The Region - News from Dec. 13, 1985

Authorities recovered a fourth body from the rubble of a gutted Pasadena area gun shop. The body is believed to be that of Mike Fowler, 40, the manager of Fowler’s Gunsmithing, which burned Wednesday in an explosive fire that also critically injured Fowler’s 3-year-old daughter. Arson investigators said they have not determined the cause of the blaze, which was fed by live ammunition and gunpowder in the shop. Three other bodies were recovered earlier. Officials are withholding confirmation of the victims’ identities until a coroner’s report is completed. But family members said the three other victims were shop owner Colleen Fowler, 58, the mother of Mike Fowler; Laurie Henderson, 36, an employee; and Henderson’s father, Bob Ellington, about 70, also an employee. Young Crystal Fowler was in critical but stable condition at Brotman Memorial Hospital in Culver City with third-degree burns on her face, neck and chest.