Taterea McGuire, 32, a mother of four, was found dead on December 5, 2024, in a secluded field owned by the Fort Worth Water Department. A landscaper discovered her partially clothed with multiple gunshot wounds after McGuire had been reported missing on December 3 by her mother for failing to make contact for 24 hours.

Family members and friends raised concerns about McGuire’s relationship with her 37-year-old boyfriend, LeDarren Tilley, citing a history of domestic violence; her children said Tilley often carried a firearm. Tilley initially told investigators he had dropped McGuire at her home after an argument and then gone to his father’s in Dallas, but surveillance footage placed his vehicle near the field where her body was found around the time she disappeared. Based on evidence and witness statements, Tilley was arrested and charged with McGuire’s murder and is being held in the Tarrant County Jail on $250,000 bond.

McGuire’s family remembers her as kind-hearted and devoted to her children; a GoFundMe has been set up to help with funeral costs and the children’s care. If anyone has information that could help in this case, please come forward.