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During his incarceration, Fowler's second wife, Mari Ann Fowler (born April 12, 1937), disappeared on [[Christmas]] Eve 2002. She was abducted from the parking lot of a fast-food outlet in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, where she had stopped while headed to Beaumont to visit her husband. The abduction was partially photographed by a security camera. Never found, she was declared legally dead by a Louisiana state court judge in May 2004.​

During his incarceration, Fowler's second wife, Mari Ann Fowler (born April 12, 1937), disappeared on [[Christmas]] Eve 2002. She was abducted from the parking lot of a fast-food outlet in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, where she had stopped while headed to Beaumont to visit her husband. The abduction was partially photographed by a security camera. Never found, she was declared legally dead by a Louisiana state court judge in May 2004.​

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At the time she vanished, Mrs. Fowler was an education consultant. A former teacher, she had worked more than a quarter of a century for the Louisiana Department of Education in various capacities, including assistant state superintendent for research and development. She first attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond but received her bachelor's degree in [[English studies|English]] and speech from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]] (then the University of Southwestern Louisiana). She also held a master's degree in educational supervision from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge and a doctorate in education administration from Nova Southeast University in Fort Lauderdale, [[Florida]].​

At the time she vanished, Mrs. Fowler was an education consultant. A former teacher, she had worked more than a quarter of a century for the Louisiana Department of Education in various capacities, including assistant state superintendent for research and development. She first attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond but received her bachelor's degree in English and speech from the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]] (then the University of Southwestern Louisiana). She also held a master's degree in educational supervision from [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge and a doctorate in education administration from Nova Southeast University in Fort Lauderdale, [[Florida]].​

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On August 27, 2005, Fowler held a memorial service for his wife in the Holy Ghost [[Catholic]] Church in her native Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish. In addition to her husband, MariAnn was survived by her then 90-year-old mother, Rose Santangelo (1914–2006)<ref name=ssdi/> and a sister, Jo Ann O'Neil, both of Hammond; a son from a previous marriage, John A. Pritchett (born 1959), and two granddaughters, Chelsea Pritchett and Baylea Pritchett, all of Brusly in West Baton Rouge Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=​http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:_VeiAR3TwhYJ:www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20050820/NEWS01/508200364/0/NEWS01+jerry+fowler&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=43|title=MariAnn Fowler|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 20, 2005|accessdate=August 21, 2019; no longer on-line}}</ref>'

On August 27, 2005, Fowler held a memorial service for his wife in the Holy Ghost [[Catholic]] Church in her native Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish. In addition to her husband, MariAnn was survived by her then 90-year-old mother, Rose Santangelo (1914–2006)<ref name=ssdi/> and a sister, Jo Ann O'Neil, both of Hammond; a son from a previous marriage, John A. Pritchett (born 1959), and two granddaughters, Chelsea Pritchett and Baylea Pritchett, all of Brusly in West Baton Rouge Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=​http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:_VeiAR3TwhYJ:www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20050820/NEWS01/508200364/0/NEWS01+jerry+fowler&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=43|title=MariAnn Fowler|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=August 20, 2005|accessdate=August 21, 2019; no longer on-line}}</ref>'