- Daughter of Jackson Harrison Bowman III (1930 - 2015) and Runelle Bowman.
- Sister of Jackson Bowman IV Bowman.
- She was burial at Largo City Cemetery Largo, Pinellas County, Florida, USA .
- Killed by Ted Bundy.
- Great-great-granddaughter of Pinellas County pioneer Daniel McMullen.
- Niece of Donald C. Bowman.
- Granddaughter of Jackson Harrison Bowman II and Margaret Louise McMullen Bowman.
- Sister-in-law of Robyn Bowman.
- Margaret was born in Honolulu and moved to St. Pete as a teenager in 1973 after her father retired from the U. S . Air Force. She graduated from St. Petersburg High, where she was president of the French National Honor Society and a member of the drama club, scuba club, tennis team and the Civinettes service club.
- More than 20 years after her death, Margaret Bowman was remembered in an obituary by Tom French. He described how she loved reading, and how she went by Margaret, never Peggy or Maggie, since she was in the first grade. She prayed at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in St. Petersburg. Her parents, Jack and Runelle Bowman, donated a cross in her name.
- Margaret had traveled back to St. Petersburg the weekend prior to her death to celebrate her birthday with her family. The last time her father heard from her was when she called him upon returning to Tallahassee to say that she had arrived safely. She was buried in St Petersburg two days after she died.
- Books have been written about him. Movies have been made about him or based on him. TV shows documenting evil still trumpet his name.
- When she died, she was studying art history and classical civilizations. She had just turned 21. Her brother, Jackson, was still in high school.
- Margaret Elizabeth Bowman was a student at Florida State University in 1978 when she was murdered as she slept. Ted Bundy was arrested for the murder a month later.
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