The Shadow
A Covington woman has pled guilty to charges connected to the February 2010 shooting death of her husband.
Jessica Hubbard Bowles pled guilty to second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Bowles’ sentencing hearing will be scheduled April 11 by the Alleghany County Circuit Court. She entered guilty pleas in circuit court Feb. 2, Ed Stein, commonwealth’s attorney for Alleghany County and Covington, said.
Bowles was arrested by Covington police Feb. 4, 2010, after she was accused of shooting her husband, Kelly Gene Bowles Sr. Kelly Bowles was pronounced dead at the scene of his 810 N. Pocahontas Ave. residence on the morning of Feb. 4.
Police had responded to the residence after receiving a report that a person had been shot.
Jessica Bowles was originally charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
She pled guilty to the lesser charge of second-degree murder. Under Virginia law, second-degree murder is defined as a murder that is not premeditated.
Bowles faces five to 40 years in prison on the second-degree murder charge. She faces a mandatory term of three years in prison on the charge of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
