Juliet Vernon Taylor was killed in three-car accident involving a wrong-way vehicle.  She was traveling with a friend to Key West for a weekend vacation.  The divorced mother of four, ages 18, 17, 12, and 9, was living in Sarasota, FL at the time.  
Juliet was active in the Silver-Haired Legislature, an organization dedicated to bettering the lives of the elderly.

Juliet Vernon received a B.A. from BYU and worked, briefly, at the Pentagon as a computer programmer.