Court documents reveal tangled relationships, claims of blackmail before alleged murder of 'SNL' writer's sister

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Set us as preferred Court documents have shed light on the disappearance and alleged murder of a woman in L.A.that gained attention through the pleas of her brother, a writer for “Saturday Night Live.”Writer Jimmy Fowlie spoke out after his sister Christina Downer went missing last December, and on Monday her boyfriend was charged with her murder.

A woman described by prosecutors as his girlfriend was charged with accessory after the fact for allegedly helping him dispose of the body.A series of restraining-order requests reviewed by The Times reveal accusations of threats of violence and blackmail, and hint at acrimony and breakups.Downer is believed to have been slain on or around Sept.

19, 2025.Although her body has not been recovered, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has charged her longtime boyfriend, actor and aspiring R&B artist Delorean Bijon Brandon, 41, and Brandon’s former on-again, off-again girlfriend Kaylee Markowski, 34, in connection with Downer’s killing.“More than a year has passed since Christina Downer vanished and her family and friends have dealt with uncertainty amid the profound loss of someone they loved so much,” Los Angeles County Dist.

Atty.Nathan J.

Hochman said in a news release.“Although Ms.

Downer has not been located, we are charging two individuals today who are accused of playing a role in her death and disappearance and we will hold them accountable for their actions.”Weeks before Downer’s alleged murder, records indicate Brandon petitioned an L.A.court for a restraining order against Markowski.

In the petition, filed Sept.2, 2025, Brandon alleged that Markowski became violent when he broke up with her and tried to move out of her home to be with Downer, at one point threatening to shoot him.

He included alleged instances of harassment that d...