Katrina Lynn Blackburn, 22, was found dead in her Hillsboro, Tennessee, home on A Street on September 14, 2023, from a gunshot wound to the head. Deputies from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department responded after a reported shooting and discovered her body.

A man who lived with Blackburn, 27-year-old James Garrett Lyon II, was at the scene and told investigators the firearm discharged accidentally while he was attempting to unload it. After an investigation by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office and the 14th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, Lyon was arrested and charged with reckless homicide and being a felon in possession of a firearm; he was held on $125,000 bond. Records show Blackburn and Lyon shared a nine-month-old daughter, Blackburn had previously sought protection from Lyon, and in May 2023 she had pressed domestic assault charges that were dismissed three days before her death after she missed several court appearances.

Katrina worked at Amazon and is remembered as a devoted mother who enjoyed arts and crafts, painting, sports, cooking, and reading. Did anyone in the Hillsboro area know Katrina, her family, or have information about what happened that night?