A medical examiner’s report revealed that the deceased woman’s body had deadly levels of a medicine for which she had never been prescribed, leading authorities to accuse a former Mayo Clinic doctor of murder in connection with his wife’s death in August.
Connor Bowman was charged with second-degree murder by the Olmsted County Attorney’s Office after the death of his wife on August 20 in a Rochester hospital. Bowman may spend up to 40 years in jail if he is found guilty.
According to the complaint, 32-year-old Betty Bowman went to a nearby hospital on August 16 for treatment after experiencing “severe gastrointestinal distress.” There, doctors diagnosed Bowman with “severe gastrointestinal distress” and noted that her “condition deteriorated rapidly.”
Prosecutors claim that Bowman, an internal medicine doctor and former “poison specialist” at the University of Kansas, diagnosed his wife with Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) when she was admitted. According to court filings, when his wife died, Bowman told many persons that she had died of HLH, even though hospital lab tests had come back negative.
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Bowman Reportedly Requested his Wife’s Cremation without an Autopsy
According to court documents, Bowman reportedly emailed death investigators at this time, asking if the toxicology screening would be “more thorough” than those generally done at hospitals and what chemicals would be specifically checked for.
A witness came forward in the weeks after Betty’s death with information on the victim and the couple, claiming they had been having marital problems and were thinking about divorcing. According to the evidence presented in court, the witness also reported that Bowman had promised him $500,000 in life insurance money after the death of his wife.
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“Investigators learned Betty and Connor kept separate bank accounts because of Connor’s debt, charges state. Bowman allegedly told a witness he expected to receive $500,000 in life insurance as a result of Betty’s death.”https://t.co/LkBp0D1uq6
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Another person came forward after Betty’s death to say they had received a text message from her on the day she was brought to the hospital, as detailed in the complaint. According to the texts, she was “very ill” and her condition was “going downhill.” According to the report, the witness went on to describe the victim as someone in good health.
Detectives searched Bowman’s computer and his wife’s electronic health records after hearing that he had entered her account using his hospital credentials after her death. According to the complaint, authorities obtained evidence that Bowman accessed and allegedly altered some of her data on a regular basis between August 20 and August 23.
Results for “liquid colchicine” and clicks through to a website selling the drug also appeared. After Betty’s death, medical examiners analyzed her hospital blood and urine samples and made the grim discovery that they, too, contained colchicine.
On the 20th of October, after another search warrant was performed at Bowman’s residence, he was apprehended there. A receipt for a $450,000 bank deposit was allegedly discovered inside, as stated in the lawsuit. His next court date is November 1, and he is now being held on an unconditional bond of $5 million.
Medical Examiner’s Office Suspects
The Southeast Minnesota Medical Examiner’s Office reportedly put a stop to Betty Bowman’s cremation after learning that her death might be unnatural.
Although Betty Bowman’s symptoms were comparable to those of food poisoning, the Medical Examiner’s Office had also observed that she did not respond to treatment and passed away as a result of cardiac problems and final organ failure.
Betty Bowman supposedly passed away from Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, or HLH, an incredibly uncommon condition in which the patient’s immune system destroys their organs, according to Connor Bowman, who allegedly notified several individuals. According to court records, he mentioned it in Bowman’s obituary as well.
Betty Bowman’s medical records show that she had not yet received an HLH diagnosis. In addition, Connor Bowman requested a description and list of the chemicals the Medical Examiner’s Office would test for in a toxicology test, according to court filings. He also attempted to cancel an autopsy.
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