BAKERSVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A Mitchell County man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2016 kidnapping and killing of another man.
Travis Wayne Bowman was sentenced Friday, Feb. 14, 2020.
MITCHELL COUNTY MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER IN 2016 KILLING
The jury had returned guilty verdicts on Wednesday Feb. 12, 2020, for first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and fossession of a firearm by a convicted felon after a four-and-a-half-week trial.
The convictions came in connection to the September 2016 murder of Joshua Emmanuel Buchanan. Among the jury’s findings were that Mr. Bowman’s role in the murder was premeditated and deliberate and that the murder involved the torture of the victim by Bowman.
“By holding Travis Wayne Bowman accountable for his heinous and cruel actions, the verdict in this case has brought a measure of closure for Joshua Buchanan’s family,” District Attorney Seth Banks said in a statement.