The killer, Marion Bowman Jr. (June 6, 1980 – January 31, 2025), was arrested and charged with murder and arson. [1] Bowman, who killed Martin over a monetary dispute, was found guilty of both counts, and sentenced to death for the charge of murdering Martin, while receiving a ten-year jail term for the other charge of third-degree arson.

Jan 31, 2025 · South Carolina executed Marion Bowman Jr. by lethal injection on Friday in the first execution in the United States this year.. Bowman, who was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m., was on Death Row for ...

Jan 31, 2025 · COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put a third inmate to death in four months Friday as it goes through a backlog of prisoners who exhausted their appeals while the state couldn’t find lethal injection drugs.. Marion Bowman Jr. was executed at 6:27 p.m. Bowman, 44, was convicted of murder in the shooting death of a friend whose burned body was found in …

Jan 31, 2025 · South Carolina has executed their first death row prisoner this year, Marion Bowman Jr., who has been in prison since 2002 after being found guilty of killing a friend - though Bowman maintained he was innocent for decades behind bars

Jan 31, 2025 · Marion Bowman Jr., 44, is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. Friday at a Columbia prison. Convicted of murder in 2002 for the killing of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, Bowman has consistently...

Feb 1, 2025 · COLUMBIA — Marion Bowman Jr. died by lethal injection Jan. 31, becoming the first person executed in the United States this year and the third man put to death in South Carolina since the state ...

Jan 31, 2025 · South Carolina's Marion Bowman Jr. became first person executed in the United States in 2025 on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to hear his case.

Jan 31, 2025 · Marion Bowman Jr. was executed Friday night for the murder of a young Dorchester County mother. He is the first person to be executed in the United States this year. Bowman was pronounced dead by ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Marion Bowman Jr., has been put to death by the state of South Carolina on Friday, January 31, for the 2001 killing of 21-year-old Kandee Martin.

Jan 3, 2025 · Marion Bowman, Jr, 44, is set to be put to death on Jan. 31, according to a state Supreme Court order.