MN - Connor Bowman, 30, pharmacist & poison control employee, charged w/ murder of his wife Betty, 32, by poisoning, Rochester, Aug 2023

[modesty blaise]

What a diabolical thing to do.

 

[Curious Me]

For those trying to learn more about this case:

Bowman died of colchicine toxicity, according to the
medical examiner, and her death was ruled a homicide.

Published Jan. 9, 2024 / Updated Jan. 9, 2024, 9:50 a.m. ET

Ex-Mayo Clinic doc accused of fatally poisoning pharmacist wife after failed open marriage

The couple was in an open relationship, but Connor Bowman developed an emotional connection to another woman — leading his wife to threaten divorce, friends reportedly told police.

nypost.com

Friends told police that the couple was in an open relationship but that Bowman developed an emotional connection to another woman – leading his wife to threaten divorce, the Post Bulletin reported.

The poison specialist was accused of trying to have her body quickly cremated and planning to cash in a $500,000 life insurance policy after she went to the Mayo Clinic’s St. Mary’s Hospital with stomach distress on Aug. 16 and died four days later.​

https://pharmacy.ks.gov/docs/librariesprovider10/disciplinary-orders/individuals/bowman-connor-1-103025-case-23-438.pdf?sfvrsn=a6927d09_3p

Police: Doctor may have called himself a widower before wife's death

In newly unsealed court documents, investigators say they found searches on Connor Bowman's computer for 'is widow gender neutral.'

www.courttv.com

We'll have to keep an eye on this case. The 2nd article says, "Previously, Bowman’s defense motioned to dismiss the first-degree murder charge handed down by a grand jury."

PUBLISHED: January 5, 2024 at 10:33 p.m.

Murder charges upgraded against Mayo Clinic physician accused of poisoning wife

Connor Bowman, 30, was charged by a grand jury for first-degree premeditated murder on Thursday.

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Connor Bowman, 30, was charged by a grand jury for first-degree premeditated murder on Thursday. In Minnesota, first-degree murder can only be charged by a grand jury. The Olmsted County Attorney’s Office said in a news release that if he is convicted of first-degree murder, Connor Bowman “shall be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of release.”

Bowman is also facing a second-degree murder with intent-not premeditated charge in Olmsted County in connection with the death of his wife, Betty Bowman. Connor Bowman is accused of using colchicine, a drug used to treat gout, to poison her last August.
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Published: Jul. 8, 2024 at 2:20 PM PDT

Next court hearing set for former Mayo Clinic doctor accused of poisoning wife

A court date is on the calendar for the former Mayo Clinic doctor who allegedly murdered his wife, Betty Bowman.

www.kttc.com

Connor Bowman has remained behind bars since his arrest in October of 2023. Bowman is scheduled to appear before a judge on September 4.

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[mewmew]

For those trying to learn more about this case:

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Bowman died of colchicine toxicity, according to the
medical examiner, and her death was ruled a homicide.

Published Jan. 9, 2024 / Updated Jan. 9, 2024, 9:50 a.m. ET

Ex-Mayo Clinic doc accused of fatally poisoning pharmacist wife after failed open marriage

The couple was in an open relationship, but Connor Bowman developed an emotional connection to another woman — leading his wife to threaten divorce, friends reportedly told police.

nypost.com

Friends told police that the couple was in an open relationship but that Bowman developed an emotional connection to another woman – leading his wife to threaten divorce, the Post Bulletin reported.

The poison specialist was accused of trying to have her body quickly cremated and planning to cash in a $500,000 life insurance policy after she went to the Mayo Clinic’s St. Mary’s Hospital with stomach distress on Aug. 16 and died four days later.







We'll have to keep an eye on this case. The 2nd article says, "Previously, Bowman’s defense motioned to dismiss the first-degree murder charge handed down by a grand jury."

PUBLISHED: January 5, 2024 at 10:33 p.m.

Murder charges upgraded against Mayo Clinic physician accused of poisoning wife

Connor Bowman, 30, was charged by a grand jury for first-degree premeditated murder on Thursday.

www.twincities.com

Connor Bowman, 30, was charged by a grand jury for first-degree premeditated murder on Thursday. In Minnesota, first-degree murder can only be charged by a grand jury. The Olmsted County Attorney’s Office said in a news release that if he is convicted of first-degree murder, Connor Bowman “shall be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of release.”

Bowman is also facing a second-degree murder with intent-not premeditated charge in Olmsted County in connection with the death of his wife, Betty Bowman. Connor Bowman is accused of using colchicine, a drug used to treat gout, to poison her last August.
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Published: Jul. 8, 2024 at 2:20 PM PDT

Next court hearing set for former Mayo Clinic doctor accused of poisoning wife

A court date is on the calendar for the former Mayo Clinic doctor who allegedly murdered his wife, Betty Bowman.

www.kttc.com

Connor Bowman has remained behind bars since his arrest in October of 2023. Bowman is scheduled to appear before a judge on September 4.

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It absolutely disgusts me that his defense team motioned to dismiss the first degree murder charge. I get that, as the defense team, it’s their job to fight for lesser charges. But in this case, I mean come on, it doesn’t get much more premeditated than this. Connor deserves zero mercy for the painful death he put her through.

 

[iamshadow21]

It absolutely disgusts me that his defense team motioned to dismiss the first degree murder charge. I get that, as the defense team, it’s their job to fight for lesser charges. But in this case, I mean come on, it doesn’t get much more premeditated than this. Connor deserves zero mercy for the painful death he put her through.

Agreed. I hate poisoners. I also hate bombers. Which I hate more depends on what I've been reading about or watching lately. Both poisoning and bombing require meticulous planning and premeditation and deep sadism, and a casual attitude to who or how many people get hurt. The amount of kids who take a bite or a sip of the victim's food or drink and get poisoned themselves is not zero.

MOO

 

[Curious Me]

Betty Bowman

Video included
Published: Sep. 4, 2024 at 11:53 AM PDT

Two key witnesses speak in Bowman hearing Wednesday

Connor Bowman, the man accused of fatally poisoning his wife in 2023, went before a judge on Wednesday.

www.kttc.com

In the end, Bowman’s legal team argued the search warrants that lead to Bowman’s arrests didn’t include valid probable causes.

The judge asked the defense to clarify where probable cause is missing in the warrants by September 23, before the next court date is set.​

 

[Countem]

Judge rules on defense motions in Bowman criminal case

Some movement this week in the court proceedings against the former Mayo Clinic doctor accused of fatally poisoning his wife last year.

www.kttc.com

The judge denied five of the motions in a 59-page order filed in Olmsted County Court on October 21.

Attorney briefs on the remaining motions need to be filed in late November.

 

[Countem]

After several hold ups in the murder case against accused Connor Bowman, an Olmsted County judge has granted a continuance in his case.

Judge grants continuance in Bowman murder case

After several hold ups in the murder case against accused Connor Bowman, an Olmsted County judge has granted a continuance in his case.

www.kttc.com

The defense requested additional time Tuesday morning in court to review the evidence and build their case with their new investigator.

Defense asks for more time in Connor Bowman murder case

Connor Bowman, a former Mayo Clinic doctor who is accused of fatally poisoning his wife in 2023, appeared in court on Tuesday.

www.kttc.com

The state handed [the criminal defense investigator with the public defenders office] nine terabytes of extracted data from Bowman’s devices.

Private patient information was found in the data.

The judge presiding over the case ordered the defense to file their legal briefs by March 10 and the state to file its reply by April 1.

Former Mayo Clinic doctor’s personal data the focus of Monday’s court hearing

Connor Bowman, the former Mayo Clinic doctor accused of fatally poisoning his wife in 2023 appeared in court on Monday.

www.kttc.com

 

[I am not Sherlock H.]

Judge grants continuance in Bowman murder case

After several hold ups in the murder case against accused Connor Bowman, an Olmsted County judge has granted a continuance in his case.

www.kttc.com

The state handed [the criminal defense investigator with the public defenders office] nine terabytes of extracted data from Bowman’s devices.

Private patient information was found in the data.

ASBMFF:
Interesting @Countem …. thank you for the posted update.

On that one bolded excerpt above, wonder if that means the defendant might have possessed confidential patient or client information? Information he was not entitled to possess?

Were there HIPAA violations? Or is there such information that the court will need to carefully parse and remove certain private patient information? (Or all of the above?)

Also wondering if BB had listed CB for HIPAA disclosure on her medical records? IANAL nor health professional. MOO

 

[Countem]

ASBMFF:
Interesting @Countem …. thank you for the posted update.

On that one bolded excerpt above, wonder if that means the defendant might have possessed confidential patient or client information? Information he was not entitled to possess?

Were there HIPAA violations? Or is there such information that the court will need to carefully parse and remove certain private patient information? (Or all of the above?)

Also wondering if BB had listed CB for HIPAA disclosure on her medical records? IANAL nor health professional. MOO

The following article gives a little more information, saying that the personal information includes patient information. It does not mention whether the information was improperly on the devices. Perhaps it was due to work e-mails being linked to devices?

In the investigator’s review, the defense claims they found privileged medical information of people not involved in the case on personal devices belonging to both Connor Bowman and his wife, Betty Bowman.

In questioning, the detective said there was no way to filter out privileged medical documents before a forensic extraction is done and that RPD doesn’t have any specific policies in place to deal with that kind of information afterward.

However, the detective also said if the information wasn’t of evidentiary value, it wouldn’t be considered or included in an investigation and either way wouldn’t be available to the public.

Connor Bowman's defense presents testimony, evidence in medical privilege argument

(ABC 6 News) – Connor Bowman’s defense presented its latest arguments to suppress evidence in the former Mayo Clinic doctor’s case in court Monday, February 10.Bowman, a former Mayo Clinic doctor, is accused of the premeditated poisoning and murder of his wife, pharmacist Betty Bowman, in August...

www.kaaltv.com

 

[Countem]

The state is asking all of the requests to suppress evidence be denied. The judge still needs to issue a ruling.

A trial of a future court date has yet to be set.

State makes push to keep evidence for former Mayo Clinic doctor accused of poisoning wife

Recently filed court documents in the case of a former Mayo Clinic doctor accused of fatally poisoning his wife show the state is making a arguments to keep evidence in a potential trial.

www.kttc.com

 

[MeadowMuffin]

Bad news for the state

Police in Minnesota conducted unconstitutional searches in the case of a Mayo Clinic doctor accused of poisoning his wife and the evidence collected in those searches will be tossed, a judge ruled this week.

District Judge Kathy M.Wallace believes the language in the warrants was too broad. At the time of the first application, cops knew of the Bowmans' marriage trouble, his financial troubles and the fact that the victim ingested a smoothie with the gout medicine that allegedly led to her death.


"This knowledge demonstrates that law enforcement could have provided more specificity in the … search warrant by searching exclusively for data concerning toxic/hazardous/controlled substances, financial matters, divorce and/or personal relationship information," Wallace wrote.

It's unclear how the tossed evidence will impact the state's case against the doctor. Prosecutors have not commented on the matter.

 

[MeadowMuffin]

A little more info:
Judge denies request to suppress evidence in case of former Mayo Clinic doctor accused of murdering wife

In the most recent court filing, the judge ruled statements made by Betty’s friends following her sudden death in August 2023 aren’t protected by Minnesota’s Health Records Act.

Court records show several friends of Betty, many also in health care, expressed concerns to law enforcement after Betty’s sudden health decline and then death.

The judge ruled, while her friends are medical professionals, they weren’t treating Betty, therefore didn’t violate any laws.

Connor is back in court on August 28 for a motion hearing.

This was a heinous, cowardly act. How someone could do this to a person they once loved is unfathomable.