Pregnant 17-Year-Old Missing After Dispute

Boyfriend Forced Her Into Car, Police Told

A pregnant 17-year-old from Sterling was reported missing over the weekend, and Loudoun County authorities yesterday called her disappearance suspicious.

Glendy L. Bowman was with several friends Sunday evening at McDonald's at Sterling Town Center when her boyfriend, Joseph A. Aguilar, and a friend pulled up in a dark-colored Toyota Echo about 6 p.m., Loudoun County sheriff's spokesman Kraig Troxell said.

Witnesses told investigators that Aguilar and Bowman, who have been dating about three years, got into a heated argument before Aguilar forced her, against her will, to get in the car, Troxell said.

"Friends said he grabbed her and was hitting her and pulling her into the car," Troxell said.

Bowman, a Dominion High School student who is several months pregnant, was reported missing after her mother told authorities that she had not returned home after borrowing the family car Sunday.

Investigators believed that Bowman, a frequent runaway, might have left home again on her own but became suspicious after witnesses said she was assaulted.

Attempts to reach Bowman's family, of the 45000 block of Saynamkhan Court, were unsuccessful yesterday.

Aguilar, who has family in Haymarket in Prince William County and whose last known address was in Sterling, ran away with Bowman last year, Troxell said. Sheriff's investigators traced the couple to Guatemala, where they were staying with family, he said.

Loudoun authorities have asked anyone with information to call them at 703-777-1021. To remain anonymous, call the tip line at 703-777-1919.