Theresa Spickler-Bowe

Theresa Spickler-Bowe is a woman who was convicted of first-degree rape and second-degree assault of a 42-year-old man in Spokane County District Court in August 1997. She was sentenced to a total of 20 years and five months in prison.

Prosecutors said Spickler-Bowe, aged 36 at the time of trial, tortured her victim and raped him with a broomstick. Spickler-Bowe, together with accomplice Eunice Eickhoff who was the victim's girlfriend at the time, gave their victim frostbite by forcing him to shovel snow while barefoot, wearing a diaper and a dogchain.

In her defense, Spickler-Bowe denied all the charges. She testified that her victim was a lying, abusive alcoholic who became "ugly" when he drank, that he had badly beaten her up, A jury of seven women and five men found Spickler-Bowe guilty.