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 · 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 the trunk of a car. Bowman maintained his innocence since his arrest and started his final statement with “I did not kill Kandee Martin.”

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 · Marion Bowman Jr., 44, who was convicted for the murder of his longtime friend Kandee Martin, was executed tonight in the state of South Carolina just after 6 p.m. on Friday, January 31, 2025.

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.