​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The husband of the vice chair of the Florida Democratic Party is accused of premeditated murder and tampering with evidence after his wife was found dead, according to jail records.. Investigators confirmed that vice chair of the Florida Democratic Party and Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen’s body was found around 10 a.m. during a welfare check.. Few details have been released surrounding her death, including the cause.. On Thursday morning, Stephen Bowen appeared before a judge in a bond court hearing where he was ordered held without bond.. FLORIDA VICE MAYOR FOUND DEAD IN HOME AFTER ‘DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT’; HUSBAND IN POLICE CUSTODY. “I have reviewed the probable cause affidavit. The court does find probable cause for the charges,” the judge said.. Bowen was first elected to the Coral Springs City Commission in 2020 and was re-elected in 2024. She was appointed by the commission last November to serve a second, one-year term as vice mayor, according to her bio on the city’s website.. Before being elected to the commission, Bowen worked as an environmental scientist who formerly served on the Broward County Soil and Water Conservation District, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.. Bowen’s family confirmed her death on her social media accounts.. “Throughout her years in public office, she led with integrity, compassion, and an unwavering sense of purpose,” the family’s statement said.. “She believed in bringing people together, listening to those she served, and working tirelessly to create positive change in her community. To us, she was a source of strength, wisdom, and love — someone who always put others before herself.. “While many knew her as a leader and advocate, we knew her as a sister, a daughter, and a friend whose warmth and laughter filled every room. Her legacy will live on not only in the policies she helped shape, but in the countless lives she touched.”. The Coral Springs government Facebook page paid tribute to Bowen, calling her “leadership grounded in compassion, strength, and an unwavering commitment to others.”. “Her impact on Coral Springs is immeasurable, and her loss leaves a void in our hearts. We ask our community to keep her family, loved ones, and all who are grieving in your thoughts and prayers. In this difficult time, we stand together as one city. We will carry her light, even in this darkness.”. U.S. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, D-Fla., said he was saddened to hear of Bowen’s death, remembering her as a “tireless advocate, a dedicated progressive leader, and a powerful voice for her community.”. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL. Rep. Jared Moskowitz posted on X: “I’m in shock. I was just with her on Saturday. She just buried her brother. She was about to announce she was running for Congress.”. “Nancy was one of the nicest people I worked with,” he said. “Always fighting for her community, always pushing to help. She had such a future. This is  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. An Arizona girl who vanished at age 13 under what authorities once called “suspicious circumstances” has been found alive more than three decades later — closing a decades-old cold case while raising new questions about where she’s been and what really happened.. The Gila County Sheriff’s Office announced this week that Christina “Tina” Marie Plante, who disappeared from Star Valley, Arizona, in 1994, has been located and identified after 32 years. Authorities say she is alive and her case is now officially resolved.. But beyond that, investigators are saying very little.. According to the original missing person bulletin, Plante was last seen around 12:30 p.m. on May 15, 1994, leaving her home on Moonlight Drive in Star Valley on foot. She told others she was heading to a nearby stable where her horse was kept, but she never arrived.. FAMILY RAMPS UP SEARCH FOR MISSING COFFEE SHOP OWNER, MOTHER OF TWO, URGES PUBLIC TO CHECK CAMERAS. At the time, authorities classified her case as “missing/endangered” under suspicious circumstances, signaling concern that she may have been in danger or the victim of foul play.. She was described as having blue eyes and dark blonde hair and was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, multicolored shorts, and black tennis shoes.. JIMMY GRACEY’S CHAIN NECKLACE NEVER RECOVERED AFTER SPANISH POLICE RULE DEATH ACCIDENTAL. Despite extensive searches involving law enforcement, volunteers and regional resources, no viable leads emerged.. For years, Plante’s case remained open, periodically reviewed by investigators and preserved in national missing persons databases.. GOT A TIP?. The sheriff’s office credits the eventual breakthrough to the formation of a Cold Case Unit and advances in modern investigative techniques.. FOLLOW US ON X. “Utilizing advances in technology, modern investigative techniques, and detailed case review, detectives developed new leads that ultimately led to a breakthrough,” the agency said.. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL. After more than three decades, authorities confirmed Plante’s identity and location. She is now approximately 44 years old.. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS. While the outcome is rare and remarkable, officials are withholding nearly all details about what happened during the decades she was missing. The sheriff’s office has not said where Plante has been since 1994, whether her disappearance involved a crime, or how investigators ultimately located her.. “Out of respect for Christina’s privacy and well-being, additional details will not be released at this time,” the agency said.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Authorities emphasized that the case’s resolution underscores the importance of cold case investigations and evolving technology in generating new leads, even decades later. Officials are encouraging anyone with information about other unresolved cases to come forward.. Stepheny Price covers crime, including missin  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. The mayor of Providence once again slammed a now-canceled mural project that would have honored Iryna Zarutska, a slain Ukrainian refugee living in North Carolina who was allegedly murdered by a career criminal on public transit last year.. “I regret the state of where we are in politics today where absolutely everything is political and controversial and hard,” Mayor Brett Smiley said in an interview with WPRI. “There’s nothing we should be doing to take away from the tragedy of the loss of life represented here, but then it was distorted by an erroneous tweet by our president and then a movement was funded by some right-wing billionaires, and it found its way to our community.”. Smiley decried the project for not following an unspecified “thoughtful process” through which the city commissions public art. The mural project was privately commissioned and was being painted on the exterior of a private business.. Elon Musk contributed $1 million to help fund a nationwide campaign of public murals depicting Zarutska.. PROVIDENCE MAYOR CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF IRYNA ZARUTSKA MURAL, SAYS INTENT IS ‘DIVISIVE,’ ‘MISGUIDED’. “A private owner of a building decided to put a mural up that I don’t think he understood the full context of, and I was asked whether I thought it should come down, and I thought it should,” said Smiley. “I didn’t stifle anyone’s speech, it was his decision whether to continue with it or to take it down, but it certainly wasn’t bringing us together as a community. There was really angry protests on both sides, a lot of hate speech online, and so I don’t think we’re a stronger, more united community because of this mural, and so I thought the best thing to do was just to take it down.”. Earlier this week, Smiley put out his first statement on the mural, calling it “divisive” and “misguided.”. “The murder of the individual depicted in this mural was a devastating tragedy, but the misguided, isolating intent of those funding murals like the one across the country is divisive and does not represent Providence,” the statement said, later adding that he wants to “encourage our community to support local artists whose work brings us closer together rather than divide us.”. The business that planned on displaying the mural was The Dark Lady, an LGBT bar in the city.. Facing backlash from the LGBT community and others, the owners of the bar first defended themselves, saying on Instagram, saying, “Any of you who know us personally—even just for five minutes—realize the illicit intentions being portrayed here are completely false.”. The next day, the bar released a statement saying the project was being “temporarily” paused.. Still, the business faced intense heat.. On Tuesday, the bar said that after “reflecting and learning,” the project was officially shut down.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Zarutska was killed on Aug. 22 after she was randomly stabbed from behind on a Charlotte, Nort  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Passengers screamed and pleaded to “turn around” as flames shot from an engine of a Delta Air Lines aircraft moments after takeoff, forcing the flight bound for Atlanta to make a rapid return to São Paulo, Brazil.. Delta Flight 104, an Airbus A330-300 carrying 272 passengers and 14 crew, had just departed São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport on Sunday when a mechanical problem struck its left engine, the airline confirmed to Fox News Digital.. Videos recorded by passengers show sparks and bursts of flame coming from the engine, lighting up the night sky as the aircraft gained altitude.. “Turn around!” passengers can be heard shouting.. FOLLOW US ON X. Pilots declared an emergency, shut down the affected engine and circled back to the airport, landing safely shortly after departure.. Airport Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) teams were standing by on the runway and video showed crew spraying down the aircraft.. Video from inside the cabin shows passengers erupting into cheers and applause, some shouting in relief after the aircraft came to a stop.. CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWS. No injuries were reported. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration for additional information.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. Delta said the flight returned “following an indication of a mechanical issue with the aircraft’s left engine” and that the crew followed established procedures.. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL. Passengers were taken back to the terminal and later rebooked.. “The safety of our customers and crew is our highest priority. We apologize to our customers for this delay in their travels,” the airline said in a statement to Fox News Digital.. GOT A TIP?  

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. California’s sanctuary law is under fire yet again after a notorious MS-13 machete-wielding gangster known as “the witch” has been nabbed for the second time in the state after being caught and released during the Biden administration in 2023.. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in San Diego have arrested David Antonio Aviles Perez, 35, who is wanted in El Salvador for aggravated murder. He was first arrested and released in Monterey, California, in 2023 on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly swinging a machete at a man.. “ICE arrested this dangerous criminal illegal alien and MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador for murder,” Acting Assistant Department of Homeland Secretary (DHS) Lauren Bis wrote in a statement last week.. “Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary policies allowed this gang member to be released from jail after his arrest for assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, and petty theft.”. DHS CALLS RAPE OF AUTISTIC TEEN ‘MOST HEINOUS WE’VE SEEN’ AS ICE DETAINER TESTS CALIFORNIA SANCTUARY LAWS. ICE netted one of El Salvador’s most notorious executioners in the same week DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin was sworn in by President Donald Trump.. Aviles Perez is being held pending removal to El Salvador, a contrast to his Biden administration release as an illegal alien alleged to have threatened a California man with a machete in 2023.. The case has intensified criticism from federal officials of California’s sanctuary law under Newsom, which limits local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.. OBAMA-APPOINTED JUDGE ORDERS RELEASE OF MS-13 GANG MEMBER WITH HISTORY OF RAPE, ROBBERY, ATTACKED ICE OFFICERS. “Releasing this gang member back into California neighborhoods put American lives at risk,” Bis’ statement concluded. “Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Mullin, this murderer is off our streets and will soon be out of our country.”. El Salvador had sentenced Aviles Perez, known as “la bruja” (“the witch”), to 20 years in prison for a 2014 gang killing, according to the Salvadoran prosecution’s indictment from December, which reported he was alleged to have “shot the victim in the chest, back, and face” and was a known MS-13 gang member.. Aviles Perez’s criminal violence reportedly continued in California in 2023 after crossing the border at an unknown date. He was alleged to have “swung a machete” at a homeless man at Laguna Grande Park near Monterey State Beach and “hid the machete which was later recovered in the Holiday Inn parking lot,” according to the report.. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP. He was charged and convicted before being released back onto the streets.