FL - Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen found dead, husband arrested - April 1, 2026

[PatLaurel]

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Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen was found dead in her home Wednesday morning. Her husband was arrested in connection to her death, police say. Around 10 a.m., Coral Springs police officers went to her home to check on her “well-being,” Chief Brad Mock said. Authorities found her dead body inside her home, in the 800 block of Northwest 127 Ave. Sometime later her husband, Stephen Bowen, was arrested.

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[Gemmie]

Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen was found dead in her home Wednesday morning. Her husband was arrested in connection to her death, police say. Around 10 a.m., Coral Springs police officers went to her home to check on her “well-being,” Chief Brad Mock said. Authorities found her dead body inside her home, in the 800 block of Northwest 127 Ave. Sometime later her husband, Stephen Bowen, was arrested.

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[PatLaurel]

Coral Springs vice mayor found dead, husband in custody, police say

Bowen's family posted a statement on her Instagram following the news of her death.

"While many knew her as a leader and advocate, we knew her as a sister, a daughter, and a friend whose warmth and laughter filled every room," the statement said in part. "Her legacy will live on not only in the policies she helped shape, but in the countless lives she touched."

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Bowen, who was elected in 2020 and again in 2024, was the first Black and Haitian American woman commissioner of Coral Springs. She was appointed in November to serve a second term as vice mayor.

 

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[imstilla.grandma]

The redacted report indicates Metayer Bowen was shot and killed inside the couple’s home, with multiple witnesses telling investigators Bowen admitted to the killing.

One individual told police Bowen said he had “shot his wife,” firing three times with a shotgun. According to that account, Bowen said he shot Metayer Bowen on Tuesday night inside the upstairs bedroom of their home, where the couple lived alone, after which he went downstairs and slept before leaving the residence the next day.

Investigators say physical evidence recovered at the scene appears consistent with those statements.

Officers found Metayer Bowen’s body in a bed in the second-floor master bedroom, where a preliminary examination revealed an apparent gunshot wound to her left shoulder. Three spent shotgun shells were recovered nearby, wrapped in blankets.

A pillow found on the bed had burn marks and stringing, which investigators noted appeared to show it had been “fashioned as a makeshift silencer” to muffle the sound of the gunfire.

Additional damage to the home further raised suspicions.

Detectives observed two defects on the exterior of the second floor with debris and displaced materials below. The damage was described as consistent with force originating within the structure and “explosive-like” in nature, later noted as being consistent with damage caused by projectiles.

Police report details Nancy Metayer Bowen killing, shows witnesses said husband admitted to shooting her

Investigators say physical evidence and witness statements point to a fatal shooting inside the home, where a pillow may have been used to muffle gunfire.

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