US EditionSouth Florida vice mayor’s death investigated as domestic violence, husband faces murder charge
Police say her husband is charged with premeditated murder and evidence tampering after a welfare check found the 38-year-old official dead.
- On Wednesday, Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen was found dead at her home, and authorities charged her husband, Stephen Bowen, with premeditated murder and evidence tampering.
- Police discovered Metayer Bowen's body in a second-floor bedroom after receiving a 911 call from Stephen Bowen's uncle, who reported that Bowen said he 'did something to her' and 'she was not alive.'
- Stephen Bowen told investigators he shot his wife three times with a shotgun the previous night, according to the affidavit. Police recovered three spent shotgun shells and a pillow fashioned as a makeshift silencer.
- Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried called the death 'sudden and horrific,' while Rep. Jared Moskowitz said he was 'in shock' after learning of the loss. Metayer Bowen was the first Black and Haitian-American woman elected to the Coral Springs City Commission.
- Beyond her commission role, Metayer Bowen was an environmental scientist who led environmental justice efforts across Florida, focusing on enhancing community resilience. Her family described her as 'a source of strength, wisdom and love' who always put others before herself.
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Florida Democratic Party Vice Chair Found Dead, Husband Arrested for Murder
The husband of a top Florida Democrat official has been charged with premeditated murder and evidence tampering after authorities discovered his wife dead during a welfare check, according to jail records. The post Florida Democratic Party Vice Chair Found Dead, Husband Arrested for Murder appeared first on Slay News.
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