Suspect in ‘police’ gear sought in Texas church murder

DALLAS -- A man seen in a surveillance video is being sought as a suspect in the killing of a fitness instructor inside a Dallas-area church this week.

Surveillance footage posted on YouTube by the Midlothian Texas Police Department from shows the suspect in the murder of Terri

DALLAS (Reuters) A man seen in a surveillance video dressed in police tactical clothes and wearing a helmet is being sought as a suspect in the killing of a fitness instructor inside a Dallas-area Christian church this week, authorities said.

Terri Bevers, 45, was found dead on Monday (April 18) inside Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian, about 25 miles southwest of Dallas, by one of her students who scheduled a 5 a.m. workout session called “Camp Gladiator,” police said.

A cause of death has not been determined.


Midlothian Police released surveillance video from the church Tuesday showing a man wearing gear emblazoned with “Police” on his chest and back who was roaming the halls around the time Bevers was unloading exercise equipment from her truck.

“The suspect used force to enter a couple of rooms within the church,” police said in a statement.

(Reporting by Lisa Maria Garza)

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