Ethan Ross, 27, and girlfriend Amy Bowden, 26, were trying to turn their lives around when tragedy struck
How did this promising young “Pharmaceutical Sciences student interested in Medicine” end up dying on the floor of her Redwood Park home pumped full of heroin and meth?
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A man charged over his partner’s drug overdose has revealed a rags to riches story as he declared she was one of the only people worth living for.
Amy Bowden, 26, died at her Redwood Park home on Thursday morning as police claim her partner injected her with methamphetamine in an attempt to save her from a heroin overdose.
Emergency services were called to the Somerset Ave home on Thursday morning after reports of an unexplained death.
Ethan Ross, 27, was charged with supplying or administering a drug of dependence and appeared at the Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Friday where he was remanded in custody awaiting a bail report.
Less than a year ago Mr Ross took to Instagram where he shared he was starting a new job after being homeless nine years ago.
“Weird to think I homeless nine years ago and [struggling] to eat only 6 years ago,” he wrote.
“With no degree, a year 10 drop out who wasn’t meant to be s***, went from homeless to 200k a year in half a decade.
“I should stop boiling myself down to my illness/problems, and take pride in what I’ve done.
“Amy is the first person that’s helped me, and look where I am, I’m in a city the people who think they’re better than me save to visit, wearing $1000, I own a house, and I’m driving a paid off car that’s two years old back home.”
Facebook states that Ms Bowden and Mr Ross got engaged in August last year and moved into their Redwood Park home in December.
According to Mr Ross’ LinkedIn profile he worked as a DevSecOps Engineer at Qantas until early 2023 after completing a Bachelor of Information Technology at the University of South Australia.
Qantas told The Advertiser Mr Ross left the company in early 2023 and worked as a third-party contractor. They said they could not comment.
About six months ago, in a separate post, Mr Ross posted about his journey.
“5 months of uncertainty … and I just crawled the f*** out before I ended up dead,” he wrote.
“(Amy) and @yarg.ii aren’t just the reason I’m alive, they’re the only people in this life worth living for.”
Posts made to Instagram by Ms Bowden show she had been struggling with drugs for quite some time.
“Overdosed and almost died last night stay safe,” she wrote on an Instagram story.
Posts made to an Adelaide “girls group” on Facebook show that Ms Bowden was looking for a career change at the time of her death and wanted to shift away from hospitality work.
“I’ve worked in hospitality for about 10 years I would prefer not hospo (sic) again,” she wrote in the comments section of a post.
Ms Bowden went on to say she’d like to work in a casual or part time position in desktop or IT support, admin or customer support “as that’s most of my experience”.
“I would like to work in the health/medicine industry though,” she said.
Another post states that Amy moved to Adelaide from Melbourne in October and was looking to start her third year of biomedical science.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Ms Bowden was as a “Pharmaceutical Sciences STEM student interested in Medicine” at RMIT University.
Her profile elaborates saying she previously worked in roles including IT support, customer service, web design and development, data entry, admin, event managing and more.
Ms Bowden wrote on her profile that she would “love any opportunity to work in a scientific role” in a company with “a strong ethical code” and that she was studying a degree in Biochemistry and Pharmacology.
She also offered services including training, web development and appointment scheduling services.
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