{"id":348895,"date":"2026-04-02T01:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/florida-democratic-politician-found-dead-in-her-home-husband-arrested"},"modified":"2026-04-02T01:18:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:18:48","slug":"florida-democratic-politician-found-dead-in-her-home-husband-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/florida-democratic-politician-found-dead-in-her-home-husband-arrested","title":{"rendered":"Florida Democratic Politician Discovered Lifeless In Her Dwelling, Husband Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Florida Democratic Politician<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Found Dead In Home, Husband Arrested<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-01T17:36:23-07:00\"><br \/>\n               April 1, 2026<br \/>\n              5:36 PM PDT<\/time><br \/>\n                                   <span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-01T18:45:02-07:00\"><br \/>\n                 April 1, 2026<br \/>\n                6:45 PM PDT<\/time>\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-9cbd5b4f04360bae6e9c0a27859e61d6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260401_81ee854d1df44d15b7688edf2dc89fa1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dcd43a34-e824-423c-b055-6b7724eb8291\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Congress\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/81\/4by3\/2026\/04\/01\/81ee854d1df44d15b7688edf2dc89fa1_md.jpg\" alt=\"Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen facebook\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9cbd5b4f04360bae6e9c0a27859e61d6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-52e1d67076f60b65d02f43057ceeb5be\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Nancy Metayer Bowen<\/strong>, a Florida Democratic politician gearing up to run for Congress, was found dead in her home &#8230; and police say her husband has been arrested in connection with her death.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-52e1d67076f60b65d02f43057ceeb5be--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6c7622a74b463326f13649fd6765d420\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Nancy was the vice mayor and commissioner of Coral Springs &#8230; and local police say they went to her home Wednesday morning for a wellness check and found her dead body.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6c7622a74b463326f13649fd6765d420--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fc62b0189651dfa40217d73b08e2594a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260401_5c2c2b07456e4ea893c73b04a31d395d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dcd43a34-e824-423c-b055-6b7724eb8291\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5c\/4by3\/2026\/04\/01\/5c2c2b07456e4ea893c73b04a31d395d_md.jpg\" alt=\"Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen facebook 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fc62b0189651dfa40217d73b08e2594a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e57e0e010fa76dcd4d4821b66e7f2d02\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Cops say Nancy&#8217;s husband, <strong>Stephen Bowen<\/strong>, is in custody and her death is being investigated as a domestic violence incident. Police also say there are no additional suspects.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e57e0e010fa76dcd4d4821b66e7f2d02--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bbfb924ea19a574f1d46d942f4d0d00c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Florida Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jared-moskowitz\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Jared Moskowitz<\/strong><\/a> says Nancy was about to announce she was running for Congress &#8230; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/community\/broward\/article315269982.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Miami Herald<\/strong><\/a> reports the announcement was scheduled for Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bbfb924ea19a574f1d46d942f4d0d00c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1ede3953d08a28e73fbd33b9a434ec10\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default \">\n<div id=\"cb-1ede3953d08a28e73fbd33b9a434ec10-1064785946-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>\n   I\u2019m in shock. I was just with her on Saturday. She just buried her brother. She was about to announce she was running for Congress. Nancy was one of the nicest people I worked with. Always fighting for her community, always pushing to help. She had such a future. This is terrible <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rjWaFneQN7\">https:\/\/t.co\/rjWaFneQN7<\/a><br \/>\n       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaredEMoskowitz\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@JaredEMoskowitz<\/a>\n     <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1ede3953d08a28e73fbd33b9a434ec10--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f46686cbda05c80e1cbfa94d3fab6cdb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The outlet, citing sources, reports Nancy was going to run in a Democratic primary for the seat held by Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sheila-cherfilus-mccormick\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick<\/strong><\/a>, who was indicted for allegedly funneling millions of dollars of disaster relief funds to her campaign.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f46686cbda05c80e1cbfa94d3fab6cdb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-47adf51b4ef45859bca7e300e1bb3b53\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Nancy was elected in 2020 as the first Black and Haitian American woman commissioner of Coral Springs &#8212; she was reelected in 2024 &#8212; and in November 2025, she was appointed to serve a second term as the city&#8217;s vice mayor.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-47adf51b4ef45859bca7e300e1bb3b53--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5952bcce218791c4e1a1c3dc2322aaa4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5952bcce218791c4e1a1c3dc2322aaa4--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/01\/nancy-metayer-bowen-found-dead-husband-arrested\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Democratic Politician Found Dead In Home, Husband Arrested Published April 1, 2026 5:36 PM PDT | Updated April 1, 2026 6:45 PM PDT Nancy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":348898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1674,25956,3,25958,19344,25957,5881,25927,10760,7789,15992],"class_list":["post-348895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-congress","tag-democratic-politician","tag-florida","tag-husband-arrested-florida-democratic-politician-discovered-lifeless-in-dwelling","tag-jared-moskowitz","tag-lady-commissioner","tag-major","tag-nancy-metayer-bowen","tag-sheila-cherfilus-mccormick","tag-the-primary","tag-vice-mayor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348897,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348895\/revisions\/348897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}