TX TX- Bethal Ann Rawls, 43, beaten, stabbed and strangled, @ home, Houston, 12 Nov. 2007, *DNA arrest Anthony Darrell Lankford, 64* ,2024.

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Houston cold case suspect's daughter apologizes to victim's family, calls dad 'a monster'

Bethal Ann Rawls' family told ABC13 they have closure 17 years after their loved one was brutally murdered. Meanwhile, the suspect's daughter gave Eyewitness News a side of a story we don't often hear.

abc13.com

''Inside probable cause court, prosecutors read off the brutal details of Rawls' death, alleging Lankford beat, strangled, and stabbed the woman in the private areas.
The description was too much for the presiding magistrate, who cut off the prosecutor.
"She was impaled. I am aware of the facts," the magistrate interrupted.''
''According to investigators, Lankford, identified as Rawls' co-worker at Memorial Hermann, was the last person she spoke with based on phone records. In addition, his DNA was found under Rawls' fingernails on both hands.''

Cold case update: Man charged with murder in 2007 stabbing death of Houston woman

According to court documents, Anthony Darrell Lankford stabbed, beat and strangled 43-year-old Bethal Ann Rawls nearly 17 years ago.

www.khou.com

HOUSTON — A Houston man has been charged in connection with a 2007 cold case killing.
Anthony Darrell Lankford, 64, was arrested at his home on Monday and charged with murder.
According to court documents, Lankford killed 43-year-old Bethal Ann Rawls on November 12, 2007.
A relative found the victim's body in her apartment on Bissonnet near the Sam Houston Tollway in southwest Houston. She'd been beaten, stabbed and strangled.'