Murdered Texas teacher Shereena Ann

Webster’s body found by 5-year-old

daughter
By Patrick Reilly
August 31, 2022 12:46am 

A man allegedly murdered his ex-girlfriend, a beloved Texas teacher, and left her body
behind for the woman’s 5-year-old daughter to find, police said.

Shereena Ann Webster, 36, was shot to death, allegedly by her 32-year-old former
lover, Erik Mitchell Rivas, in her Amarillo home in the early hours of Aug. 18 while the
5-year-old was in another room, according to a criminal complaint obtained by KVII.
He then fled.

Around 5 a.m., Webster’s daughter found her mother’s lifeless body riddled with bullet
wounds. The girl called her grandmother, Patricia Byington, who alerted authorities,
the complaint said.

Police arrived around 5:15 a.m. and found Webster dead at the scene. Multiple shell
casings were also discovered.

Rivas was arrested after surveillance video from a neighbor’s home revealed his
vehicle was at the scene around 4:15 a.m., court papers said.

A ladder belonging to Rivas’ workplace was also found leaning against Webster’s
backyard fence, which was locked. Police believed he used the ladder to get into her
home. Footprints were also identified in the backyard, officials said.

Webster and Rivas had been romantically involved for years until the teacher “ended
the relationship and was speaking to other men,” the complaint says.

Byington told police that Webster had scheduled a trip to Colorado to meet a “romantic
interest” there on Aug. 19, the day after she was killed.

Webster had taught at Oakdale Elementary in Amarillo for 10 years before receiving
her master’s degree in educational leadership in 2019, according to her obituary. She
began teaching at South Georgia Elementary in 2021.

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

“Shereena’s love for [her daughter] was a beautiful thing to watch. Their bond was
and will always be unbreakable,” it continued.

Webster’s family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for her

daughter’s future.