Poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic is charged with poisoning his wife

Betty Bowman told SS she was sick, possibly from a drink that was mixed into a large smoothie. Investigators found that Connor Bowman had searched ‘Internet browsing history: can it be used in court?’ and ‘delete amazon data police’ on Aug 5. — Unsplash

MINNEAPOLIS: A poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a 32-year-old pharmacist who died days after she went to a hospital in August with stomach distress.

Authorities say Connor Bowman, 30, tried to stop the autopsy on his wife, Betty Bowman – arguing she should be cremated immediately and claiming she had a rare illness, which hospital tests did not confirm. The medical examiner’s office halted the order for cremation, citing suspicious circumstances, according to a criminal complaint, and an autopsy showed Betty Bowman died from toxic effects of colchicine, a medicine used to treat gout.