ROCHESTER, Minn. – A Rochester doctor just finishing a residency at Mayo Clinic was arraigned on a charge of poisoning his wife fatally. Judge Lisa Hayne set bail at $2 million for Connor Bowman, 30, with stipulations that included GPS monitoring. For $5 million, the judge said Bowman could be released unconditionally on his own recognizance. It was not believed that Bowman had access to those kinds of resources. He was heavily in debt from medical school, although he recently had received $450,000 thought to be a life insurance payout for the death of his wife. Betty Jo Bowman, 33, died at the Mayo hospital of what was believed at the time, in August, to be a sudden-onset autoimmune and infectious illness.
Mayo: No longer ours
Mayo Clinic distanced itself form Bowman. In a news release: “We are aware of the recent arrest of a former Mayo Clinic resident on charges unrelated to his Mayo Clinic responsibilities. The resident’s training at Mayo Clinic ended earlier this month.” Mayo typically has 300 recent medical school graduates as residents. Their salary: $63,000.