KNOXVILLE – A Bloomfield woman was arrested after police say she stole Native American artifacts from a Knoxville residence.

Court records show that the Knoxville Police Department received a report of the stolen artifacts from a Knoxville address in April. The owner of the residence had died and his daughter, who inherited the property, said that part of her father’s Native American artifact collection was missing when she went to pick it up. The collection included a display case containing 15 tomahawk heads.

According to court documents, a Knoxville police officer recognized the case that was reported because it was captured on his body cam during the investigation of the resident’s owner’s death; the footage shows 49-year-old Misty Bowman holding the display case.

Bowman was interviewed later that month, and she confirmed that she was living in the trailer located at the address for a few days after her boyfriend died, but denied stealing the artifacts. However, an officer allegedly found images of Bowman’s daughter on social media that showed a display case with loose artifacts, and a search warrant was issued for the daughter’s address, which was located in Ottumwa.

During the execution of the search warrant, a male witness answered the door and allegedly told authorities that Bowman had brought the artifacts to that residence, adding that Bowman claimed she had received the artifacts from her boyfriend and wanted to put them at the residence for safekeeping.

The artifacts were turned over to authorities and appraised by an expert, with a determined value of approximately $1,850.

Bowman was arrested following the investigation and is now facing a charge of Second Degree Theft, a class D felony.