Timeline: Life of Renee Nicole Good (1988-2026)

This timeline is based on facts in

 the Minneapolis Star Tribune,

the New York Times, 

and other sources 

as of Jan. 14, 2026.

Please send corrections to

AnneLinstatter@gmail.com.

1988 – April 2             

                                  Born in Colorado Springs to Donna and Tim Granger, who had five children.

                                    Was raised attending Village Seven Pres. Church, Colorado Springs.

·         This church was part of the Presbyterian Church – USA. Now it is part of the Presbyterian Church of America, which opposes women pastors, legal access to abortion, and same-sex marriage.

·         Her uncle is a minister in a PCUSA church in Nebraska.

2002                        Went on church mission trip to Northern Ireland.

·         Friend on that trip, Rebecca Hainsworth, remembers her as kind with a beautiful voice.

·         They led Bible studies with Northern Irish teenagers.

2006                            Graduated from Coronado High School in Colorado Springs.

        Summer               Made another mission trip.

                                          ·         Served at First Presbyterian Church, Saintfield, N. Ireland.

·         Served with mission teams in Ballysally.

·         Served again with a church in Northern Ireland in 2007.

                       

2009                            Married Justin Sheppard, serving in the military. She was 21.

·         Her uncle officiated at wedding (this one?).

·         Daughter born in 2010—now 15 yrs old.

·         Son born in 2013 – now 12 years old.

2015                            Divorce.

2015-16                       Attended Metropolitan State University in Denver.

 

2018                            Married Timmy Macklin Jr., who was serving in Air Force.

·         Sister-in-law Jessica Fletcher

·         Traveled to NYC, Paris, and then Oregon where he had relatives.

2019                               Son born--now 6 years old.     

2020 - January             Pandemic began.                   

2020 - December         Graduated from Old Dominion University in Norfolk VA.

·         English major

·         Earned Academy of American Poets prize earlier in year.

                                   

2022 – December        She and Macklin separated (not divorced).                           

 

2023 – May                 Macklin, her second husband, died.

·         “The military just really took a toll on him” – his sister said.

·         Also the first Trump administration took a toll.

                                    She was living in Colorado.   

                       

2023 - October            She changed her surname to Macklin Good.

·         She & Rebecca Good started living together in Kansas City MO.

·         They owned a business called B. Good Handywork LLC.

·         Neighbor Jennifer Ferguson liked the family.

 

2024 – November 5    Donald Trump re-elected.

            December        Renee and Rebecca Good left Kansas City, Missouri.

                                                Visited family

                                                Went to Canada, trying to figure out where to live.

 

2025 – Jan., Feb.         Visited Macklin family in Oregon & Tennessee with 6-year-old son.

            March              Arrived in Minneapolis.

·         Lived in Powderhorn neighborhood, which was becoming gentrified.

·         Diverse neighborhood, people supported each other.

            Fall                  Hosted poetry workshops at her son’s elementary school.

 

2026 – January 6         A block captain for a group monitoring whereabout of ICE agents knocked                                    on doors of her block handing out pamphlets & whistles.

            January 7         Killed by ICE officer in Minneapolis.

·         Portland Avenue South, between E. 33^rd and 34^th Streets.

·         She was 37 years old.

·         Her younger son was 6 yrs. old.

·         Her wife Rebecca Good was in the car.

 

Sources:

“Renee Good came to Minneapolis seeking a safe place. Less than a year later, she was killed.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jan. 14, 2026.

“Who Was Renee Good, the Woman Killed by an ICE Agent in Minneapolis?” by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Dan Simmons, and Ann Hinga Klein.  New York Times, Jan. 10, 2026.

“Presbyterians learn of Renee Nicole Good’s connections, work within denomination” by Gerald Farinas. Website of Edgewater Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Illinois. Jan. 10, 2026.

“Killing of Renee Good.” Wikipedia.