Murder suspect linked to burned bodies confesses

Bowman_The man police say kidnapped and killed a north Texas convenience store clerk may be connected to two other deaths in the Bowie area late last week, and prosecutors say he has confessed.  30-year-old Wallace Bowman, Jr. was under suspicion in the deaths of a married couple whose burned bodies were found after a house fire in Bowie.  Investigators have identified the victims as 54-year-old James and 53-year-old Karen France.  Bowman admitted he new the couple, and that he killed them before setting their house on fire.  Prosecutors say they will likely file murder charges once autopsy reports on the couple are finished.

Bowman is in Jack County Jail on charges of aggravated robbery and kidnapping convenience store clerk Mindy Daffern of Scotland, Texas.

Authorities found Daffern's body in Sunset on Saturday, 50 miles from Scotland.

Scotland has about 450 residents.  Sunset is a small town about 10 miles south of Bowie, with a population of less than 400 people.

Archer County Sheriff Ed Daniels says they are waiting on the autopsy results before charging Bowman in Daffern's death, but they expect to file capital murder charges.

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