A Wisconsin teen was sentenced to nine years in prison after she admitted to killing a woman while drunk driving.
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Addison Bowell was 17 when she struck 54-year-old Ann Seidl with her car while returning home drunk at 7am on March 29, 2025.
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Seidl, a marathon runner, was on an early-morning run when Bowell hit her ‘hard’ with her vehicle, the suspect admitted.
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During the investigation, the teen told the police that she had drunk ‘probably everything’ that night and had hit something while driving.
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When the police told Bowell she killed a woman, she blamed Seidl for her death.
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‘Who walks on the road at three in the morning?' she said.
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It was her mother who called 911 and alerted the officials about Seidl’s dead body, WEAU 13 reported.
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The 18-year-old suspect pleaded guilty to four charges ahead of her sentencing by Judge Christina Mayer in Dunn County Court on Wednesday.
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Addison Bowell was sentenced to nine years in prison for killing 54-year-old Ann Seidl with her car
Bowell admitted to the police that she had consumed drinks before getting into her car and that she hit 'something' while returning home
Ann Seidl, a marathon runner, was on an early-morning run when Bowell hit her
The mother told the police that she found the victim unresponsive by the mailbox while she was leaving for work.
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She also told them that her teen daughter had come home drunk an hour before the accident.
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daughter → tell → accident
The police arrived at Bowell’s house for interrogation after they received the emergency call.
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The teen was sitting with her family members and sobbing about what had just happened.
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Her behavior was casual during the interrogation, the prosecutors said.
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She told the police she ‘didn't want to deal with this' when they questioned her about the accident and asked if she was ‘going to get out or not.’
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She admitted to the police that she ‘drank a lot’ that morning and that she did not know what she hit.
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‘I don't really care,’ she told the police.
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‘It doesn’t matter what I was drinking.
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The teen also admitted to having ‘snorted’ drugs prescribed for someone else.
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A blood test detected THC in her system and the alcohol level showed more than the 0.08 legal limit.
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The police also searched Bowell’s phone and found out that she shared videos with her friends after the crash.
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One of the videos was played at the sentencing where Seidl's headband could be seen dangling from the car.
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Bowell was heard laughing in the video as she said: ‘My door won't open!’
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She told her friend she hit another car ‘so hard.’
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Bowell was taken in custody from her home where she was found sobbing about the accident.
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Her alcohol level showed more than the 0.08 legal limit when checked by the officials
Seidl is survived by three adult sons, including Peter who has Down syndrome
Prosecutor Andrea Nodolf pointed out Bowell's behavior and said: ‘This is all just a big joke.'
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'While the defendant can change, and I certainly hope that she does change, the only thing that these videos and her past records demonstrate is a desire for her to fulfill her own selfish needs and a complete and utter disregard for others.’
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Seidl’s family asked the judge to set a maximum sentence for the suspect, Court TV reported.
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‘People stop when they hit a deer; she did not stop for my mother,’ Seidl’s eldest son said.
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‘By the time anyone found my mother in that ditch, the defendant had been home for nearly an hour.
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We will never know if my mother could have been saved because of that heartless decision to flee.’
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Nodolf asked for 20 years in prison for Bowell but her attorney, Michael Cohen, asked for leniency.
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‘She made it clear she was accepting responsibility.
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I don't know what else people expect, to have someone express remorse or contrition for things that have happened,' Cohen said.
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'We don't have H.G. Wells' time machine.
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We're not going back in time.
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We're not making this not happen.
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So all we can do is react to that,’ Cohen added.
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Bowell also offered an apology before her sentencing.
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‘I know that my words cannot undo what happened, but I hope that with my actions moving forward, I can show that I am committed to learning to become a better person,’ she said.
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Judge Mayer sentenced Bowell on the condition that she will maintain absolute sobriety after prison.
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…and 3 more, not listed.
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