Two people have been arrested in connection to the murder of Christina Downer, the sister of Saturday Night Live writer Jimmy Fowlie.
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Division announced the arrest of Delorean Bijon Brandon and Kaylee Nicole Markowski via a media release on Friday, October 30.
“On December 18, 2025, Christina Downer was reported missing after her ex-husband requested a welfare check when he had not heard from her for an extended period of time. Downer’s boyfriend, Delorean Brandon, claimed that she had moved out several months earlier, leaving behind all her belongings, including her vehicle and dog,” the LAPD said.
The statement further read, “Robbery-Homicide Division detectives assumed the investigation after Downer’s cellphone was discovered washed ashore on Santa Monica Beach. Through various investigative techniques, detectives identified Delorean Brandon and Kaylee Markowski as the individuals responsible for Downer’s murder, the disposal of her body, and the concealment of their involvement.”
Brandon and Markowski were each charged with murder and remanded on $2 million bail. The LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division will present the case to the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office for filing consideration. The investigation is still ongoing.
Legal representation information for the two suspects was not immediately available.
The LAPD announcement comes six months after Fowlie shared a sad update on his sister’s disappearance.
“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,” Fowlie wrote via Instagram on April 29. “Our prayers for her to be found safely have transformed into prayers for the truth to be revealed and for those responsible to be held accountable.”
In December 2025, Fowlie first asked for the public’s help in locating his missing sister.
“My sister has been missing and we are worried that she isn’t safe,” he wrote via Instagram at the time. “Her married name is Downer but she may go by Christina Fowlie. Please share this so that if anyone has seen her, they can give any information to the police.”
Fowlie listed a phone number to contact police and a case number before confirming his sister was last seen in Los Angeles.
“We have reason to believe that in the weeks before she went missing, her phone and social media were compromised. The individual(s) in possession of her phone used it to hide the fact she was gone, to ask for money and to create a false narrative that she was going ‘off the grid,’” Fowlie wrote. “I am sharing this because I believe that whoever is responsible is hoping to erase her in every way possible. I want to amplify her story in the only way I know how. And to express that she was a beautiful person who matters in this world, especially to me.”
