TX - Terri 'Missy' Bevers,45, murdered in church/person in SWAT gear,18 Apr 2016 #34

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  • #401
I agree. Hee, hee.

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I've also heard that once caught, there is almost a relief feeling from being in a constant state of anxiety and paranoia. <modsnip>
 
  • #402
K. Cozine has a FB that is not private, although his wife's is. It's obvious he has an interest in fitness from looking at his FB, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was a CG. No specific references on his FB to CG but lots of fitness references in general. And he has some kids roughly the same age as the Bevers kids so I don't know if the kids were friends or not.

It could be something as simple as a group text message that was on MB's phone from that weekend to/from her CG campers, and LE would have done an initial SW for all the people who were most recently in touch with her electronically.

I remember reading that KC is a part-time trainer at another gym in town and that his daughter is close friends with the Bevers' oldest daughter. I don't have links - sorry.
 
  • #403
Like a needle in a haystack. Heck, the tower dumps alone would be how many phones to begin with? They asked for dumps from all the towers within 5 miles from the church and since each tower generally has the best service within 6 miles of it. That would be all of the phones that are powered on (they don't have to have made a call only ping which they do about once a minute) within a 22 mile wide circle (maximum) with the church in the middle of that circle. Given the population of northern Ellis county that could be as much as 50,000 to 100,000 phones in that circle.

But then wouldn't they have a way to filter down to just the phones that were actively being used? I know next to nothing technically about the interaction between a cell phone and cell tower, but I would hope that there would be telltale signs embedded in the signal to differentiate a phone in use (and perhaps moving rather than stationary) from a phone that is simply "on". When you think about it, at 4:30 in the morning there would have been very few phones in the area that were actively being used.
 
  • #404
Unless ... well, I better not ... don't have time to rehash yesterday right now.

I read your posts where you work backward from your theory of where the perp entered, to how they could have avoided being on camera, to the idea that maybe LE doesn't really have additional video of the perp. If I have mischaracterized what you said, I apologize and please correct me.

But to me, it seems like you're really trying to make that square peg (SP entering somewhere other than the kitchen) fit in a round hole (all the evidence pointing to the kitchen being the actual entry point). And when your theory becomes problematic because of how unlikely it would be to avoid the cameras, you try to take the cameras out of the equation by saying they didn't pick up anything.

LE said on day 1 quite specifically that they DO have additional video of the suspect. In order for your theory to fit, they straight up lied to the public. I know they're not above lying for strategic value. But what is the strategic value in that particular lie?
 
  • #405
Final thought from me for the night, as it's past my bedtime...

Sometimes, LE develops a theory of what they THINK they see in a case, developing their own narrative, but turn out to be completely off-base. Sometimes, it takes a more competent federal agency to step in and say, "No, THIS is what REALLY happened."

For a case in point, try reading the very interesting and still-unfolding Denise Huskins case. Young lady is forcibly abducted, and boyfriend is the only witness to it. She shows back up days later, probably a victim of sexual assault but uninjured otherwise. Police proclaim in a very public manner that they believe it was all a hoax and that they wasted countless man-hours. A few months later, the FBI says, "Uh, wait a minute... it WAS a kidnapping, and here's the guy who did it." The girl and boyfriend have now filed suit against the city, while the kidnapper sits in jail awaiting trial.

I don't think the MPD has ever had a good handle on what the MB case is about. Here's hoping that the feds do.
 
  • #406
Final thought from me for the night, as it's past my bedtime...

Sometimes, LE develops a theory of what they THINK they see in a case, developing their own narrative, but turn out to be completely off-base. Sometimes, it takes a more competent federal agency to step in and say, "No, THIS is what REALLY happened."

For a case in point, try reading the very interesting and still-unfolding Denise Huskins case. Young lady is forcibly abducted, and boyfriend is the only witness to it. She shows back up days later, probably a victim of sexual assault but uninjured otherwise. Police proclaim in a very public manner that they believe it was all a hoax and that they wasted countless man-hours. A few months later, the FBI says, "Uh, wait a minute... it WAS a kidnapping, and here's the guy who did it." The girl and boyfriend have now filed suit against the city, while the kidnapper sits in jail awaiting trial.

I don't think the MPD has ever had a good handle on what the MB case is about. Here's hoping that the feds do.
I remember the first whole day or two was focused on the perp's gait. Now we've got a long list of experiences and conditions that we believe cause that walking pattern. If it wasn't partially or wholly faked. And now no one has mentioned any gait in a month or two.

Hindsight is 20/20. But I think we should have been gathering all MB'scommunications, interviewing and verifying any possibilities and delving deeperinto anyone involved going where the evidence led.

I get the sense the case required a lot of poring through monotonous docs. I wonder if they could somehow certify some Web Sleuths that would be willing to donate a night or weekend day to do some of the looking in the haystack for the needle (I don't do well when I'm just watching and not trying to fix it).

Like to hear from any LE out there that might have suggestions on what would have been a more fruitful approach.

And having an inch or two height range would have significantly sped up the elimination process.
 
  • #407
I wonder in between the classrooms are there folding doors so that they can make 2 rooms one or if there is another door in between two rooms. Yes I know it won't solve who SP is but it might be a way he could get around without being seen on camera. Kitchen might have a small office inside with a door leading into the hall.

Also - I wonder if LE took pics or video of everyone around the scene or looked at video footage of anyone hanging around after
LE was on site. Maybe from SWFA cameras, Whataburger or Mo & Harry's.

Would like to to know if they saw anyone wearing thin leggings or pantyhose.

Also did anyone show up to ATs class a little early or a little late that day? From what I understand it was right down the street.
 
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WS might be keeping it warm :)

Is LE any closer to an arrest, do you think?

Of course they are. They have more data and other information than they did prior. Whether it is eliminating or moving that bit of info/evidence to another theory or whatever. It is a process. They just recently received back the ATT Cell Tower dump (well around beginning of month when they released the sealed FB SW stuff) Also we have no idea what all the info they have been going through. JMHO and this is not the only case being worked, but it def is being worked. It not like a 1 hr crime show with commercials ... I have faith :waiting: Murder has no statute of limitations. Time just gives the suspect false sense of getting away with it.
 
  • #410
On the SW it says "the murder of Terri "Missy" Leann Bevers between the hours of 3am-5am on April 18th. Are these approx hours since LE noted SP first seen IN the building at 3:50am or do you think they may have picked up car lights entering the parking lot from either SWFA cameras or from a camera inside CoC being activated?

JMHO, that gives them time prior to the first seen on video of about "ten til 4" because it took time to get into the building and so forth. They stated didnt know how long in building prior. So 3 would be good because of the tracking of any electronic data. 5 would be game end time because that when first 2 911 calls made. Technically, the suspect had until MB was found to leave. Literally could have been going out door as others coming in. MPD have video of campers movements upon arrival into building. JMHO They also have the time frame Suspect last seen on video. We do not have those time frames as close as they do. But the 3-5 gives us that much.
 
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Cannonball "we know from what LE told BB and which he relayed in one of his first interviews, that the perp spent "a few minutes" in the kitchen. I am still unclear on how LE knows how many minutes he spent in the kitchen since it's off camera..."

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I don't think LE knows exactly how many minutes, nor is saying they know.

"A few minutes" is a vague indication of time. My take is that they simply ascertained some indication of activity there, which means some time had to be involved as well. Maybe they know it because there was a mess or paper towels on the floor where the perp dried off or wet spots on the floor or who knows what. And they may be able to define it somewhat if they see perp coming or going here or there on cam at certain specific times.

I've forgotten where the unknown car was parking exactly. If they "saw" this car maybe they "saw" also some light shining through kitchen windows for a certain time? So they would know how much time the SP spent in the kitchen before entering the hallways (and camera)?
 
  • #413
Quote Originally Posted by Cannonball3804 View Post
K. Cozine has a FB that is not private, although his wife's is. It's obvious he has an interest in fitness from looking at his FB, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was a CG. No specific references on his FB to CG but lots of fitness references in general. And he has some kids roughly the same age as the Bevers kids so I don't know if the kids were friends or not.

It could be something as simple as a group text message that was on MB's phone from that weekend to/from her CG campers, and LE would have done an initial SW for all the people who were most recently in touch with her electronically.

I disagree with you on this one. The SW requested historical data on the Target Phone #s from March 1 to April 24. This was after they extracted info from MB'S and BB phones and MB'S I pad. There was a reason they wanted historical data dating back to March 1 from ALL the Target #s. Something piqued MPD'S interest.

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JMHO, If the murder was Targeted as they suspected that time frame would give them month and half prior (they have reason for that time frame maybe something from interviews, or from info extracted from MB iPhone, iPad so forth) the time frame ends day after MB funeral. (prior, during and after the murder/funeral)

As I posted many moons ago, KC had a scheduled spin class that morning at 5:05 a.m. http://www.mainstgym.net/index.php/classes-programs/class-schedule

Google from Creekside CoC to Main Street Gym 5.6 miles https://www.google.com/maps/dir/100...69ea29f7add587!2m2!1d-96.9240772!2d32.4466847
 
  • #414
Quote Originally Posted by Jethro4WS View Post
Like a needle in a haystack. Heck, the tower dumps alone would be how many phones to begin with? They asked for dumps from all the towers within 5 miles from the church and since each tower generally has the best service within 6 miles of it. That would be all of the phones that are powered on (they don't have to have made a call only ping which they do about once a minute) within a 22 mile wide circle (maximum) with the church in the middle of that circle. Given the population of northern Ellis county that could be as much as 50,000 to 100,000 phones in that circl

But then wouldn't they have a way to filter down to just the phones that were actively being used? I know next to nothing technically about the interaction between a cell phone and cell tower, but I would hope that there would be telltale signs embedded in the signal to differentiate a phone in use (and perhaps moving rather than stationary) from a phone that is simply "on". When you think about it, at 4:30 in the morning there would have been very few phones in the area that were actively being used.
:thinking: Makes you wonder how many people phones have been downloaded from the stingray, that have visited /drove by the church to get a look. LEO looking for a murderer, so they looking at any and everyone. Something to think about.

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Experts with the NYPD were brought in to help analyze the “pings” from cell towers, in hopes of finding the “electronic footprint” of Missy Bevers’ killer in the early hours of April 18. he cell site simulators mimic cell towers.

“[A phone] will automatically connect to the Stingray without any control from the user. It mines data off the phone, very quickly,” said Pete Schulte, former police officer and criminal defense attorney.

Schulte says if investigators do in fact use the cell site simulators, he believes they’d focus of the church where the mystery person in tactical gear attacked Missy, and the Bevers’ neighborhood.

“If someone keeps coming back to the crime scene, which happens a lot in murder cases, they are going to be able to identify the person because of the data coming from the Stingray,” said Schulte.

The Stingray device, according to a New York Post article earlier this year, gathers telephone numbers from neighborhoods by mimicking a cell tower, allowing it to identify unique subscriber numbers. It’s not known if this the exact technology being used in Midlothian. http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/05/06/...xperts-to-assist-bevers-murder-investigation/
 
  • #415
It was :great: to know that I was right at least about some "sealed search warrants" and that I did at least understand correctly.

July 1, 2016

Two and a half months after fitness instructor Missy Bevers was slain at a Midlothian church, police say the investigation has slowed.

Midlothian's assistant police chief, Kevin Johnson, said in a weekly update Friday that the department had received additional cellphone service records from an April "tower dump" search warrant &#8212; adding that it would take some time to analyze the data. **I wonder what this means? Additional from prev released Cell Tower SW or possible new SW? Hard to tell, but from facts we have prob the ATT Cell Tower dump, but if diff it depends on when the SW was executed if diff, and if it has been sealed. Also makes me wonder about the provision of wire tapping :thinking: **

Johnson also released search warrants for the Facebook accounts of Bevers, 45, and her husband, Brandon Bevers.

The warrants &#8212; issued in late April and sealed since then
&#8212; seek information including messages, photos, IP addresses and account access information for the couple's accounts. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crim...s-slowed-police-say-new-warrants-released.ece
 
  • #416
i don't think he'd have to damage two doors to make it look like a BE. One would be enough.

I agree. There has to be more to it. Did something go wrong? Did they INTEND to exit differently? Or is that really evidence of TWO people breaking in in TWO different spots? Something is odd here. Coming in the kitchen says, "I know where the cameras are." Did the perp change his mind and decide to go around to the kitchen after all his hard work??
 
  • #417
It was :great: to know that I was right at least about some "sealed search warrants" and that I did at least understand correctly.

July 1, 2016

Two and a half months after fitness instructor Missy Bevers was slain at a Midlothian church, police say the investigation has slowed.

Midlothian's assistant police chief, Kevin Johnson, said in a weekly update Friday that the department had received additional cellphone service records from an April "tower dump" search warrant — adding that it would take some time to analyze the data. **I wonder what this means? Additional from prev released Cell Tower SW or possible new SW? Hard to tell, but from facts we have prob the ATT Cell Tower dump, but if diff it depends on when the SW was executed if diff, and if it has been sealed. Also makes me wonder about the provision of wire tapping :thinking: **

Johnson also released search warrants for the Facebook accounts of Bevers, 45, and her husband, Brandon Bevers.

The warrants — issued in late April and sealed since then
— seek information including messages, photos, IP addresses and account access information for the couple's accounts. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crim...s-slowed-police-say-new-warrants-released.ece

WOOT!!! MIMI!!!!! Awesome sleuthing/detective work

-------HOWEVER FROM YOUR ARTICLE

On Friday, Johnson said he did not see a reason to continue the weekly updates unless there is new information to release.

BOO

Oak Farms Dairy is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of Bevers' killer. The reward will remain active for six months.

Wondering if this Is the six months from the day she was murdered or another beginning date?

Thanks


jmo &#128046;
 
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WOOT!!! MIMI!!!!! Awesome sleuthing/detective work

-------HOWEVER FROM YOUR ARTICLE

On Friday, Johnson said he did not see a reason to continue the weekly updates unless there is new information to release.

BOO

Oak Farms Dairy is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of Bevers' killer. The reward will remain active for six months.

Wondering if this Is the six months from the day she was murdered or another beginning date?

Thanks


jmo &#55357;&#56366;

Yep saw that. Been like forever ago now. And on the reward, JMHO but I would think the 6 month would start date offered. Then there is the SWFA and I had read that there is also CrimeStopper $ in addition to. I not sure how long those other 2 last.

Hopefully they get a good lead soon. Hugs, Mimi
 
  • #420
I'm at least 50/50 on an accomplice. That ratio keeps coming up unfortunately.
I hope they took their cell phone along. But with their careful planning. And no arrest thus far. I'm starting to think I may not be so lucky.
Do appreciate those versed in the legal side translating the practical meaning of some of these procedures.

With all the tactical gear, if they were going to communicate, wouldn't they use something other than a phone? What do LE use in the heat of gunfire? Not my realm but I'm guessing, not phones.
 
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