NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” writer Jimmy Fowlie says his sister’s disappearance has turned into a homicide investigation.

The Emmy Award-winning scribe asked the public for help in locating 38-year-old Christina Lynn Downer in December. Fowlie’s said his sibling was last seen in Los Angeles. He believed she might not be safe.

Fowlie posted on Instagram Wednesday that appears to have been the case.

“The LAPD has informed out family that Christina is no longer alive, and the case has officially transitioned from a missing person to a homicide investigation,” he wrote.

The Massachusetts native said that while his family hoped the missing woman would be located, their energy is now focused on finding out what happened and holding the culprit responsible. Fowlie has reason to believe Downer’s phone and social media were compromised in the weeks preceding her disappearance.

“The individual(s) in possession of her phone used it to hide the fact she was gone, to ask for money, and to create a false narrative that she was ‘going off the grid,'” he said.

A bulletin from police in Los Angeles said Christina Downer was last contacted in a Dec. 10 text message with a friend. Her last known location was in the Koreatown neighborhood.

Fowlie said he’s sharing what he knows under the belief that whoever harmed his sister hopes to “erase her in every way possible.”

The sketch writer hopes someone with knowledge about what happened to Downer comes forward.

“Saturday Night Live” castmates Marcello Hernandez, Chloe Fineman and Keenan Thompson expressed support on Instagram.

“Aw damn Jimmy I’m so so so sorry!!! May they be brought to justice swiftly!!!” Thompson posted.

Fowlie is credited with writing for more than 60 “SNL” episodes dating back to 2022. He also worked on “A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter” and the new Netflix movie “Roommates,” according to IMDb.

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