On February 16, 2001, in Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States, 21-year-old Kandee Louise Martin [a] (October 2, 1979 – February 16, 2001) was shot to death by a high school acquaintance, who stuffed her body inside the trunk of her car and set fire to the vehicle, burning her body as a result. The killer, Marion Bowman Jr. (June 6, 1980 - …

Jan 30, 2025 · Kandee Martin was murdered on a dark country road 24 years ago, but her sister-in-law's favorite memory of the forever 21-year-old woman stands out in vivid, hilarious detail: a very pregnant ...

Jan 26, 2025 · Kandee Martin in an undated photo included in Marion Bowman's petition papers to the S.C. Supreme Court on Dec. 16, 2024. The photo was part of a glamour shot that Martin loved.

Jan 31, 2025 · Bowman, who was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m., was on Death Row for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin, a young mother who was killed five days before her son's second birthday. Police ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Bowman was sentenced to death for the Feb. 16, 2001, shooting death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin five days before her son's second birthday. The daughter of a rebar contractor and a stay-at-home ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Bowman, 44, was convicted of murder in the shooting death of a friend, 21-year-old Kandee Martin, whose burned body was found in the trunk of a car. Witnesses to the execution included Bowman’s attorney, a representative of the solicitor’s office that prosecuted the case and three members of the news media.

Jan 30, 2025 · Marion Bowman Jr., a death row inmate in South Carolina, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Friday for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin. Bowman's attorneys are raising ...

Jan 2, 2025 · COLUMBIA — Barred from sharing his story in an interview as his execution date looms, Marion Bowman Jr. has released a statement admitting he sold drugs and had sexual relations with...

Jan 3, 2025 · On Feb. 16, 2001, Bowman stopped outside a house in Dorchester County to speak with 21-year-old Kandee Martin, according to court documents. Bowman’s sister, who had been driving him, later testified in court that Bowman accused Martin of owing him money.

Jan 3, 2025 · He has been on death row since 2002 for the death of 21-year-old Kandee Martin. Martin had been shot in the head and her body found in the truck of a car that had been burned in rural Dorchester County.