Vice Mayor's Murder: Husband Charged

It's April 3rd, I'm Cory with the story.

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Nancy Medeer Bowen, the 38-year-old vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, was found dead

in her home this week.

Police arrested her 40-year-old husband, Stephen Bowen, on charges of premeditated murder

after a wellness check turned up her body from an an.

A parent shotgun wound.

Officials say it stemmed from a domestic incident with no other suspects involved.

Earlier this week, city leaders grew worried when she missed meetings and didn't respond

to messages, prompting the call to police.

A SWAT team entered the home and discovered her body wrapped in blankets alongside three

spent shotgun shells.

They also noted signs of evidence tampering, like burn marks on a pillow, possibly used

as a silencer.

The community is reeling from the loss of this trailblazing leader.

The first black and Haitian American woman to serve as commissioner there.

But in 2020 and reelected in 2024, she championed environmental justice, aiding hurricane

relief efforts across Florida as a dedicated scientist.

Her husband now faces additional charges for tampering with evidence after reportedly

confessing to a friend that he shot her three times the night before and slept downstairs.

Investigators are piecing together the full timeline from the affidavit details.

This coral springs more in a true public servant whose work touched countless lives, the

case moves forward in court, leaving a city forever changed by.

Her legacy of compassion and change.