Saturday, April 20, 2024
Murder suspect Jeffrey Bryan McLaughlin bonded out of jail Monday afternoon after his bail was reduced from $250,000 to $150,000, according to Sheriff Roger Deeds.
The bond reduction was an agreement between McLaughlin’s attorney and District Attorney Ryan Sinclair with approval from District Judge Bryan Bufkin, according to Bufkin’s court administrator, Penny Weisend.
The agreement includes bond conditions.
McLaughlin is accused of killing his wife, Venisa McLaughlin, 58, an attorney and former prosecutor who worked in the county attorney’s office.
McLaughlin, also 58, was arrested and booked into the Hood County Jail just before 2 p.m. on New Year’s Day.
The Sheriff’s Office has released few details about the incident, which was called in by McLaughlin about 3:20 a.m. Sunday.
Officers responded to a home in the 6100 block of Westover Drive in Pecan Plantation where they found the couple.
Both were transported to Lake Granbury Medical Center where Venisa was later pronounced dead.
Bond conditions for McLaughlin include GPS electronic monitoring and the surrender of his passport.
In addition, he is to have no in-person contact with the victim’s two daughters or go within 1,000 yards of them or a residence, school, or other location frequented by them.
