Woman found in burned-out Bowie house was shot to death, police confirm

Prince George’s County police officially said Thursday that Vilma Butler, 46, died of a gunshot wound before the second floor of her Bowie home was engulfed by flames, as first reported by The Examiner. Her badly burned body was pulled from the second-floor master bedroom after firefighters extinguished the blaze. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call 301-772-4925. – Freeman Klopott