Who Killed Missy Bevers? Year Later Fitness Instructor's Slaying at Midlothian Church Still Unsolved

Though it's been a year since the slaying of fitness instructor Terri "Missy" Bevers at a Midlothian church, police say they are determined to keep the case from going cold. Investigators have spent thousands of hours poring over hundreds of tips, but there have been no arrests in the slaying. A full-time investigator remains assigned to the case and police are still vetting a few persons of interest. Police have not named a suspect, Assistant Police Chief Kevin Johnson said."Nothing too new except the passage of time," he said. The Red Oak mother of three was attacked shortly after 4 a.m. on April 18, 2016, at the Creekside Church of Christ where she was setting up for an early-morning Camp Gladiator fitness class. It was students who discovered her body. Immediately after her slaying, police released surveillance footage of a person of unknown gender clad in SWAT-type gear swinging what looks like a hammer as they walk through the church with a distinctive gait. Bevers, 45, had puncture wounds to her head and chest, according to a search warrant obtained by KXAS-TV (NBC5). Nothing was taken from the church.  Continue reading...

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