A 5-year-old girl found her mother’s body after her boyfriend allegedly shot her to death in a residence in Amarillo, Texas.
Shereena Webster, of 36 years old, was murdered in the early hours of last Thursday morning at her home on 7200 Athens Street.
According to the criminal complaint cited by KVII-TV this week, the little girl called her grandmother Patricia Byington when she came across her mother’s lifeless body. The woman in turn alerted 36.
When the Police arrived at around 5: 15 am, they confirmed that the woman had been shot several times.
The agents confiscated multiple bullet casings.
A neighbor provided the authorities with footage from a surveillance camera showing the victim’s ex-boyfriend, Erik Mitchell Rivas, arriving at the residence after 3 am
According to the witness, the vehicle remained parked in the place until 4: 15 am, approximately.
Investigators also found a ladder from Rivas’s workplace on a back fence of the house that was closed. In addition, they spotted footprints in the yard. The authorities suspect that the man used the ladder to jump into the house.
The couple had been in a relationship for several years, but recently separated.
The victim was supposed to leave town around 19 August to meet a new love in Colorado.
The man was later arrested in DeSoto, south of Dallas. Officers from several counties joined the search for the suspect, who is facing murder charges.