Despite criminal record, murder victim was good person, great mom, relative says

YOUNGSTOWN

Teonia Gowdy’s sister-in-law says no matter what Teonia may have done in her past, she was loved by family and friends.

Gowdy, 27, was found shot to death just after noon Wednesday in a home in the 400 block of West Boston Avenue. Her death will be ruled a homicide, says the Mahoning County coroner’s office. It is the city’s eighth this year.

Gowdy was found by friends in an upstairs room; those friends called police.

A steady deluge of cars and people came to see what was going on at the home.

One of those people was Marquia Jarmon, a sister-in-law of Gowdy, who said she wanted people to know Gowdy was a good person even though she had a criminal record.

Gowdy has three sons – age 10, 8 and 5 – and she talked of them constantly, Jarmon siad.

“She was a great mother,” Jarmon said. “She loved her kids.”

Read more about the case in Thursday's Vindicator or on VIndy.com.