's disappearance in December, stating she had last been in phone contact on October 5 and posting a missing persons bulletin with her description: five feet one inch tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in the Koreatown neighborhood, often accompanied by her miniature pinscher, Rex. Fowlie shared that he had last seen her at the end of November and regularly posted updates, including flyers around Koreatown and pleas for information, providing an LAPD contact number and case number.

In his latest post, Fowlie wrote, "The LAPD has informed our family that Christina is no longer alive, and the case has officially transitioned from a missing person to a homicide investigation." He explained the family's belief that her phone and social media accounts were compromised in the weeks before she vanished....