Susana Neufeld, a 40-year-old woman from Seminole, Texas, was found dead from a gunshot wound on February 23, 2019, in the 400 block of County Road 300-J in Gaines County. Deputies and officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol and the Seminole Police Department responded to a call about a woman being shot at about 8:00 PM and discovered her deceased. She was born November 7, 1978, in Andrews, Texas, and is survived by her husband, Jake Neufeld, and their seven children.

A male subject was detained for questioning after the discovery. Jacob Unger Neufeld, 41, was later identified as the suspect; an arrest warrant for murder was obtained and he was held in the Gaines County Jail on one million dollar bond. The State charged him with first-degree murder, alleging he intentionally or knowingly caused Susana’s death by shooting her with a firearm. Family members testified at trial about a violent relationship and prior threats involving a firearm; Susana’s father, John Peters, said Susana and Jacob had been married nearly twenty years. The jury convicted Jacob Unger Neufeld of first-degree murder and sentenced him to life in prison plus a $10,000 fine; the Court of Appeals of Texas, Eleventh District, later affirmed the conviction when he challenged the sufficiency of the evidence.