Ethan Ross, charged over the death of Amy Bowden, allegedly gave Xanax to 15yo girl

New details have emerged about the man charged over Amy Bowden’s death, as court documents allege a child was present at the home when the incident unfolded.

The man charged over the drug-related death of Amy Bowden had supplied drugs to a teenage girl, causing her to throw up blood in a major shopping centre, just days before his girlfriend was found dead in their home, court documents allege.

Three days before 26-year-old Amy Bowden was found dead in her Redwood Park home, her 27-year-old partner Ethan Lenny George Ross had allegedly supplied Xanax tablets to a 15-year-old girl, introduced to him by his drug dealer.

At a bail hearing on Friday afternoon, magistrate Lana Chester heard SA Police would be pursuing a further four drug related charges against Mr Ross, including supplying a controlled drug to a child.

Court documents released to The Advertiser allege the girl had met Mr Ross on the evening of February 5, when he offered her some Xanax.

“This made her feel a bit fuzzy, before she fell asleep on the lounge,” police allege in documents.

“At about 1.30pm (the next day) the witness was again offered more Xanax by the accused. The accused got a Xanax tablet from the room Amy was in, and (the girl) consumed it. She felt fine at that time.”

Amy Bowden was found dead in her Redwood Park home earlier this month. Picture: Instagram

The court heard Mr Ross had brought her to SA for a better life. Picture: Instagram

The documents further allege later that day, the girl went to Tea Tree Plaza, where she “began to feel very sick, and was having a bad reaction to the drug”.

“She was crying and her stomach felt like it was turning inside out, she had kidney pain and aching muscles, and threw up blood.”

The girl told police that the next day, she got a notification from Mr Ross’ drug dealer that Ms Bowden had overdosed, and she and another person went to the Redwood Park home, where they were instructed to “stay out of the way and that there was a surprise for them in the spare bedroom”.

“(Mr Ross) came out of the main bedroom shortly after and said that he had shot Amy up with some meth and had a cheeky hit himself,” she told police.

“At about 6am (on Thursday) the witness states that she was woken by (another person) telling her that Amy was dead and that they needed to leave,” police allege.

“The witness states that she could hear (Mr Ross) doing CPR and on the phone to paramedics. (Mr Ross) told them to get out of the house before police arrived.”

Mr Ross was initially charged with supplying or administering a drug to another person over his partner’s death, but allegedly told police he had only given the methamphetamine to Ms Bowden to counter the heroin she had overdosed on.

Police allege he sent his drug dealer a series of messages claiming he wanted to “shoot up” Ms Bowden with an “upper” to counteract the “downer” she had taken.

Amy Bowden grew up in Victoria with her family before moving to SA in 2023. Picture: Supplied by family

Amy Bowden’s family. Picture: Supplied by family

Ms Bowden, who grew up in Victoria before moving to South Australia with Mr Ross last year, was a “Pharmaceutical Sciences student” with aspirations to work in the medical field after ten years of working in hospitality.

Mr Ross was refused bail and will return to court to face all five charges in June.