Murder of Kandee Martin

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On February 16, 2001, in Dorchester County, South Carolina, United States, 21-year-old Kandee Louise Martin (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., was arrested and charged with murder and arson. Bowman, who killed Martin over a monetary dispute, was found guilty of both counts, and sentenced to death for the charge of murdering Martin, while receiving a ten-year jail term for the other charge of third-degree arson. Bowman, who had since lost his appeals against the death penalty, was incarcerated on death row awaiting his execution at Broad River Correctional Institution, where he was eventually executed by lethal injection on January 31, 2025.

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