{"id":199,"date":"2026-10-01T17:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/?p=199"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:27:04","slug":"in-loving-memory-of-veronica-tussey-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/?p=199","title":{"rendered":"IN LOVING MEMORY OF VERONICA TUSSEY-TAYLOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: var(--origin-text); font-size: 16px;\">With heavy hearts, we remember <\/span><strong style=\"color: var(--origin-text); font-size: 16px;\">Veronica Tussey-Taylor, 59<\/strong><span style=\"color: var(--origin-text); font-size: 16px;\">, a Brazos County resident whose life was tragically lost following a fatal shooting at a residence in the <\/span><strong style=\"color: var(--origin-text); font-size: 16px;\">6400 block of Trace Bend in northern Brazos County, Texas, on Wednesday, September 30, 2026<\/strong><span style=\"color: var(--origin-text); font-size: 16px;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_20261001_182627-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_20261001_182627-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_20261001_182627.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just after <strong>9 p.m.<\/strong>, deputies responding to a welfare concern discovered Veronica deceased after she suffered a <strong>gunshot wound<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, authorities determined her vehicle was missing and developed a suspect. The vehicle was later tracked to <strong>northern Harris County<\/strong> using automated license plate readers, including Flock cameras, and was located by a <strong>Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Before deputies entered the property, the suspect, <strong>John Goodwin, 54, of College Station<\/strong>, died by suicide using a firearm. He was later confirmed deceased. Authorities said Veronica and Goodwin were known to each other.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Our deepest condolences go out to <strong>Veronica\u2019s family, friends, and loved ones<\/strong>. May they find comfort in the memories, love, and precious moments they shared with her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May Veronica Tussey-Taylor rest peacefully and remain forever remembered. \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f\ud83e\udd0d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With heavy hearts, we remember Veronica Tussey-Taylor, 59, a Brazos County resident whose life was tragically lost following a fatal shooting at a residence in the 6400 block of Trace Bend in northern Brazos County, Texas, on Wednesday, September 30, 2026. Just after 9 p.m., deputies responding to a welfare concern discovered Veronica deceased after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/definitelynot.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}