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Autopsy Findings Released in the Death of Syracuse Woman

SYRACUSE, Ind. (WOWO): The autopsy has been completed on 23-year-old Tara Thornburg, of Syracuse. She was shot in the head by 22-year-old Brandon Woody.


The cause of death has been determined to be gunshot wound(s) to the head and the manner of death has been determined to be a homicide.


Thornburg succumbed to her injuries Friday, February 20, that according to the Allen County Coroner's Office. 


Woody was taken into custody Thursday, February 19, after shots were fired at 12:30 a.m., that same day at a home on E. Main Street. According to a probable cause affidavit Thornburg called 911 saying that she needed help and that Woody shot her boyfriend in the head. Dispatch then lost contact with Thornburg. Syracuse police officers went to the home and found Thornburg conscious with a gunshot wound to the head. Police say she stated twice that “Brandon Woody” shot her. She was then airlifted to the hospital. 


19-year-old Joshua Knisley, was found in the upstairs of the home with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead on the scene. 

 

A Fort Wayne police officer spoke with the doctor who treated Thornburg and stated that the bullet entered through her mouth and went through her CI vertebrae. He continued to say that he thought the weapon was placed inside Thornburg's mouth when she was shot.

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