In the quiet community of Flatwoods, Kentucky, Janet Gothard, a 63-year-old woman, was fatally shot in her home on Diedrich Drive around noon on Sunday, May 17, 2015. She was transported to Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, where she later died from her injuries.
At the time of the incident, the Kentucky State Police acknowledged they had a suspect in the shooting, although no immediate arrests were made.
An autopsy was scheduled to be performed by the state medical examiner's office in Frankfort to aid in the investigation.
Janet, born on September 1, 1951, in Greenup County, was a graduate of Russell High School. She was known to be a crane operator for CSX at the Raceland Car Shop and the Locomotive Shop in Huntington. She had also worked as a laborer and operator at the former Reclamation Plant in Barboursville and as an operator with Kentucky Electric Steel. She was a member of the Livingstone Baptist Church in Barboursville, West Virginia, and the Flatwoods Church of Christ.
She was survived by her husband, John Lee Gothard, and her son, John Tyler Gothard, both of Flatwoods. Further details regarding any arrests or the identification of the suspect have not been made publicly available in the immediate information released following the event.
