TX - Terri 'Missy' Bevers, 45, killed in church/suspect in SWAT gear, 18 Apr 2016 #43

[janesmith787]

Not uncommon to move CG indoors if it’s raining as heavy as it was. Every camp has an alternate location for rainy days. Some are in the same location (just inside) and others are within close distance for the alternate. They also have these for when it’s extremely cold. The trainers make the call sometimes the night before, other times they say they’ll post by X time in the morning. They never cancel camp, unless the rare ice storm we had here a few years ago. I’d never seen it cancelled in my years of doing it until then. Yes, I know MB posted they’re still training even if it’s raining (my paraphrase.)


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[WannaBDetective]

Question for the forum, especially for those who are very familiar with the church layout, may have been in the church before, etc.

If you're standing outside the entrance doors under the awning, or if you're just inside those doors, what can you see from there? Can you only see the hallway, or can you see into that alcove on the left that contains the bathrooms?

Standing behind the SW doors (they were locked, didn't want to buzz and disturb staff.) The hallway appeared longer than the schematic. You couldn't see very much at all into the alcove.

 

[JnRyan]

I believe that she would have gone inside to use the bathroom, or turn on the bathroom lights for the others, or gone to the kitchen to get ice.

Just a thought. I've been under the assumption that if this was a planned murder, the killer would have to have known the gladiator camp was going to be held indoors and therefore the opportunity to attack Missy indoors. BUT even if the class was held outside that day wouldn't Missy have opened the church anyway? For the members to have access to bathrooms and water fountains, it would seem she would have opened the doors and gone inside to maybe turn on lights or do a brief check. If this was a planned murder and the killer did their research they would have known this.

 

[Owl4]

Hi all! [emoji137]*♀️I've only been following this thread a few months. I believe she was targeted. This crime was planned. Who knows if was a jilted ex lover or her husband that had her killed or some person she new from her past that seen she was teaching these classes, had lots of animosity because maybe Missy wouldn't date this person when she was a teenager or young adult and thought "Now I'm gonna get ya"
Just my thoughts but watching the video of the person with the helmet on (killer)
Is a woman. I think she at times trys to present as a man as far as how she walks. Also the way this person swings the hammer is very feminine. MOO.
Have a great day all. Hope LE catches this person.

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[KaaBoom]

Hi all! [emoji137]*♀️I've only been following this thread a few months. I believe she was targeted. This crime was planned. Who knows if was a jilted ex lover or her husband that had her killed or some person she new from her past that seen she was teaching these classes, had lots of animosity because maybe Missy wouldn't date this person when she was a teenager or young adult and thought "Now I'm gonna get ya"
Just my thoughts but watching the video of the person with the helmet on (killer)
Is a woman. I think she at times trys to present as a man as far as how she walks. Also the way this person swings the hammer is very feminine. MOO.
Have a great day all. Hope LE catches this person.

The problem I see with that theory. First, you don't think in two years of investigation, the police have thoroughly looked into all of MBs former relationships?

Second, who does that type of thing? Can you give me even one example of a 45 year old woman. who was murdered because she refused to have a relationship, when she was a teenager?

I'm sorry, but that sounds more like a movie plot, then real life. I don't think that type of thing happens in real life. If somebody wants to kill somebody else, they are going to do it sooner than later. They are certainly not going to do it 30 years later. I just don't think that is human nature.

 

[DeDee]

bbm

Just my speculation, but I think that she drove under the awning at either 4:16 or 4:18 and that a camera inside the church picked up the headlights and possibly the truck itself. Then probably the same camera picked up MB herself entering the building 2-4 minutes later. I doubt she went out and came back in.

And here's something else. I know MPD said on that first day that the class had been moved inside due to weather. I question that, though. MB on her FB the night before told her campers that they would have cover under the awning. I think it was the common practice at CofC during rain to do their camp under that awning, not inside the building. But I guess there are pictures we've seen of the campers inside the building, so I guess it wasn't unheard of.

I believe that she would have gone inside to use the bathroom, or turn on the bathroom lights for the others, or gone to the kitchen to get ice.

So a possible scenario is that MB was attacked in the alcove where the bathrooms are that are designated WB1 and WB2 on Jethro's map. Here is my edited version of his layout showing where I believe MB was, and showing camper field of view (as I understand it) from outside the 1st set of doors and just outside the 2nd set of doors. I think that the campers would have been able to see her body, or at least part of it, as they entered the building or possibly even before entering it.

The church layout as done by Jethro4WS. I believe the red rectangle just inside the doors is now known to be a small vestibule where wheelchairs are stored.

The narrow red rectangle on this map is not accurate or extra wheelchairs would be stored between the two sets of glass doors at the SW corner. The narrow space for the wheelchairs is seen on the left upon entering the interior doors.

Question for the forum, especially for those who are very familiar with the church layout, may have been in the church before, etc.

If you're standing outside the entrance doors under the awning, or if you're just inside those doors, what can you see from there? Can you only see the hallway, or can you see into that alcove on the left that contains the bathrooms?

* The Restrooms are not placed accurately on the map. The Ladies Restroom is on the left side and the Men's Restroom is on the right side. The doors are 84" and swing open into the Restroom with a push. The Restrooms are located inside the alcove. Hence, WB1 and WB2 are side by side along the Western Wall. The alcove walls are missing from the map.

My opinion is that no one can see inside the alcove where the Restrooms are located from the exterior doors on the SW corner.

In your drawing of the [pink] fallen body, it is possible to notice anything protruding from the alcove, as the view from the Porte Cochere is a straight shot down the Western Corridor.

Another important note to make is that when SP rounds the SW corner, before stopping at the Dutch door, the interior glass doors to the Porte Cochere are propped open. We have never been given an explanation for this. However, it would make a quicker getaway for the doors to be propped open. I must wonder what Missy thought about those doors being opened. They were not propped open during my attendance for Sunday Service. WannaBDetective, did you notice if the interior doors were propped open?

* When the map was initially generated, the exhaust pipes on the roof of CCoC were used as a guide to the locations of the Restrooms.

Note the Keyless Entry Pad as seen in both images.


An opened wheelchair was sitting inside the SW corner between the two sets of double glass doors on a Saturday visit just as one is seen in the CCTV.

SS Source: Creekside Church Surveillance Video - UPDATE

Midlothian Texas Police Department
Published on Apr 22, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePS8TJ6UAqY

 

[moslym3]

bbm

I want to add another scenario and that is that MB walked down the main hallway and turned right into the auditorium. To me that's the most likely location for the class to take place. Lights need to get turned on, chairs possibly stacked and moved, iphone plugged into the sound system for music... The assault could have taken place in the auditorium with MB ending up in the SW portion of the auditorium.

 

[Cannonball3804]

The narrow red rectangle on this map is not accurate or extra wheelchairs would be stored between the two sets of glass doors at the SW corner. The narrow space for the wheelchairs is seen on the left upon entering the interior doors.



* The Restrooms are not placed accurately on the map. The Ladies Restroom is on the left side and the Men's Restroom is on the right side. The doors are 84" and swing open into the Restroom with a push. The Restrooms are located inside the alcove. Hence, WB1 and WB2 are side by side along the Western Wall. The alcove walls are missing from the map.

My opinion is that no one can see inside the alcove where the Restrooms are located from the exterior doors on the SW corner.

In your drawing of the [pink] fallen body, it is possible to notice anything protruding from the alcove, as the view from the Porte Cochere is a straight shot down the Western Corridor.

Another important note to make is that when SP rounds the SW corner, before stopping at the Dutch door, the interior glass doors to the Porte Cochere are propped open. We have never been given an explanation for this. However, it would make a quicker getaway for the doors to be propped open. I must wonder what Missy thought about those doors being opened. They were not propped open during my attendance for Sunday Service. WannaBDetective, did you notice if the interior doors were propped open?

* When the map was initially generated, the exhaust pipes on the roof of CCoC were used as a guide to the locations of the Restrooms.

Note the Keyless Entry Pad as seen in both images.
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An opened wheelchair was sitting inside the SW corner between the two sets of double glass doors on a Saturday visit just as one is seen in the CCTV.

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Thanks DeDee. I have noted the error with the bathrooms on the layout.

Regarding the inside glass doors, I was reviewing thread 2 today and came across hat same observation from the video. Those inner doors are typically a buffer against the weather (wind, extreme heat or cold). So the church might prop open when the weather is mild. What month did you attend, and do you remember what the weather was like?

 

[Cannonball3804]

I want to add another scenario and that is that MB walked down the main hallway and turned right into the auditorium. To me that's the most likely location for the class to take place. Lights need to get turned on, chairs possibly stacked and moved, iphone plugged into the sound system for music... The assault could have taken place in the auditorium with MB ending up in the SW portion of the auditorium.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought it was determined that the most likely place inside would be in that hallway in front of Holy Grounds? The 5 am class wasn't large, if memory serves. Just a half-dozen people mainly? Much easier to set up in a clear hallway than to go into an auditorium and move stuff around. For music I'm sure they just have a portable player that they use when outside.

 

[janesmith787]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought it was determined that the most likely place inside would be in that hallway in front of Holy Grounds? The 5 am class wasn't large, if memory serves. Just a half-dozen people mainly? Much easier to set up in a clear hallway than to go into an auditorium and move stuff around. For music I'm sure they just have a portable player that they use when outside.

Yes, this is what I remember as well...and from what I heard from locals that’s where it was. Not every camp is tons of running, and when it’s inside the prepare accordingly. The trainers bring their own speakers and equipment, so they wouldn’t be using the church sound system. JMO


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[DeDee]

Thanks DeDee. I have noted the error with the bathrooms on the layout.

Regarding the inside glass doors, I was reviewing thread 2 today and came across hat same observation from the video. Those inner doors are typically a buffer against the weather (wind, extreme heat or cold). So the church might prop open when the weather is mild. What month did you attend, and do you remember what the weather was like?

This was not the first CS I've visited and won't be the last. I also perform SAR work. When visiting a CS, everything is remembered because it makes such an indelible impression mostly due to a state of hypervigilance.

The trip was about two weeks after Jethro4WS posted his map or the first weekend of August 2016. The weather was rather warm and sunny the entire 3 days.

None of the interior stuff we note in the hallways in the CCTV was present. Not one thing was placed in any hallway. However, there was one glass cabinet between the two entry doors into the Sanctuary in the Main Entrance of the Western Corridor.

The greeter had to raise her arm to reach the Church programs so, the height was above her waist by several inches. This cabinet held one glass shelf inside. No other tables, chairs, umbrella stands, or items, of any kind, were in the hallways. There were two nicely upholstered chairs in the alcove. One chair on each side of the alcove was facing the Restrooms.

Why would the interior doors be propped open during torrential rain showers Midlothian was experiencing when MB was murdered? As I recall, BB thought his delayed flight out of town may be canceled due to the unrelenting rainy weather the night before his wife's death. Locals have confirmed the downpour and we see the rainfall in the SWFA CCTV.

I can't explain the two interior doors being propped open during a rainy weekend in April. I can only note that they were closed on that particular Sunday in August. My theory is that these doors were the exit point for SP following an attack off camera in the alcove. In haste, could SP be past the propped doors before cameras were triggered to record, especially with the exterior camera being nonoperational?

Was it happenstance that the exterior camera was malfunctioning, without tampering, prior to the brutal murder? Is it likely someone propped open those doors the Sunday before MBs murder? Does LE see SP propping open the doors on CCTV?

North Exterior Showing the Sidewalk to the Breached Door Intersecting with the North Sidewalk to the Double Doors
[Typically, the sheltered area was where the Church parked the golf cart.]



N Exterior Breached Door Repaired

 

[SteveS]

Was it happenstance that the exterior camera was malfunctioning, without tampering, prior to the brutal murder?

Per LE, definitely yes.

Is it likely someone propped open those doors the Sunday before MBs murder? Does LE see SP propping open the doors on CCTV?

No, it is apparently the case that the doors were open before SP ever arrived, as we see no video of those doors closed as SP got to them in the very early portions of the footage released.

 

[Cannonball3804]

Per LE, definitely yes.



No, it is apparently the case that the doors were open before SP ever arrived, as we see no video of those doors closed as SP got to them in the very early portions of the footage released.

I tend to agree with you on the doors, Steve. While the footage we see isn't the only footage - just what LE chose to release - I tend to think that we are seeing SP reach that area of the building for the first time.

He comes S down the main hallway, makes a left to go clear the other hallway where the Dutch doors and the offices are. Seems most likely that it occurred in that order rather than coming down to that entrance, opening the glass doors, and then going back to the N only to start working his way S again.

I also tend to think that when DeDee visited the church in August, it was hot and that's why the doors were closed. In the spring it isn't as necessary to close those doors to keep the temperature level inside.

As for the rain, it isn't a factor with the doors because those doors lead to an area covered by an awning. It's not going to get inside.

 

[ocgrad]

The diff in those 2 is Cody Moon did the iPhone iPad SW and Cody McKinney put same language in the ATT Cell Tower and BWH SW in Dec 2016.

the SW's it states within 30 mins, as I have said long ago there are 2 - 30 min time frames. We the public only know the time of 1 section on video and that is because orig it was released with a time stamp on it. The other sections are spliced and shown from various cameras not all from the same camera/area of building.

Having said that, I personally don't know how many were in but that never been one of the things I have zoomed my interest in.
But from ATT Cell Tower SW on 4/21 to the one 12/12/16 Cody McKinney used the very same language in his Affidavit for Probable Cause.

MPD told us on their updated timeline on 4/22

Updated Timeline:
• Monday, April 18, 2016: 3:50 A.M. – Suspect first appears on video surveillance camera at Creekside Church of Christ
• Monday, April 18, 2016: 4:16 A.M. – Mrs. Bevers’ pickup truck is shown on video surveillance driving into the church parking lot.
• Monday, April 18, 2016: 4:20 A.M. – Mrs. Bevers appears on video surveillance camera walking into the church building.
• Monday, April 18, 2016: 4:35 A.M. – Participant in Camp Gladiator arrives at location
• Monday, April 18, 2016: 5:00 A.M. – Two 911 calls received from location
https://www.facebook.com/Midlothian...

**In SW's McKinney says that MB first seen at 4:18 a.m. this has always bugged me, did she come in and then go back out and reenter at 4:20? Spann said she was in process of unloading her truck. Affidavit Probable Cause is not all the info they have but as you say too, it has to be factual. Especially with McKinney using the very same info in his for BWH.
So think 418 was time maybe Spann said too. Odd that gave exact times for other calls if it is a typo.

In the BWH SW there is one paragraph that Cody McKinney posted twice but if you notice there are language changes an one has more information that the other.

While Johnson said on April 22 they were looking at all possibilities of more than one. But on May 20 when they gave the height range after the Tarrant Co agency,Johnson says only 1.
Jmho

Arkansasmimi, can you explain what you mean by there being 2 - 30 minute time periods? And remind me of which part of the video originally was time stamped?

 

[rosesfromangels]

I have not followed this case, and just breezed quickly through this last thread...then watched the video. I'll share my gut reaction, but it is certainly no replacement for all the detailed analysis all of you have done over 43 threads!
None the less, here goes.

The video speaks volumes to me. I see some certified nut case in police gear randomly wandering around destroying public property. He probably targets schools, churches, anything public.

He's probably a wanna be cop; a security guard or bouncer, and an overzealous one. Probably has attended police led civilian briefings, or gone on ride-a-longs etc. He might have even attempted to apply for a police job and didn't pass the psychological testing. I think it would be obvious that he is a bit "off".

While destroying property is his main thing, maybe a fire setter too, he might even be an amateur hacker. Probably plays a lot of police type games online.

I see him as an angry loner who is socially inept. He was probably bullied at school. He has no girlfriend as he creeps women out. He may frequent prostitutes, and he probably creeps them out too.

Watching the video, I do *not* think killing Missy was premeditated. Nothing about that video suggests that. I think the location of his property rampage was, but that she was unfortunately at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Pure gut and guessing, I think this guy is absolutely a local or from a very nearby town. I would estimate his age between 18-25 years old.

Of course, all amateur speculation and opinion.
Oh, and by the way, he *will* be caught. Bizarre rambos like this always are.

 

[KaaBoom]

I have not followed this case, and just breezed quickly through this last thread...then watched the video. I'll share my gut reaction, but it is certainly no replacement for all the detailed analysis all of you have done over 43 threads!
None the less, here goes.

The video speaks volumes to me. I see some certified nut case in police gear randomly wandering around destroying public property. He probably targets schools, churches, anything public.

He's probably a wanna be cop; a security guard or bouncer, and an overzealous one. Probably has attended police led civilian briefings, or gone on ride-a-longs etc. He might have even attempted to apply for a police job and didn't pass the psychological testing. I think it would be obvious that he is a bit "off".

While destroying property is his main thing, maybe a fire setter too, he might even be an amateur hacker. Probably plays a lot of police type games online.

I see him as an angry loner who is socially inept. He was probably bullied at school. He has no girlfriend as he creeps women out. He may frequent prostitutes, and he probably creeps them out too.

Watching the video, I do *not* think killing Missy was premeditated. Nothing about that video suggests that. I think the location of his property rampage was, but that she was unfortunately at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Pure gut and guessing, I think this guy is absolutely a local or from a very nearby town. I would estimate his age between 18-25 years old.

Of course, all amateur speculation and opinion.
Oh, and by the way, he *will* be caught. Bizarre rambos like this always are.

I don't think he looks 18 - 25. He would be in really bad shape for somebody that young. He walks like on old man. I would put is age at 50 plus.

I also doubt that vandalism was his main objective. He was mostly just breaking locked doors to gain entry. It looks more like burglary to me.

I'm also not convinced that he doesn't have some LE or more likely security background.

The rest of your points I don't disagree with, especially that it was not premeditated murder.

 

[Cannonball3804]

Found something else to bolster my thought that the inside glass doors were already propped open, not opened by SP.

SP goes past Holy Grounds and the glass doors at 3:58, and they're already open. He was first seen coming out of the kitchen on the opposite end of the building at 3:50. In order for him to have propped open those doors, he would have had to traverse the N/S length of the church, open them, then go back N, then start back S. It doesn't make sense that he would do that.

 

[Brazenkane]

Condolences to the family.

I also don’t think it was targeted. The actions to me speak of someone who isn’t expecting anyone to show up.

Smashing glass, walking around with a headlamp on shows that they didn’t think someone was coming any minute.

The murder weapon used, and the attempt of clean up also to me suggests that it wasn’t planned.

Even the way the perp walks past the glass doors and does not even glance outside to see if the poor victim was around. This was someone familiar with breaking into places and was not expecting anyone to arrive.

It is also odd to me for a muderer to spend so much time in a place with cameras before committing a murder, as the persons height, ethnicity, gait or mannerisms can be determined.

And the unique disguise would appear to be easily traceable with online purchases or credit credit card statements in a murder investigation, so potentially be a poor choice to have show up on CCTV.

The fact that there has so far been no arrest would also lend to this being a random, non-targeted, tragic killing.

The only thing that makes me doubt my thoughts is that why didn’t the perp simply run away when the victim showed up?

 

[WannaBDetective]

On the big question of whether this was targeted or not, I think the big answer lies in: Are there any other similar incidences (12 months before or after), in that area, breaking windows and doors (exterior and interior) at 2-5 a.m. IF this was un targeted,it is not an isolated case. One doesn’t get up willy-nilly one night and put on a police tactical uniform and brazenly B/E a building with a hammer just once. People have a modis operandi. There is a pattern of escalation or similarities. In a less densely populated area such as this, LE will be aware that there is a nut-job operating out there with X patterns far before it gets to this extreme.

And we haven’t heard much of anything and they don’t seem to be looking that direction. This looks way more like a single targeted individual, and we’ve seen nothing before or after to indicate otherwise.

 

[rosesfromangels]

I don't think he looks 18 - 25. He would be in really bad shape for somebody that young. He walks like on old man. I would put is age at 50 plus.

I also doubt that vandalism was his main objective. He was mostly just breaking locked doors to gain entry. It looks more like burglary to me.

I'm also not convinced that he doesn't have some LE or more likely security background.

The rest of your points I don't disagree with, especially that it was not premeditated murder.

I agree that pilfering could have been one of the motives, although I think it was secondary. If I read right, he did a lot of smashing of windows, destruction etc. I think the destruction was the primary interest. Probably gives him some sense of power, or maybe a release of some sort.

I agree he could be working, or has worked as a security guard; probably working the night shift to avoid human interaction as much as possible. In my amateur profile he is far too unstable and weird to be in LE.

Unlike fire starters who like to watch the aftermath, I think this guy probably moved from the area. I'd look at that angle too. Probably still lived with mama, or in some relatives basement.