Poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic is charged with poisoning his wife
A former medical resident at the Mayo Clinic 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 MINNEAPOLIS -- A poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poison ing 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. Medical records indicate she was not diagnosed with gout and had not been prescribed the medicine, the complaint states, ad...