Overview

• Dr. Connor Bowman, a former Mayo Clinic doctor, has been indicted on an upgraded charge of first-degree premeditated murder for the alleged poisoning death of his wife, Betty Bowman.
• Bowman is accused of poisoning his wife with colchicine, a drug used to treat gout, and then trying to have her body quickly cremated.
• Bowman allegedly planned to cash in a $500,000 life insurance policy after his wife's death.
• Bowman's internet search history allegedly revealed he had looked up material about colchicine and its lethal dosage, as well as how to obtain sodium nitrate, a drug used to restrict oxygen in the blood.
• If convicted of the new charge, Bowman faces life behind bars without the possibility of parole.