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Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen was found dead at home after officers conducted a wellness check, officials said on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Her death<\/a> is being investigated as domestic violence<\/a> and her husband<\/a> has been charged with premeditated murder<\/a> and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, Chief Brad Mock said at a news conference.<\/p>\n Stephen Bowen, 40, is being held at Broward County\u2019s main jail, according to online records and there are no additional suspects, Mock said.<\/p>\n Metayer Bowen, the city’s first Black and Haitian American female commissioner<\/a>, was elected in 2020 and reelected in 2024 and appointed to serve a second, one-year term as vice mayor in November, according to her biography on the city\u2019s website. She was an environmental scientist and before serving as a commissioner she led environmental justice efforts across Florida<\/a> with a focus on community resilience.<\/p>\n Metayer Bowen also served as the vice chair of the Florida Democratic Party. In a statement, Party Chair Nikki Fried remembered hugging Metayer Bowen at a leadership summit two weeks ago, \u201cnever imagining it would be one of our last moments together.\u201d<\/p>\n An attorney was not listed on Stephen Bowen\u2019s behalf and one responded immediately to messages left by The Associated Press at phone listings for Stephen Bowen and his relatives. A person hung up at one of those phone numbers. <\/p>\n \u201cShe 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,\u201d Fried said. \u201cAbove 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Metayer Bowen gave much of herself to Coral Springs, which is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Fort Lauderdale, City Manager Catherine Givens said at Wednesday’s news conference.<\/p>\n \u201cShe wasn\u2019t just a leader. She was the light in every room that she entered. She was a steady voice in difficult times, a compassionate soul who lifted others up and a friend to so many,\u201d Givens said. \u201cOur hearts are truly broken.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-217452","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\/217452","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=217452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Nancy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Florida_Vice_Mayor_Killed_6_276.jpg\")
Nancy Metayer Bowen was the city’s first Black and Haitian American female commissioner<\/p>\n