Disturbing tale of killer seen on CCTV calmly walking with hammer before bludgeoning mum in church & going on run

THIS is the infinitesimal a suspected slayer calmly walks astir a religion clutching a hammer earlier allegedly murdering a mum-of-three.

Terri Leann Bevers, known arsenic Missy Bevers, was bludgeoned to decease arsenic she acceptable up for an aboriginal greeting fittingness class.

Eight years on, her execution connected April 18, 2016 is inactive unsolved.

But investigators are adamant the probe has not gone "cold".

Now, we revisit the execution which horrified the state - and wherefore a fishy caught connected camera has ne'er been traced.

Bevers, a 45-year-old Camp Gladiator teacher from Ellis County, Texas, was brutally attacked astatine the Creekside Church of Christ successful Midlothian.

Students entered the religion successful the greeting to find her assemblage with fatal wounds to the caput and chest.

And a cardinal portion of grounds is chilling CCTV footage showing a idiosyncratic - believed to beryllium the slayer - roaming the halls of the religion soon earlier Bevers was killed.

The idiosyncratic was seen wearing SWAT gear, including a helmet, and wielding a hammer.

The hammer was recovered with Bevers' assemblage and cops said her injuries were "consistent with the tools the suspect was carrying passim the building".

In the footage taken earlier Bevers was killed, the fishy tin beryllium seen trying and opening respective doors successful the hallway of the church.

They locomotion calmly with a flimsy limp, carrying the hammer successful their near hand.

Near the extremity of the footage, the suspected slayer tin beryllium seen trying to deed a doorway with the hammer.

The idiosyncratic is described by cops arsenic wearing "a achromatic helmet, achromatic balaclava, acheronian pants, acheronian agelong sleeve shirt, achromatic gloves, and a achromatic vest with 'police' successful achromatic lettering connected the beforehand and back".

They said they tin beryllium seen "walking passim the gathering holding a hammer, breaking windows and going done offices".

Another clip showed a metallic Nissan Altima successful the country earlier the 45-year-old was killed - but the fishy was ne'er caught.

CCTV extracurricular the religion were not moving connected the time of the execution - leaving investigators with footage from lone wrong the building.

It means cardinal clues mightiness person been missed arsenic the fishy fled the country - and cops had to trust connected witnesses.

Bevers was past seen connected CCTV entering the religion astatine 4.18am to acceptable up for the 5am class, but this footage hasn't been shared publicly.

Midlothian's main of constabulary told KDFW that the section has been sent implicit 3,000 tips since her death.

Now, yearly vigils are held to honour Bevers and to support her communicative successful the news rhythm successful the hopes that much utile accusation is fixed to investigators.

Vigil organiser Renae Rodden, who worked with Bevers, told KDFW astatine the memorial successful April: "It gives you nightmares. It makes you precise scared.

"Why isn't it solved?"

In 2023, she said: "Cases sometimes conscionable can't beryllium solved without the cognition that idiosyncratic has.

"And I conscionable consciousness similar it's ace important to bash that and to ever proceed sharing the accusation connected Missy’s lawsuit and different cases truthful they tin get solved."

ROBBERY GONE WRONG

Days aft her murder, Bevers' hubby Brandon urged members of the assemblage to walk connected thing of enactment aft watching the footage.

He said: "She was a godly pistillate and she was precise passionate astir changing people's lives. I'm precise arrogant of her.

"I don't cognize who helium is but I inquire everybody retired determination to review the video... the idiosyncratic has a precise chiseled locomotion there's a precise chiseled mannerism astir this idiosyncratic that should beryllium precise evident to somebody.

"It's precise important for america to get immoderate closure connected that."

He called her decease a "senseless act" and admitted he'd watched the CCTV footage "on a continuous loop".

It is not known if the idiosyncratic is simply a antheral oregon a pistillate - but constabulary fishy they are astir 6ft tall.

At the time, cops told Brandon that they suspected his woman had interrupted a robbery and her execution was not believed to person been targeted.

This is thing helium agreed with but accepted was "just an opinion and not fact".

Brandon said: "If you look astatine the video, from what I understand, the perpetrator came done the backmost doorway and spent respective minutes rummaging from country to room.

"He mightiness person breached immoderate solid looking for thing [he] spent immoderate clip successful the room area.

"But by the clip my woman arrived it's the sentiment of the constabulary section that the perpetrator didn't cognize the beingness of my woman oregon that she was going to beryllium there.

"I deliberation my woman walked successful connected a robbery - that's conscionable an sentiment that's not fact."

The determination of Bevers' fittingness people had been changed astatine the past infinitesimal owed to a thunderstorm.

Rather than proceed to thatch her students successful the parking batch of the church, Missy informed them that the nighttime earlier it would instrumentality spot inside.

DARK SECRETS

But arsenic the investigation continued, the interrupted robbery mentation weakened.

It was revealed successful hunt warrant documents that thing had been taken from the church.

Bevers' people details were besides disposable to work online and it is claimed that she had received a "creepy" connection connected LinkedIn conscionable days earlier her death.

Police documents, seen by CBS News, claimed Bevers was struggling financially and successful her marriage aft messages were found.

A warrant revealed that Bevers and a person of her received a backstage LinkedIn connection days earlier her death.

It "was from a antheral chartless to them both, and they some agreed that the connection was creepy and strange", the warrant stated.

But the person was incapable to callback the sanction of this individual.

The warrant besides revealed that cops had spoken to a "person of interest" who had been speaking with Bevers connected the nonrecreational website for 3 months earlier she died.

The messages "ultimately turned flirtatious and familiar," the warrant said.

BLOOD-STAINED SHIRT

Another item mentioned successful a constabulary hunt warrant threw different mentation into the mix.

Cops recovered that conscionable 4 days aft her death, Bevers' father-in-law had taken a bloody garment to a adust cleaner six miles distant from wherever she was killed.

The garment which cops described arsenic a white, woman's long-sleeved garment was "stained with blood" and a receipt described the stains arsenic "animal humor red".

Randy Bevers claimed the humor came from their canine who was killed successful a combat with different canine astatine a location wherever helium and his woman were staying aft his daughter-in-law's death.

He claimed his garment and his wife's were covered successful humor aft taking their favored to an carnal hospital.

The humor was tested and aboriginal verified arsenic coming from a canine - not a human.

The family, including Brandon, were yet eliminated arsenic suspects erstwhile their alibis were checked.

Carl D. Smith, Midlothian Chief of Police, told KDFW: "In the aboriginal months of the case, the investigative squad received hundreds of leads astir imaginable persons of interest.

"Our unit has followed each pb to its fullest extent, utilizing each means and exploring aggregate avenues of investigation.

"During the past 8 years, our investigative unit person fielded thousands of further tips and leads."

He besides confirmed Midlothian Police person a detective assigned to Bevers' case.

He added: "We employment a part-time researcher who is simply a retired national cause with expertise successful internet-related investigative techniques, who focuses his efforts solely connected this investigation.

"Through the transition of clip and the changes successful personnel, I person continually emphasised the value of this investigation’s closure.

"Our full investigative unit and each members of our section are each acquainted with and committed to the ongoing efforts to find the idiosyncratic liable for Missy Bevers’ death.

"Due to the highly delicate quality of our investigative efforts, our unit volition not compromise the eight-year probe by engaging successful treatment connected our existent efforts."

Eight years later, investigators are inactive looking for clues to assistance lick the lawsuit which is not yet categorised arsenic acold - meaning that it is reviewed regularly.

Police Chief Smith said the unit "will not halt reviewing the information successful our possession, investigating caller leads oregon researching caller technologies to place and bring the person(s) responsible
for this unspeakable calamity to justice".

Those with accusation are asked to scope retired via the anonymous extremity enactment Ellis County Crime Stoppers astatine 972-937-7292 oregon by calling Midlothian's enactment astatine 972-775-7624.