Cathy Terkanian’s husband, Edward Terkanian, is a retired ship’s chief engineer. They met at a nursing school and married in 1991.
She is in the spotlight for her upcoming Netflix true crime series, Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter, which will be released on September 12, 2024.
Highlights
- Cathy Terkanian and Edward Terkanian married in 1991 but never started their own family.
- 69-year-old Edward Terkanian is a retired ship’s chief engineer.
- Cathy gave birth to Aundria at age 16 after falling in love with a 19-year-old boy.
The Netflix series depicts Cathy’s journey to search for her daughter, Aundria Bowman, who went missing and was eventually found lifeless in the 1980s.
She gave birth to Aundria when she was only 16, and her parents talked her into adoption. Afterward, she gave up her 5-month-old child to a social worker and hoped to see her someday.
Her fantasy was that her daughter would have the best life with the best parents, as promised, but that’s not what she got.
She received a letter in April 2010 from a social worker who explained that her daughter had disappeared from her adoptive home in 1989.
Moreover, she learned that her daughter had grown up in a troubled home with adoptive parents in Hamilton, Michigan.
Edward Terkanian Is The Second Husband Of Cathy Tarkanian
66-year-old Cathy has been rebellious and adventurous since childhood. She tried to build her life after giving up her daughter for adoption, vowing to find her someday.
She pursued a career as a registered nurse, and he met Edward Terkanian.
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After marrying, Cathy and Edward settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Edward is 69-year-old as of 2024.
They never started a family of her own. Although she was happy with her personal life and career goals, she always dreamt of her only child.
Edward supported his wife in search of her daughter and located her address with her missing place and birthdate.
They began collecting documents on Dennis Bowman, a Navy reservist who adopted Aundria. Dennis had a criminal background, and they suspected he was involved in her disappearance.
Cathy had a gut feeling that Dennis was involved in Aundria’s disappearance and connected with the authorities in Michigan for the next 10 years.
Aundria’s adopted father confessed to taking her life, claiming that he hit her during an argument and she broke her neck falling down the stairs.
Additional Information
- Cathy Terkanian left her home in Norfolk, Virginia, at age 14 and worked at bars and traveling carnivals.
- Her mother had breast cancer, but she was taking care of her 5 siblings, who were under 17.
- She earned her registered nurse license in 1988 and worked as a surgical nurse in an uptown New Orleans hospital.
