Overview

• Bowen Fladland has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the killing of his 70-year-old mother, Marlene.
• In a post-Miranda interview he admitted kneeling on her neck until she died and then using a tool to decapitate her.
• He remains held on a cash-only $500,000 bond and has not yet entered a plea.
• Law enforcement officers recovered Marlene’s body in the front yard on July 8 and are collecting evidence while awaiting autopsy findings.
• Fladland previously pleaded no contest to aggravated domestic assault in 2023, receiving a suspended sentence and supervised probation.