Computer files and a fax at Bowling Funeral Home & Crematory may link Mark Bowling to his wife's death, according to search warrants from the Nash County Sheriff's Office.

Nash County deputies seized all computers and faxes from the Rocky Mount funeral home, according to a search warrant executed Monday.

The warrant application states that someone told investigators that Julie Bowling on Dec. 4 faxed to the funeral home the itinerary of a conference she was to attend on Dec. 5.

It also states "that Mark Bowling used this information, along with a computer at Bowling Funeral Home in an attempt to kill Julie Bowling. This information is crucial to the successful prosecution of this case."

Julie Bowling, 45, was found dead Friday morning in the garage attached to her home. Deputies searched Julie Bowling's locker at Nash General Hospital, where she worked, and seized a personal journal she kept there.

Other search warrants in the case confirm that Rose Deloris Vincent, who is believed to have been Mark Bowling's mistress, confessed to shooting Julie Bowling.

Deputies also seized Vincent's car, a 2002 Chevrolet TrailBlazer, to search for blood or other evidence of the alleged crime.

Vincent, 27, of Middlesex had been involved in a romantic relationship with Mark Bowling for about a year, authorities said. Vincent is married and has three young children. She is being held without bond in the Nash County jail.

An autopsy, completed on Saturday at East Carolina University, revealed Bowling died of multiple gunshot wounds, said Crystal Baity, a university spokeswoman. The release of further details is up to the sheriff's office, said Baity, who added that the official autopsy report will be completed in about four months by the N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill.

Sheriff Dick Jenkins has declined to comment on the details of the investigation, including what type of gun was used.

Mark Bowling, 36, who is being held without bond on suicide watch in the mental health ward at Central Prison in Raleigh, gave power of attorney Tuesday to his brother, Scott Bowling. The move makes Scott Bowling the head of Bowling Funeral Homes, which Mark Bowling ran with Julie Bowling. It also gives him access to Mark Bowling's bank accounts and allows him to act as Mark Bowling in related business transactions.

Mark and Julie Bowling had been married for seven years.

The next court date for Vincent and Bowling, who could both face the death penalty, is scheduled for Jan. 2.