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Bowling pleads guilty Plea bargain means minimum of 15 years in prison

Greenville NC - Victim's family asks for privacy, thanks prosecutors (Mark Bowling)

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 11:56 PM

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Family members of a slain radiation therapist said they are satisfied with the plea agreements struck between the state and the admitted killers, even if the public is outraged.

Former Rocky Mount funeral director Mark Bowling admitted Monday that he plotted with a mistress to murder his wife while he was on a diving trip nearly two years ago. (Rocky Mount Telegram)

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Greenville NC - Bowling takes plea deal

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 9:37 PM

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After asserting his innocence for more than 20 months, a former Rocky Mount funeral director unexpectedly admitted Monday morning that he plotted with his mistress to murder his wife nearly two years ago.

Six days after court proceedings began, Mark Bowling and his attorneys agreed to a plea bargain that will send him to prison for no less than 15 years and three months.

Bowling stood straight and fidgeted slightly as he entered the plea, expressing no emotion while his mother wept behind him. (Rocky Mount Telegram)

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Monday, September 29, 2008 at 9:20 PM

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I am not shocked. I believe he did it so the others wouldn't have a chance to testify against him and all the bull manure that he has been involved in would have been made public. I believe some of the good ole boys would have been exposed especially Jerry Fisher.

GREENVILLE – Showing almost no emotion, a former Rocky Mount funeral director unexpectedly admitted today that he plotted with his mistress to murder his wife nearly two years ago.

Only three days into his trial, Mark Bowling and his attorneys this morning negotiated a plea deal that will send him to prison for no less than 15 years and three months. (Rocky Mount Telegram)

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Friday, September 26, 2008 at 10:43 PM

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Mark Bowling’s alleged lover Rose Vincent, 28, pleaded guilty in February to shooting Julie Bowling and pointed to Mark Bowling as the man who orchestrated the slaying.

Guyette described how he knew the firearm used to kill Julie Bowling, 45, in the garage of her River Glenn home was a revolver. (Rocky Mount Telegram)

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Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 11:14 PM

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As prosecutors presented testimony from a co-worker of his slain wife, neighbor, a forensic expert and two law enforcement officials Thursday, Mark Bowling sat almost motionless in the courtroom. (Rocky Mount Telegram)

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 7:31 PM

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So Mark was crying during the trial today. Really? If he had been a faithful husband he would not have to cry. What a damn shame.

A Rocky Mount funeral home director and his mistress plotted for more than 10 months and attempted at least three times to kill his wife, prosecutors told jurors Wednesday.

Opening statements were heard in the Mark Bowling murder trial, with defense attorneys arguing that Bowling was the tragic victim of “fatal attraction.” Attorneys suggested that Bowing would be called to the stand to affirm that claim when the defense presents its case. (Rocky Mount Telegram)

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 11:10 PM

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I met Mark several years ago when he cremated one of my best friends. I will never forget it because my friend husband and I was the last one to leave out of the funeral home as we were leaving.

Mark was talking to my friend about he and his family going down on the coast on his boat to throw her ashes out over the waters. Thought he was a nice guy.

But then a couple of years later he and Jerry Fisher co-hosted the morning show on WHIG and they talked about Andre Knight Rocky Mount City Councilman and NAACP President because they had a problem with him holding both positions. These guys talked about Knight, myself every Wednesday along with other black folks. These 2 guys were a piece of work.

I will never forget going in the Food Lion on my lunch break the morning of the murder and overheard some folks talking about the murder. I then made some phone calls to verify it.

It was a good thing that Knight was out in Las Vegas because I am quite sure Mark and Jerry would have tried to pin the murder on Knight.

I have no sympathy for Mark.

A jury of four men and eight women was selected Tuesday to determine if a former Rocky Mount funeral home director schemed with his mistress 20 months ago to kill his wife.

Opening statements in Mark Bowling’s murder trial are expected to begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Pitt County Courthouse. Court officials will work through the morning to seat a third alternate juror, before moving forward with the trial. (Rocky Mount Telegram)

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Greenville NC - Attorneys vet potential jurors for Rocky Mount Mortician in the Bowling Murder

Monday, September 22, 2008 at 11:49 PM

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Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of former Rocky Mount mortician Mark Bowling, with the judge warning prospective jurors to ignore all past and future media coverage of the highly publicized case. (Rocky Mount Telegram)

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Greenville NC - Bowling trial to start Monday

Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 5:57 AM

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Jury selection in the murder trial of 37-year-old Mark Bowling is set to begin Monday in Pitt County.

Bowling, the former funeral home director, who owned Bowling Funerals and Cremations in Rocky Mount, is accused of plotting to kill his wife Julie Bowling, who was shot multiple times in the garage of their River Glenn home on Dec. 8, 2006.

Bowling, and his alleged mistress of a year, Rose Deloris Parker Vincent, 27, . . . (Wilson Times)

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