Homicide Investigation Arrest
Published on October 01, 2025
Roberto E Bryan Jr.
Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: L. Hicks, Office of the Chief
Date: October 1, 2025 Phone: (910) 433- 1814 OCA: 2025- 003718
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Homicide Investigation Arrest
(Fayetteville, NC)- On February 21, 2025, at approximately 2:40 a.m., officers with the Fayetteville Police Department responded to a homicide investigation in the area of Bragg Boulevard and Winston Avenue.
The decedent was identified as Mark Anthony Singletary (Black male, 35 years old) of Fayetteville, NC.
On September 16, 2025 US Marshals arrested Christopher Quinton Cowans BM, 35 years of age in New York on outstanding warrants from the Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit. Cowans was transported back to Fayetteville, NC on September 30, 2025 and charged with First Degree Murder. He is currently being held in the Cumberland County Detention Center on no bond.
Anyone with information regarding this homicide investigation is asked to contact Detective E. Alrafai at 910-723-0327.
If you have information on this investigation and would like to remain anonymous, you can contact CrimeStoppers at (910) 483-8477. CrimeStoppers information can also be submitted electronically, by visiting http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org and completing the anonymous online tip sheet, or by downloading the FREE “P3 Tips” app available for Apple devices in the Apple App Store and available for Android devices in Google Play.
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Homicide Investigation
(Fayetteville, NC)- On February 21, 2025, at approximately 2:40 a.m., officers with the Fayetteville Police Department responded to a homicide investigation in the area of Bragg Boulevard and Winston Avenue.
Upon arrival, officers located a victim who was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Anyone with information regarding this homicide investigation is asked to contact Detective E. Alrafai at 910-723-0327.
Detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit are actively investigating this homicide, and additional information will be released as it becomes available.
If you have information on this investigation and would like to remain anonymous, you can contact CrimeStoppers at (910) 483-8477. CrimeStoppers information can also be submitted electronically, by visiting http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org and completing the anonymous online tip sheet, or by downloading the FREE “P3 Tips” app available for Apple devices in the Apple App Store and available for Android devices in Google Play.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty
122nd Nationally Accredited Law Enforcement Agency
467 Hay Street
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Visit us at http://www.bethebadge.com & http://www.facebook.com/fayetteville.police
The City of Fayetteville, North Carolina does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, national origin, religion, or disability in its employment opportunities, programs, services, or activities.