A San Antonio man has been handed a 70-year prison sentence after a Bexar County jury found him guilty in the December 2024 stabbing death of a man at a northeast-side bus stop. The sentencing on Friday caps a months-long case that began when the wounded victim staggered into a nearby business asking for help and later died at a hospital.
How the attack unfolded
San Antonio police say 52-year-old Michael Duran Bowman was stabbed just before 7 a.m. near a VIA bus stop on the city’s Northeast Side, then made his way to a nearby restaurant to seek help, according to KSAT. Local reporting places the scene near the 2600 block of Northeast Loop 410, where officers first responded to the call, per the San Antonio Express‑News.
Investigators reviewed surveillance video and identified 61-year-old Carl Mott as the suspect. Officers arrested him later that same day, according to KSAT.
Conviction and sentence
A Bexar County jury found Mott guilty of murder and tampering with evidence on Jan. 30, 2026, and a judge followed up this week with a 70-year prison term, KENS‑TV reports.
Court documents reviewed by KENS‑TV describe surveillance footage showing Mott tossing what appeared to be a knife into bushes near his workplace about 10 minutes after the attack. Investigators recovered the weapon four days later, and prosecutors told jurors that the video, the knife, and the tight timeline all pointed directly to Mott.
Legal context
Under Texas law, murder is a first-degree felony punishable by five to 99 years or life in prison, a wide range that makes a 70-year stretch one of the stiffer routine outcomes for a homicide conviction. Prosecutors also emphasized the separate conviction for tampering with evidence during the punishment phase. For statutory details, see the Texas Penal Code, Chapter 19.
Case details
Court filings and testimony indicate that Mott had been in a long-running extramarital relationship with the victim’s wife, Crystal Bowman, a detail the state highlighted for jurors, according to KENS‑TV. With sentencing complete, the clock now starts for any appeal Mott’s defense team may choose to file in the coming weeks.
