BEAUMONT, Texas — The daughter of a Beaumont woman who went missing in 1999 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Beaumont man recently indicted for the murder of her mother.
Terry Rose, 67, of Beaumont, has been indicted for the murder of Kimberly Langwell, who disappeared in 1999.
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Beaumont Police believe they found Langwell's remains buried at Rose's Beaumont home on June 13, 2024.
Lawyers for Langwell's surviving daughter, Tiffani McInnis, announced Wednesday morning that a wrongful death suit had been filed on her behalf against Rose, according to a news release from the Provost Umphrey Law Firm.
Langwell's disappearance left "a lasting impact on her family and community" according to the news release.
The case, which the firm says "aims to seek justice for Tiffani" will be handled by Ed Fisher and Joe Fisher, who are equity partners at the firm, as well as attorney Keith Hyde, the release said.
“Tiffani has experienced profound pain and hardship throughout her life due to the untimely loss of her mother. Our goal is to ensure that those responsible are held accountable,” Joe Fisher, was quoted as saying in the release.
Police arrested Rose, who was Langwell's ex-boyfriend, for murder on June 13, 2024, after spending several days executing a search warrant at his home.
His bond was set at $1 million by a Jefferson County Criminal Court Magistrate Marc DeRouen.
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.
Langwell, who was 34-years-old at the time, was last seen July 10, 1999, according to file stories. Her car was found abandoned in the parking lot at the Phelan Shopping Center on Dowlen Rd with her mobile phone in the car but her keys and purse were missing.
Police say recent developments in the disappearance of Langwell have led detectives to execute a search warrant at a home in the 1600 block of Lindbergh Dr., according to a news release from the Beaumont Police Department.
Beaumont Police Officer Carol Riley tells 12News that the department is relieved they can put the 25-year-old case to rest.
"This has been a long 25 years for Kimberly Langwell's family. We want this to encourage all families that are missing a loved one or have a case that's unsolved and know that we never give up. Anything that comes in, we continue," Riley said.
Her case was recently featured on an episode of Cold Justice on the Oxygen Network.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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