Murdered Texas teacher Shereena Ann Webster’s body found by 5-year-old daughter

A person allegedly murdered his ex-girlfriend, a beloved Texas instructor, and left her physique behind for the girl’s 5-year-old daughter to search out, police mentioned.

Shereena Ann Webster, 36, was shot to demise, allegedly by her 32-year-old former lover, Erik Mitchell Rivas, in her Amarillo house within the early hours of Aug. 18 whereas the 5-year-old was in one other room, in accordance with a legal criticism obtained by KVII. He then fled.

Round 5 a.m., Webster’s daughter discovered her mom’s lifeless physique riddled with bullet wounds. The lady referred to as her grandmother, Patricia Byington, who alerted authorities, the criticism mentioned.

Shereena Ann Webster was fatally shot, allegedly by her ex-lover, earlier than her 5-year-old daughter found her lifeless physique.

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Webster’s physique was riddled with bullet wounds after her ex-lover Erik Mitchell Rivas murdered her on Aug. 18, in accordance with police.

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Police arrived round 5:15 a.m. and located Webster useless on the scene. A number of shell casings had been additionally found.

Rivas was arrested after surveillance video from a neighbor’s house revealed his automobile was on the scene round 4:15 a.m., court docket papers mentioned.

A ladder belonging to Rivas’ office was additionally discovered leaning towards Webster’s yard fence, which was locked. Police believed he used the ladder to get into her house. Footprints had been additionally recognized within the yard, officers mentioned.

Webster and Rivas had been romantically concerned for years till the instructor “ended the connection and was chatting with different males,” the criticism says.

Byington informed police that Webster had scheduled a visit to Colorado to satisfy a “romantic curiosity” there on Aug. 19, the day after she was killed.

Webster had taught at Oakdale Elementary in Amarillo for 10 years earlier than receiving her grasp’s diploma in academic management in 2019, in accordance with her obituary. She started educating at South Georgia Elementary in 2021.

Her daughter “was Shereena’s world, her mini-me, her greatest pal and her little miracle,” the obituary says.

Police imagine Erik Mitchell Rivas used a ladder to interrupt into the house and homicide Shereena Ann Webster.

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“Shereena’s love for [her daughter] was a good looking factor to look at. Their bond was and can at all times be unbreakable,” it continued.

Webster’s household has launched a GoFundMe marketing campaign to lift cash for her daughter’s future.