Tony Lee Copeland, 61, of Paris, Texas, was found with a gunshot wound to the head at a residence in the northwest portion of Lamar County on May 24, 2018. The Lamar County Sheriff’s Office investigated and detectives later obtained a warrant for Teresa Lyn Ross, 50, charging her with murder in connection with Copeland’s death; the warrant was issued May 26, 2018, and Ross was taken into custody June 1, 2018, by the US Marshals division out of Houston. She was held in Lamar County Jail on a half-million-dollar bond.

Copeland had retired from the Paris Independent School District after 26 years as maintenance director. He was active in the Paris Biker Church and enjoyed time with family and riding motorcycles. Multiple agencies, including the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office, Angelina County Sheriff’s Office, and Lufkin Police Department, were involved in the investigation, which local officials described as resolved quickly.

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