BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont Police Investigators received results from scientific testing that confirm the human remains that were found on June 13, 2024, at Terry Rose's house are Kimberly Langwell.
Rose, 67, of Beaumont, has been indicted for the murder of Kimberly Langwell, who disappeared in 1999.
Police arrested Rose for murder on after spending several days executing a search warrant at his home. Rose is the ex-boyfriend of Kimberly Langwell.
In April 2024 police talked to a "reliable informant" who told them that Langwell had been killed inside Rose's Lindbergh Dr. home on July 9, 1999, which is the same day she was last seen, according to a probable cause affidavit in the case. The informant also told police that Langwell had been buried on the property.
Police got a search warrant based on the information and began searching at the home on Monday, June 10, 2024.
Three days later, on June 13, police found human remains on the property, which they believe to belong to Langwell, according to the affidavit. The discovery was consistent with what the informant told police, the affidavit said.
During a news conference Friday morning police said that, after searching for several days at Rose's home, that they had found what they believe to be the remains of Kimberly Langwell.
“Make no mistake, this was a team effort,” said Beaumont Police Chief Jimmy Singletary, noting the cooperation of multiple agencies in the search.
Beaumont Police were assisted in the search by the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, the FBI and the ATF, Beaumont's Public Works Department and Texas Equusearch.
Singletary made it a point to mention three Beaumont detectives, Lt. Mitch Sliger, Sgt. Jesus Tamayo and Det. Heather Wilson, who he said had worked the case and been in contact with the family over the years.
Langwell’s daughter, Tiffani McInnis, was at the news conference and spoke to 12News afterwards.
“I don't think I've processed it to be honest, but in the moment that you hear that they’ve found your mother you’re elated,” McInnis said of how she feels about the latest news about her mom’s case.
“It's a long time coming and I'm so very grateful to have my mother back. Not in the way that I wanted her, but to know that she's no longer being held is a good feeling,” McInnis said.
"I don't believe that we will ever know truly what happened besides what the evidence is going to show,” McInnis said. “But I've always known that she's there, I've known that since the day that she was gone.
“It's tough to know where your mom is and know that there's nothing you can do,” she said.