Missing Texas police officer found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials say
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A Texas police officer who vanished from his home last week was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.
Baytown police officer John Stewart Beasley, 46, was found dead Tuesday in a field three miles from his Cove residence, Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said.
Beasley, a 23-year veteran of the police force, was reported missing Thursday and last seen walking away from his home. It’s believed Beasley died the same day he was reported missing.
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“As far as his mental state, everybody has their ups and downs and who knows whether there may be some depression? But actually we feel like he has a lot of good things going on in his life,” Hawthorne said.
The husband and father was in the middle of building a new house, according to KHOU-TV.
Several law enforcement agencies assisted Baytown police, including K-9 teams from League City and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, according to FOX26 Houston.