On the morning of April 18th 2006 students of the gladiator boot camp found their instructor Terri “Missy” Bevers with multiple injuries at the church where the class was to be taught that morning at Midlothian’s Creekside Church of Christ in Texas. When investigators found the surveillance videos from inside the church, they saw something that would make anyone's skin crawl.
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161248969/terri_leann-bevers: accessed May 11, 2025), memorial page for Terri Leann “Missy” Strickland Bevers (9 Aug 1970–18 Apr 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 161248969, citing Shiloh Cemetery, Ovilla, Ellis County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Joni Clark-Nelson (contributor 20488109).
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