Accused killers Mark Bowling and Rose Delores Vincent are scheduled to appear in court for a second time Tuesday for a probable cause hearing.

Bowling, 36, and Vincent, 27, are charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 8 shooting death of Bowling's wife of seven years, Julie Bowling.

During a probable cause hearing – which can be waived by either defendant – the prosecutor presents a judge with the basis of his case to show there is enough evidence to move forward, and the defendant is allowed full rights of cross-examination.

Neither Bowling nor Vincent had filed a waiver by Friday, according to the Nash County clerk of court's office.

Nash County Assistant District Attorney Keith Werner, who has approached both cases as capital ones thus far, has declined comment on the details of either case.

Vincent, who led authorities to the murder weapon, has confessed to killing Bowling, according to search warrants from the Nash County Sheriff's Office.

Warrants also show that deputies believe a fax and computer files confiscated from Bowling Funeral Home & Crematory – operated by Mark and Julie Bowling – will link Mark Bowling to a plot to kill his wife.

"This information is crucial to the successful prosecution of this case," the warrant states.

Bowling and Vincent met eight years ago when Bowling was the funeral director after Vincent's stepmother's death. The two had a brief romantic relationship at the time and, authorities have said, began seeing each other romantically again about a year before the murder.

Vincent's court-appointed attorney, Rick Hamlett, has said the case is a devastating situation and has asked that the death penalty not be pursued.

"It's a tragic case, no matter what the outcome is going to be," he said previously.

Vincent, who is being held without bond in the Nash County Detention Center, is married and has three young children.

Bowling was on vacation in Florida when the murder occurred, and was arrested after flying back to Rocky Mount the next day.

He was transferred to the mental health ward of Central Prison in Raleigh because he was "extremely suicidal," according to an order signed by Nash County Sheriff Dick Jenkins. He is also being held without bond.

The sheriff's office has declined to comment on any details surrounding the investigation.

Search warrants show that authorities also seized a personal journal from Julie Bowling's locker at Nash Day Hospital, where she worked as a radiation therapist. Authorities also seized Vincent's car, a 2002 Chevrolet TrailBlazer, to search for blood or other evidence of the alleged crime.