A Texas man has been arrested for the alleged murder of an award-winning school teacher whose body was found by her 5-year-old daughter, according to officials.
Shereena Webster was shot to death Aug. 18 in her Amarillo, Texas, home. Her ex-boyfriend, Erik Rivas, has been charged with her murder.
There were also footprints in the backyard leading to a ladder that had been propped up against Webster's locked fence. Authorities believe he used the ladder to climb over the back fence and enter the house, the complaint says. Investigators were able to connect the ladder to Rivas' workplace. A manhunt ensued and Rivas was located aboutShereena Webster and her 5-year-old daughter. Police say Webster was murdered by her ex-boyfriend and her daughter found her lifeless body.
Webster and Rivas dated for several years before she broke it off. Her mother told investigators that Webster had plans to leave town Aug. 19 – one day after the slaying – to meet a suitor in Colorado, according to court papers.
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