Just days after being arrested for allegedly planting a recording device in a girls’ locker room, Joshua Goen, the 43-year-old superintendent of Seagraves ISD, was found dead Friday morning in Shallowater from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Goen was arrested Monday after investigators said security footage showed him entering the Hale Center girls’ locker room before the basketball team arrived. The device later recovered contained multiple videos, including one allegedly showing Goen himself. He was charged with invasive visual recording, a felony that carries up to two years in state jail, and had been released on bond earlier in the week.
The scandal had already rocked the small town’s school district. Goen was placed on administrative leave, with the high school principal stepping in as interim superintendent. His death leaves the investigation open but also leaves the community grappling with the disturbing allegations and sudden fallout.
A superintendent who once oversaw students’ safety is now gone in a scandal marked by betrayal, surveillance, and shame. The case ends abruptly, but the damage to trust in Seagraves ISD lingers.
