Two charged in murder of missing woman after phone found on Santa Monica beach

Prosecutors file homicide charges in the disappearance of Christina Downer.

Prosecutors have filed homicide and accessory charges against a Los Angeles man and woman following the disappearance and presumed death of a woman whose phone washed ashore in Santa Monica last year, an LA County District Attorney press release announced Monday.

Delorean Bijon Brandon, 41, and Kaylee Markowski, 34, were charged in connection with the murder of 38-year-old Christina Downer, who vanished in September 2025, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney‘s Office. Christina Downer is the sister of Saturday Night Live writer, Jimmy Fowlie…

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