Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen is deceased, police said Wednesday, and it is being investigated as an act of domestic violence.<\/p>\n
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. \u2014 A vice chair of the Florida Democratic Party and Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen has been found dead, officials announced Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
Coral Springs police said officers conducted an investigation into Bowen’s well-being at her home on Wednesday morning. When they arrived, they found Bowen deceased. Police later confirmed that they suspect foul play.<\/p>\n
“This is being investigated as a domestic violence incident,” Chief Brad Mock said in a news conference on Wednesday evening. Her husband, Stephen Bowen, is in our custody. There are no additional suspects at this time and there are no immediate threats to anyone in the public.”<\/p>\n
Bowen was appointed as vice mayor in 2025, after initially being elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2024.<\/p>\n
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried called it a tragic and untimely loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust days ago, I spoke with Nancy. Just two weeks ago, I held her in a hug at our Party’s Leadership Summit, never imagining it would be one of our last moments together.<\/p>\n
“Nancy was not simply our Vice Chair of Haitian Outreach. She was a scientist. An environmentalist. A brilliant barrier-breaker who made history as the first Black and Haitian-American woman elected to the Coral Springs City Commission. A Vice Mayor who showed up every single day for the people she served. She loved her community deeply and believed, with every fiber of her being, that a better and more equitable future was possible for all of us.<\/p>\n
“Above all, Nancy was my friend and a friend to everyone who has ever believed that democracy was worth fighting for. The world is less bright without her in it.<\/p>\n
“Her memory will forever be a blessing to me, to our party, and to every person whose life she touched. My heart, my prayers, and the full love of the Florida Democratic Party are with her family and the people of Coral Springs as they face this unimaginable, devastating loss.\u201d<\/p>\n
Florida Rep. Angie Nixon (D – Jacksonville) issued a statement Wednesday following news of Bowen’s death.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am in total shock and absolutely devastated to hear that we have lost Nancy, who was my friend, colleague, and sister in the movement. She was a kind and caring person, and a true leader in her community. This is an immense loss for all of us, and the world is darker without her. I am keeping Nancy\u2019s family in my thoughts and prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen is deceased, police said Wednesday, and it is being investigated as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-215341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}