Less than a week after the Coral Springs community was dealt a devastating blow with the murder of the city’s Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen, her husband and current sole suspect, Stephen Bowen, is now facing a legal hurdle.
According to TMZ, the Broward County Public Defender’s Office filed court documents on Monday, April 6, asking the judge in the case to “relieve the Public Defender from further representation,” citing a conflict of interest.
The reasoning, per the documents, stems from the public defender’s office saying they are “ethically precluded” from representing Bowen due to multiple members of their office having “personal and professional relationships” with Metayer Bowen, adding that their involvement would “violate Mr. Bowen's rights to effective assistance of counsel, due process, and a fair trial.”
Additionally, court documents also revealed that Bowen is unable to afford legal representation, and since the Broward County Public Defender’s Office is seeking to withdraw from the case, questions are circulating about who will now represent him.
Metayer Bowen was found dead on April 1, inside her home by officers from the Coral Springs Police Department, her body wrapped in a blanket and a trash bag, per NBC News.
Bowen was immediately named as the prime suspect in his wife’s murder, due to what he reportedly told an unidentified person who referred to Bowen as his nephew.
He allegedly admitted he shot Metayer Bowen “three times with a shotgun the previous night and then slept downstairs,” an affidavit said, adding that he “couldn’t take it anymore.”
The day after Metayer Bowen’s death, on April 2, Bowen made his first court appearance. Per PEOPLE, he was charged with premeditated murder and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
Bowen is currently in custody at the Broward County Jail without bond.
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